Slice of MIT's Top 10 Posts of 2012

2012 was a banner year for Slice of MIT. We celebrated one million page views in June and posted the highest readership in the blog’s four-year history.

In case you missed it, our 10 most popular 2012 posts are below. Slice readers enjoy seeing MIT recognized as a top institution but also love the Institute’s eccentricities, be it a classic hack or the unique requiarrrrr!ments to becoming a certified pirate.

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1. Arrrrr! MIT Pirates Certified: DAPER’s pirate certificates are issued to "salty dogs" who complete four courses: pistol, archery, sailing, and fencing.
2. MIT Named #1 University in the World: The Institute was named top university in the world for 2012-13 by QS World University Rankings.
3. MIT Scores Big in World Rankings: MIT found its way onto several 2012 lists separated out by subject—11 times in the #1 slot.
4. No. 1: MIT Ranks at the Top: MIT has held the US News & World Report’s top spot in engineering since 1990.

   

5. Hacked! Tetris on the Green Building: Building 54 was transformed into a giant video game canvas for Tetris.
6. MIT’s Most Stylish: Two MITers were among by The Boston Globe’s 25 Most Stylish Bostonians.
7. If You’re Not Sure It Exists, Check With MIT: Fast Company lamented the lack of an interface that allows a user to drag files from a computer to a smart phone with the swipe of a finger. Hours later, they received an email from MIT: 'It exists!"
8. Prepare for the Final Four: An MIT Basketball Primer: MIT basketball rode a 13-game winning streak into their first Final Four in program history.
9. Liquid Metal Battery: TED Talk Offers the Missing Energy Link: Professor Don Sadoway explains his Liquid Metal Battery that could be a warehouse-size repository of energy generated by renewable resources.
10. The Periodic Table of Chocolate-dipped Strawberries: Professor Winston's guest blog post describes a most delicious periodic table.