Category: "General Blog"

Experimental Engineering, or E80, has a long history as a laboratory course at Harvey Mudd College. It was known as E80, Hammer Time, until 2008, when it became E80 The Next Generation. The new course still involved a number of experiments that covered various engineering disciplines but also included a final project where students would gain field […]

Hey readers, ever wonder what Mudders get up to in their free time? Are you surprised that the words “Mudder” and “free time” just appeared in the same sentence? If you answered yes to either of those questions, read on to learn about clubs here at Mudd. Students participate in a variety of clubs, some […]

Hey guys! Izzy here again, a bit late. So this last weekend I got to participate in Relay for Life here at the Colleges! If you don’t know, Relay for Life is an organization that organizes various types of events to raise money for cancer research, and in the process build awareness. There’s usually games, […]

Last weekend I participated in Sanskriti, the annual South Asian Cultural show organized by the 5C club Claremont Tamasha. My friends and I joined the first ever Mudd Dance: watch the video, along with the rest of the show, here. It was so much fun to dance with friends; the entire experience was so rewarding. […]

Once the class of 2020 started receiving their acceptance letters, their class Facebook page began to fill with introductions and questions about Mudd. Some of the most common inquiries I have seen on the page are about research opportunities available at Mudd, so I thought it might be good to describe a couple of the available […]

Hey guys! Izzy here with another blog post. Hopefully a short one, though mine always turn out long. :\ This last weekend, our Black Lives group here at Mudd, BLAM, got to go on a trip to Boston for the national conference of the Nation Society of Black Engineers! (NSBE) It was a really great […]

Four days a week, I venture off Mudd campus for at least 1.5 hours. My exciting destinations include my Worlds of Buddhism class on Monday and Wednesday, at Pomona, and Introduction to Philosophy on Tuesday and Thursday, at Scripps. The 5 Claremont Colleges are really close to each other. Pomona is a casual 15 minute walk […]

Hello readers, welcome to the second installment in the Mudd Makers series! In this blog I’ll share more cool projects that Mudders have completed in their time here. For those of you lacking in previous Mudd Makers exposure, feel free to check out this link right here. Electric Longboard Joshua Sealand is junior engineering major from […]

For many high schoolers, Spring Break is a good time to, well, take a break from high school and go explore collegiate options. College students can tell when these spring breaks begin as the campus tours become more frequent and crowded. Though high schoolers are excited to come explore campuses, college students can’t wait to take […]

Today is the day. At 6:30 pm PDT, we will be releasing our decisions. Technically we have been recruiting the Harvey Mudd College Class of 2020 for years, ever since some of you checked that magical box on your PSAT’s saying that you were willing to receive mail from colleges. And today is the day we […]