The Infinite Corridor at MIT has been a place for conversation and collaboration since the opening of our campus in Cambridge.
During the sesquicentennial celebration, we invited our worldwide community to share their stories—from memories of first visits to campus to personal “ah ha!” moments—here in the online Corridor.
Online submissions are now closed, but we invite you to join us in Cambridge anytime for a walk down the original Infinite Corridor.
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Faculty Jordan Brehove Posted by Jordan Brehove on August 26, 2011  |
I was excited to join MIT in 2009 simply from its reputation as a center of research, but I was fascinated to find out how rich a military history the school can boast. In 1861 every single student was required to have military training! As an ROTC graduate myself, I was taken aback to find that MIT’s connection with the Army predates the creation of modern ROTC (in 1916) by over 50 years. I find the school is fortunate to be only one of a handful in the nation that has Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs. Read the Full Entry |
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Students Tarek T. Abdallah G Posted by Tarek T. Abdallah on June 24, 2011 |
Coming from a very small country in the Middle East (Lebanon); MIT is just jam-packed with super-smart engineers. The undergrads are insane smart, but the graduate and PhD students are also off-the-charts. It sounds cliched, but the people that are teaching and studying at MIT really are creating the future technologies of the world, and you get to hear about them everyday you are there. Read the Full Entry |
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Alumni Robert G. Gerber '70 Posted by Robert G. Gerber on May 29, 2011 |
I first visited MIT when I was in the spring of eighth grade (1962) because my mother told me it was the best school in the world and I should go there. I remember walking the Infinite Corridor and being impressed with all the postings and exhibits. I decided this was the college I wanted to attend, and I did. Read the Full Entry |
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Alumni Cordelia Price Posted by Cordelia Price on May 26, 2011 |
I came to MIT in the summer of 1974 to participate in Project Interphase. It was my first time being away from home for an extended period. I was homesick as soon as my parents left after dropping me off. That didn't last long after I met some wonderful classmates. The first person I met was Delonia Watson, who was from Shreveport, Louisiana. I am still great friends with my freshman roommate, Celia Berry, who I met standing in line to get my ID picture taken. I soon met Elaine Harris, who I just finished corresponding with just a little while ago. Read the Full Entry |
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Alumni Richard B. "Andy" Anderson '62 Posted by Richard Anderson on May 24, 2011  |
As a junior in MIT's centennial year, I enjoyed some interesting pieces of that celebration. You may enjoy the piece of my hypertext personal history that I pulled out and blogged at commensa.blogspot.com/2010/11/shakespeare-was-never.html. Speaking of that larger work, I do wish my dad had written his personal history. Mom, and their parents, a fortiori. They didn't. So, as an unrecovering family history addict, I'm overcompensating. Read the Full Entry |