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Henry Moore's Three-Piece Reclining Figure sculpture in Killian Court

December 2009/January 2010
List
An enumeration of research, selections from the List Visual Arts Center collection, interesting blog posts, MIT artifacts, and more.

 

Archive

Microscope

October/November 2009
Scope
Scope out innovation at the Institute at both the micro and macro levels, then read your geek horoscope for fun.

Water bubbles

August/September 2009
Fluid
Learn about innovations in olive oil, an understanding of how traffic flows, ways developing countries can access potable water, demonstrations of fluidity of movement, and more.

RSS feed icon and cereal bowl

June/July 2009
Material
Discover cutting-edge materials that could impact the future and learn about building techniques, implications of material wealth, and some fun slogans found on breezy cotton T-shirts, perfect for summer wear.

RSS feed icon and cereal bowl

April/May 2009
Feed
Test your feedback skills, learn about stem-cell feeding, tap MIT RSS feeds, find recipes, and play food-for-your-brain riddles and games.

Constitution and American flag

February/March 2009
Free
Explore research on free radicals, sample free speech in MIT World videos, draw an anime head freehand or read a student column on the folly of the freedom-fry mentality. Quick Take explores these and other free-for-all pathways at MIT.

Quick Take: Body

December 2008/January 2009
Body
Join Quick Take in an exploration of bodies, and not just the ones with elbows and ears. Meet alumni whose bodies of work include the Louvre, books on mind control, and piano quartets. Also learn about celestial bodies, political bodies, and bodies of water that impact MIT.

Quick Take: Media (Part II). Girl wearing T-shirt reading "I'm blogging this."

October/November 2008
Media (Part II)
In this final installment on media, Quick Take examines how MIT community members interact with mass messaging. Learn about journalists in mainstream news media as well as broadcasters, reality show and science television cast members, cartoonists, and bloggers.

Quick Take: Media (Part I)

August/September 2008
Media (Part I)
In this first of a two-part issue, discover members of the MIT community involved with movies and television, both in front of and behind the camera, and celebrate some of the fictional characters who have laid claim to that prized accomplishment—an MIT degree.

Quick Take: Capital

June/July 2008
Capital
Broadly viewed, capital drives modern life, be it human or intellectual capital, investments, or social and political development. Learn how members of the MIT community are using their own intellectual capital to affect the world—including, of course, some capital cities.

Quick Take: Balance

April/May 2008
Balance
Learn about the many ways members of the MIT community achieve balance, be it through research into prosthetics, fighting for justice in the legal system, or fusing scientific fervor with religious devotion. Even enjoy some Guinness-sized balancing acts.

Quick Take: Collection

February/March 2008
Collection
Discover the eclectic mementos alumni enjoy amassing, view treasures from the MIT Museum and Institute Archives, and learn about research involving data mining, solar energy collection, and a registry of standard biological parts.

Quick Take: Image. A vertical fluid jet is deflected into a horizontal fluid sheet by a circular horizontal impactor.  The sheets may be marked by an axisymmetry-breaking instability that results in polygonal structures. Image: Robert Buckingham and John Bush, MIT Department of Mathematics.

December 2007/January 2008
Image
See how the MIT community defines fashion and style, discover surprising photo galleries, and learn about scientific breakthroughs in imaging that are leading researchers to a better understanding of the body, the Earth, and beyond.

Quick Take: Risk. Photo: dreamstime/Inokos

October/November 2007
Risk
Learn how members of the MIT community seek to mitigate everyday dangers through research and dive headfirst into unpredictable situations.

Quick Take: Reading

August/September 2007
Reading
Discover the varied ways the MIT community seeks to understand the world through reading. From improved radar and x-ray technology to book suggestions from alumni and the MIT Press.

Quick Take: Fuel

June/July 2007
Fuel
Take a look at MIT research aimed at finding sustainable energy sources and how the MIT community nourishes the human machine.

Quick Take: Boundaries

April/May 2007
Boundaries
Discover how the MIT community explores and pushes diverse boundaries, from gravity and bioscience to the limits of virtual worlds.

Quick Take: Mystery

February/March 2007
Mystery
The MIT community loves a good challenge, be it a fundamental scientific question or a Mystery Hunt puzzle. Learn about mysteries solved and explored at MIT.

Quick Take: Modern Geekhood

December 2006/January 2007
Modern Geekhood
Celebrate the pleasures of modern geekhood: the best sci-fi/fantasy books, innovative student living spaces, wearable computing, alumni-supplied trivia, and more.

Quick Take: Stress

October/November 2006
Stress
Learn how the MIT community deals with stress, from innovative research to tension-releasing humor.

Publisher: Maggy Bruzelius  ‌  Writers: Amy Marcott & Liv Gold  ‌  Editor: Nancy DuVergne Smith  
Design
: Emily Muldoon Kathan

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