Back Issues of Imagine Magazine

The following back issues remain available in print. Request back issues.

Language & Linguistics  | Vol 25#5, May/June 2018

Scripps National Spelling Bee • Discover the field of linguistics (PDF) • Teaching English in Thailand • Arabic Immersion in Jordan (PDF) • Learning Spanish with CTY Online • Linguist Ben Zimmer • Understanding etymologies (PDF) • One student’s journey through speech and debate (PDF) • Linguistics Olympiads (PDF) • Interview with computer scientist Jason Eisner •  Career Profile: Speech-language pathologist • Review of JRR Tolkien’s The Silmarillion • The gifts of gap year • Visiting colleges (PDF) • Students Review Stanford University

Planet Earth | Vol 25#4, Mar/April 2018

Envirothon (PDF) • Paleobiology at CTY (PDF) • Stockholm Junior Water Prize • Citizen Science (PDF) • Earthwatch Student Fellowship Program • Working in the earth sciences • Tibetan Diary • Preserving Florida’s unique ecosystem • Solar Decathlon • Interview with oceanographer Hilary Palevsky • Review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein • Playing a sport in college • Public speaking (PDF) • Students Review Bowdoin College

Math & Money | Vol 25#3, Jan/Feb 2018

Game theory at CTY (PDF) • Student research projects that count • The Economics Challenge (PDF) • Becoming financially literate • Making a difference through philanthropy (PDF) • Careers for math majors • The theory and practice of fair trade • The benefits of competitive math • Review of Charlotte Brontё’s Jane Eyre • Residential summer programs as preparation for college (PDF) • The imposter syndrome • Students Review Rice University

History | Vol 25#2, Nov/Dec 2017
The National History Bee and Bowl (PDF) • The Hamilton Education Program • Exploring our legal legacy at CTY • The many rewards of re-enactment • Interning at New York’s oldest museum (PDF) • History in our DNA • Interview with archaeologist Glenn Schwartz (PDF) • Review of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina • National History Day • Cultivating resilience • Career Profile: Cybersecurity Analyst • Students Review University of Michigan (PDF)

Medicine & Health Sciences | Vol 25#1, Sept/Oct 2017
The Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge (PDF) • Health-related research projects by teens • Two summers of biology at CTY (PDF) • Member of the Future Doctor’s Club • Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen (PDF) • In-demand careers in the health sciences • Why I chose a BS/MD program (PDF) • Lifesaving advances in healthcare delivery  • Your digital footprint and your college admissions (PDF) • Review of Ellie Marney’s Every Breath • How artificial intelligence is changing medicine • Career Profile: Nurse anesthetist  • Students Review Yale University • Creative Minds poetry contest winners

Engineering | Vol 24#5, May/June 2017
FIRST LEGO League (PDF) • Sensor-based research projects • Advanced Robotics at CTY (PDF) • Team America Rocketry Challenge • From competition to internship to college • NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson (PDF) • Snapshots of engineering majors • The maker movement • Environmental engineering (PDF) • A mathematical approach to stabilizing drone flight • College options for engineering majors • Review of Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken • Career Profile: Energy engineer • Studying abroad as an engineering major • Students Review Carnegie Mellon University • Creative Minds Fiction Contest winners (PDF)

Performing Arts | Vol 24#4, March/April 2017
The National Youth Orchestra (PDF) • Interlochen Arts Academy (PDF) • Finding myself and my community on stage • Michael Aarons, Broadway musician and music coordinator (PDF) • An a cappella story • The benefits of competitive drama • My Kathak Journey (PDF) • A bass major on conservatory life • The Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale •  Depth over breadth in the performing arts • Conservatories: College for serious musicians (PDF) • Off-stage careers in the performing arts • Pursuing music in college • Review of Brian Falkner’s Brain Jack • Career Profile: Doctor of physical therapy • Applying to college as a music major • Students Review University of California, Berkeley

Biology | Vol 24#3, January/February 2017
Exploring veterinary medicine at Cornell • Saving an endangered species (PDF) • The USABO and IBO • Forging a path in synthetic biology • Award-winning biology projects • Six weeks at NYU’s Langone Medical Center • Citizen science • My life with birds (PDF) • MIT INSPIRE • Feng Zhang, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, MIT (PDF) • My internship at NIH (PDF) • Review of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • Career Profile: Biomedical engineer • Thinking outside the box • Finding a research internship • Students Review Boston University • Creative Minds essay contest winners​

Logic | Vol 24#2, November/December 2016
A brief history of logic • Logic at CTY (PDF) • Rutgers Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics • Linguistics Olympiads (PDF) • Great puzzles and their creators • From debate to logic and back • The benefits of reasoning properly • Informal logic in the real world • Gillian Russell, Professor of Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill (PDF) • Hacking the Hackathon (PDF) • Review of Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others • Career Profile: Assistant U.S. Attorney • Choices and changes • Preparing for college in high school (PDF) • Students Review University of Chicago

