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Below you will find stories about our faculty, their research, awards and notable appointments, as well as books they've published, new courses they developed, and much more.

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High school students from Colégio Santa Cruz in São Paulo, Brazil, are shown working in an Olin classroom as part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) School Program.

Brazilian High Schoolers Learn Design Thinking at Olin/MIT

This October, 26 students from Colégio Santa Cruz in São Paulo, Brazil, completed a weeklong community-engaged design immersion program on both Olin’s and MIT’s campuses as part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) School Program.

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NEWS: Donis-Keller Appointed Co-Leader of Biology Section and Member-at-Large for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Helen Donis-Keller, professor of biology and art and Michael E. Moody Professor, has been appointed to a two-year term as one of two leaders of the Biology Section and a Member-at-Large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals.

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DJS students met with community members in Galena Park, TX, on a trip to work with their partner, Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park (ECAGP).

STORY: Have you heard? ADE is now DJS

Fifteen years after its inception, the Olin capstone has a new name that better represents the work students, faculty and their community partners undertake together: Design Justice Studio.

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NEWS: Olin Wins 2025 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

Olin is a 2025 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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Victoria Preston ’16 stands in front of the Marcus G. Langseth ship.

STORY: Olin’s Victoria Preston ’16 Takes to the Open Ocean to Study Underwater Volcano

Over the summer, Victoria Preston ’16, assistant professor of engineering, hopped aboard a research vessel headed to the Galapagos Islands to gather data from an actively erupting submarine volcanic ridge in the Pacific Ocean.

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A platform with covers above it held up by metal poles. The white ring lights up at night. There are people throughout the photo talking and playing ball.

STORY: Oliners Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

What began as an external partner project pitch in Olin’s Designing Resources for Empowerment and Making (DREAM) course, taught by Amon Millner, professor of computing and innovation, became a broad, community-supported customizable structure for providing shade for local teens during the scorching heat of summer in the city.

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Elisabeth Sylvan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan joins the Olin community as a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems. Learn more about Elisabeth and her experience in this Q&A.

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Annick Dewald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

Dr. Annick Dewald joins the Olin community as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering. Learn more about Annick and her experience in this Q&A.

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Erhardt Graeff stands in front of white background with a gray shirt.

NEWS: Graeff is Named a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow

Erhardt Graeff has received national recognition from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) for innovative engineering education practices. He is one of twenty-nine engineering faculty across the US to receive this honor.

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Olin College student researchers demonstrate their reprogrammable user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children.

STORY: Student Researchers Expand Access to Early Hearing Loss Detection with Smart Design

Student researchers at Olin College worked this summer with faculty from Olin and Boston College to develop new user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children - improving access to care around the world.

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NEWS: Welcome Dan Sambor, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Dan Sambor has joined the Olin faculty as an assistant professor of engineering. He was previously a postdoctoral scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, where he served as a lecturer teaching courses on renewable energy systems.

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NEWS: Welcome Rachel Yang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

After having received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT this past spring, Rachel Yang has joined the Olin faculty as an assistant professor of electrical engineering.

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Olin students are holding up a large, white, high-altitude weather balloon as another team member lays flat on the ground inflating it.

STORY: Measuring Cosmic Rays with High-Altitude Balloons

High-altitude weather balloons are taking Olin students to the edge of space - scientifically, at least. This summer, four students, one alum, and faculty member Christopher Lee are measuring cosmic rays thousands of feet above Earth as part of a NASA Science Activation (SciAct) program project.

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Faculty

Below you will find stories about our faculty, their research, awards and notable appointments, as well as books they've published, new courses they developed, and much more.

Brazilian High Schoolers Learn Design Thinking at Olin/MIT

NEWS: Donis-Keller Appointed Co-Leader of Biology Section and Member-at-Large for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

STORY: Have you heard? ADE is now DJS

NEWS: Olin Wins 2025 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

STORY: Olin’s Victoria Preston ’16 Takes to the Open Ocean to Study Underwater Volcano

STORY: Oliners Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

NEWS: Graeff is Named a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow

STORY: Student Researchers Expand Access to Early Hearing Loss Detection with Smart Design

NEWS: Welcome Dan Sambor, Assistant Professor of Engineering

NEWS: Welcome Rachel Yang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

STORY: Measuring Cosmic Rays with High-Altitude Balloons

STORY: Jonathan Adler featured on Podcast, Proxy with Yowei Shaw

NEWS: Olin College Awarded Grant from the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University

STORY: “Biomimicry” Course Helps Engineers Draw Inspiration from Nature