Living the experiment

Olin’s campus is a dynamic hub for discovery, exploration, and learning in every dimension—and at every opportunity. We transcend disciplines, break down silos, blend art and science, and push the boundaries of research toward real discovery.

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Oliners gather around the robot at the RAI Institute.

Oliners Help Host Free, Interactive Robot Lab in Cambridge

This summer, the RAI Institute Robot Lab at the CambridgeSide mall offered the public the chance to drive a robot.

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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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The Olin College of Engineering student project team Olin Electric Motorsports (OEM) pose for a group photo on the race track at a competition this summer.

STORY: OEM Project Team Designs, Builds, and Races Electric Car in Just One School Year

During the 2024-25 season, OEM project team members set a bold goal: to design and build a fully functional electric car within one academic year, racing it at the annual SAE Student competition in June - a task that hasn't been done in 8 years.

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Two students work with wood in the Miller Academic Center (MAC).

STORY: Generous Gift Enables Expansion of Olin’s Wood Shop

The Cernosia Family Wood Shop, scheduled to open in September, will expand the size, equipment and campus access of Olin’s woodworking space.

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Student in blue hoodie presents to classmates.

NEWS: Olin College Named a 2025 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Olin has been named a Princeton Review 2025 Best Value College and recognized as #3 in Best Student Support and Counseling Services.

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Design for Manufacturing, students working in the shop

NEWS: Olin College receives generous gift for “Supercharged” Engineering Design Studio

Olin has received a generous gift to support the creation of the Harris Studio, an innovative engineering design space in Olin’s Miller Academic Center (MAC).

CANCELLED - Olin College Summer Intensive 2025: Empowering your Makerspace through Curriculum and Culture

Empowering your Makerspace through Curriculum and Culture

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Biomimicry Nature Laboratory Trip - students looking at bones, plants, and other items from Nature

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

Students in Olin’s “Biomimicry” course are learning how drawing insights from nature can help them become better and more sustainable designers and engineers.

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Deep Sea Research Expedition - researchers working on the device on ship

STORY: A New Depth to Hands-On Learning: Oliners & WHOI Embark on 4-Week Deep-Sea Research Expedition

In January, Victoria Preston ’16 and Solomiia Kachur ’25 boarded the R/V Atlantis and departed from San Diego, California, where they traveled south roughly 1,800 miles to a segment of the East Pacific Rise.

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STORY: Oliners Collaborate with Local Senior Center on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) Innovations

Andrea Cuadra '13 and her students are working on technological interfaces that integrate the needs and preferences of older adults.

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Doing Something: Not Just Another Advisory Committee

The College welcomes industry and community partners for Olin Circle of Advocates kickoff.

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Timur Gray '28 talks with a hackathon teammate at the MIT-Ukraine "Building for Ukraine" hackathon.

STORY: Oliners Hack for a Safer Ukraine and Better Accessibility

At two recent hackathons, teams of Olin students placed high in the competitions and made positive impacts with their innovative projects tackling real-world challenges through human-centered design.

Students gather around a 3D printer during a project showcase.

Spring 2025 Olin College Expo

Please join us for the Spring 2025 Olin College Expo on Thursday, May 8th.

The Olin Expo is an end-of-semester celebration of student work. Students may share a favorite project from a class or a passionate pursuit, a research experience, or another endeavor.

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Team Terraflex poses for a photo at The Generator Buildathon on April 5, 2025.

STORY: Oliners Win Top Prizes at 2025 Generator Buildathon for their AI-Powered Prosthetic Foot Attachment

A team of four Olin College students and one Stanford undergraduate won the first-place prize at this year's The Generator Entrepreneurship & AI Buildathon for Terraflex, their AI-powered prosthetic foot attachment. The students also took home the Nature-Inspired Design Prize (with a potential value of up to $60,000 for the team).

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Eamon O'Brien ’21 (pictured) joins groundbreaking program for business students and early-career professionals.

NEWS: Alum Receives FASPE Ethics Fellowship

Eamon O'Brien ’21 is one of 15 business Fellows chosen for the 2025 Business Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).

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Portrait of Maya McKone-Sweet holding painted wooden gear in the LPB

STORY: Turning Together: a New Art Installation by Junior Maya McKone-Sweet

Maya McKone-Sweet ’26 leaned on her dual passions for art and engineering this year as she brought to life an art installation to add joy and color to the Olin community.