Politics & International Relations | Vol 24#1, September/October 2016
 The U.S. Senate Youth Program (PDF) • International relations at CTY, CTD, and TIP (PDF) • My summer at a think tank • Boys Nation • Diplomat Jason Donovan • Transformation through debate • NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel (PDF) • Model U.N. • Young people power (PDF) • OC Science • Review of Ha-Joon Chang’s Bad Samaritans • Career Profile: data scientist • Early college entrance • Preparing for college in middle school • Students Review Claremont McKenna College • Creative Minds poetry contest winners

Mind & Brain | Vol 23#5, May/June 2016
Philosophy and neuroscience at CTY (PDF) • The National Brain Bee (PDF) • My neuroscience internship • Optogenetics founder Karl Deisseroth (PDF) • Summer research at Rockefeller University • Prime time for brain science • Mind, media, and health • Grad students share their research • Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant • Career Profile: neuropsychologist • Ten commandments for college success (PDF) • Making your dream school a reality (PDF) • Students Review New York University • Creative Minds fiction contest winners

Service & Leadership | Vol 23#4, Mar/Apr 2016

The Civic Leadership Institute at CTY and CTD  (PDF) • Initiatives by kids, for kids • Learning the art of the startup at MIT Launch (PDF) • Sharing the gifts of music • Senator Barbara Mikulski (PDF) • Funding causes that matter • Building a medical shadowing program for teens • The Brown Leadership Institute • Gap Year service programs • Making a difference for students in need • Review of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See • Career Profile: entrepreneur • My college startup (PDF) • Skills and knowledge for college success • Students Review Lehigh University

Public Health | Vol 23#3, Jan/Feb 2016
 Studying History of Disease at CTY (PDF) • Teens target public health •  My summer of medicine •  Majoring in public health • CDC Director Tom Frieden (PDF) • Focus on antibiotic resistance • Addressing health disparities through service • Astrophysics at UCSC SIP • Girls Who Code (PDF) • Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Beth Marshall on teen health (PDF) • Disease Detective Camp at the CDC (PDF) • Review of Iris Chang's The Chinese in America • Career Profile: epidemiologist • My summer in limbo • Is medical school in your future? • Students Review Tufts University • Creative Minds Imagine essay contest winners

Exploring the Past | Vol 23#2, Nov/Dec 2015
Ken Burns on the power of history (PDF) • International History Olympiad • The Concord Review Summer Program (PDF) • Volunteering at the National Archives • Four graduate students share their research • Rubincam Youth Award for genealogy • National History Day (PDF) •  Summer at Crow Canyon (PDF) • Studying revolutions at Phillips Andover • The benefits of majoring in history • Review of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby • Career Profile: archaeologist • Be your own priority • Choosing the best college for your major • Students Review  University of Washington

The Energy Issue | Vol 22#5, May/June 2015

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (PDF) • The PolluCell: Winner of the Discovery 3M Young Scientist Challenge (PDF) • The Solar Car Challenge (PDF) • The power of teen research • The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue (PDF) • Project TGIF: Helping the community and environment with biofuel (PDF) • Sara Volz and the powerful potential of algae (PDF) • Five careers in green energy • My Sanskirt Yaatra (PDF) • An internship with Until There's a Cure • Interview with green architect Andrew Thompson • Developing your passions--and representing them on your college application • Six things incoming college students should know • Students Review University of Pennsylvania • Creative Minds fiction contest winners

Writing | Vol 22#4, Mar/Apr 2015

The National Student Poets Program (PDF) • The Iowa Young Writers' Studio • Four young writers on getting it right • Fun ways to overcome writer's block • To self-publish or not to self-publish? • The joy (yes, joy) of critical writing • Interview with Junot Diaz (PDF) • Insights from four awesome summer writing programs • Finding my voice through the school paper (PDF) • Advanced Fiction at CTY (PDF) • The Boston Leadership Institute's Summer Program in Biological Research • Author Michael Chabon (PDF) • Interview with Vox features editor Eleanor Barkhorn (PDF) • An astrophysicist turned storyteller • Making a difference through community service • Students Review Wellesley College

Marine Science | Vol 22#3, Jan/Feb 2015

Studying whales and estuaries at CTY (PDF) • Student-powered solutions to marine environment challenges • Becoming a Teen Conservation Leader • UNH's Project SMART (PDF) • Four ways of studying the sea • The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (PDF) • The MATE International ROV Competition • The wonderful world of MOOCs • Super: An arts magazine for everyone (PDF) • Edith Widder, Ocean Research Conservation Association (PDF) • Review of Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life • Career Profile: marine scientist • The perfect internship • The college admissions interview • Students Review UC San Diego • Creative Minds Imagine essay contest winners

Crossing Cultures | Vol 22#2, Nov/Dec 2014
A summer in Xian with NSLI-Y (PDF) • Fiddling through Ireland (PDF) • Embracing my heritage in India and at home (PDF) • Crossing cultures, past and present • Exploring the world from home • Sowing Seeds of Peace (PDF) • The National Geographic Bee (2014) • A student of the martial arts • Helping students discover science with Shooting STARs (PDF) • Engineers Without Borders Founder Bernard Amadei (PDF) • Career Profile: United Nations interpreter • The gift of the Peace Corps • Is early college entrance right for you? • Students Review Carleton College

Art & Architecture | Vol 21#5, May/June 2014
The Future City Competition (PDF) • Cornell Summer Architecture Program (PDF) • The AIA High School Student Design Competition • Architecture for a changing climate • Behind the scenes at the Solar Decathlon • Art history in BU's summer college program • A showcase of work from summer programs in the visual arts • The art of web design • Rising to the Technovation challenge • Designer and architect Eran Chen (PDF) • Career Profile: Landscape Architect • On choosing art school for college • Navigating the competitive world of college admissions • Students Review Amherst University • Creative Minds Imagine fiction contest winners

Law & Forensic Science | Vol 21#3, Jan/Feb 2014
Teen Court, a Judicial Internship, and Criminal Trial & Advocacy at Duke TIP (PDF) • Princeton Moot Court • The Model UN Experience • Student Member of the Board of Education (PDF) • What Young Inventors Need to Know about Patents • Five Lawyers and the Careers They Love • Eugene Volokh, Founder of The Volokh Conspiracy (PDF) • Forensic Science at Syracuse Summer College (PDF) • Interview with Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia (PDF) • A Field Intern at Alley Pond Environmental Center (PDF) • Balancing School and Sport • Career Profile: Digital Forensic Analyst • Students Review Columbia College • Creative Minds Imagine essay contest winners

The Power of Numbers | Vol 21#2, Nov/Dec 2013
Micro- and Macroeconomics at CTY (PDF) • The World in Numbers: Mathematical Models • Why Math Competitions Are about More than Math (PDF) • The Story of a Young Cryptographer • Contests for Math Lovers • The Lasting Benefits of Summer Programs (PDF) • Number Sense: Why Everyone Needs to be a Data Geek • Interview with Glen Whitney, Founder of MoMath (PDF) • College Rankings and College Choice • Career Profile: Actuary • Students Review the College of William & Mary

Storytelling | Vol 20#2, Nov/Dec 2012
Well of Dreams (PDF) • National History Day • Interview with novelist Ben H. Winters (PDF) • National Novel Writing Month • Japan Adventures ... in Manga • Blogs & New Kinds of Narratives • Interview with Mark Stencel, NPR's Managing Editor of Digital News • Postcards from Summer Writing Programs (PDF) • The Great Books Summer Program • ISEF Students Journey to CERN (PDF) • Taking Your Research Experience to the Next Level • Catherine Burns, Artistic Director of The Moth (PDF) • Career Profile: Blue Sky Studios Animator Richard Fournier • College Planning and Preparation in High School • Students Review Swarthmore College

Build It! | Vol 19#5, May/June 2012
The Architecture Institute at Duke TIP (PDF) • Two Weeks with Habitat for Humanity • The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (PDF) • Improving Robotic Surgery with Haptics • The NASA Great Moonbuggy Race (PDF) • Building a Better Landmine Detector • The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge • The Art and Science of Building a Xylophone (PDF) • Better Than Wikinotes: A Website by and for Students (PDF) • The Yale Ivy Scholars Program • Katrina Cottage Designer Marianne Cusato (PDF) • Career Profile: Electrical Engineer Yusuf Gurkaynak • Become a Polyglot • How to Find a Mentor • Students Review Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology • Fiction Contest Winners

Thanks to the generosity of the Squire Family Foundation, the entire contents of this issue is available online at www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/imagine/20100304_SFF

Philosophy | Vol 17#4, Mar/Apr 2010
Why Study Philosophy? • A Survey of Philosophy's Big Ideas over the Millennia • Philosophy of the Mind at CTY • The Wide World of Philosophy • What Does It Mean to "Do" Philosophy? • Philosophy & The Matrix • Harry Potter and Plato • Ethics Bowl • How to Start a Philosophy Club • Interview with Philosopher of Science Bas van Fraassen • Is It Still Cheating If I Don't Get Caught? • Career Profile: Epidemiologist Mark Parascandola • Students Review Davidson College • Winning Essays from the 2009 Kids Philosophy Slam 

Back to top