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NEWS: Olin Associate Professor Carrie Nugent receives 2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Carrie Nugent, associate professor of computational physics and planetary science at Olin, has received a 2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.

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NEWS: Introducing Olin’s Incoming Class of 2027

On August 23, 2023, Olin College will welcome 100 new students of the Class of 2027 to campus.

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NEWS: Olin is #11 in Salaries for Software and #10 for Tech According to New WSJ-Published Ranking of Top Colleges

The Wall Street Journal has published a new ranking of the Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Software, with Olin ranking #11 in all salaries for software and #10 for technology.

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NEWS: Olin Student Team Wins Award at Annual Draper Research Symposium

Earlier this month, a team of six Olin College students presented at the Draper Research Symposium and earned the top spot in the category Undergraduate Senior Capstone Student Projects.

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NEWS: Olin Named #2 for Internships and a 2023 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Out of more than 650 colleges and universities surveyed for the 2023 list, Olin is one of 209 institutions that earned the highest ROI (Return on Investment) rating in the Princeton Review’s analysis.

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NEWS: Open letter from Women Presidents, Deans from Six of America’s Leading Research Universities, in Support of CHIPS and Science Act

All-Women Group of University Presidents, Deans of Engineering from Six of America's Leading Research Universities Issue an Open Letter Supporting the CHIPS and Science Act

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NEWS: Olin President Gilda Barabino receives Rice Distinguished Alumni Award

Olin College President, Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, will be honored by her alma mater with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.

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NEWS: Al Bunshaft Named to Olin College Board of Trustees

Al Bunshaft has been named to the Olin College Board of Trustees. He was a longtime member of the President’s Council and has been a friend of Olin for years. Bunshaft was the Managing Director of Dassault Systèmes Americas. He later created DS Government Solutions and served as its CEO from 2013 to 2016.

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NEWS: Groundbreaking NASEM report on racism in STEMM institutions offers pathways to structural change

To increase diversity, equity and inclusion in STEMM fields, higher education institutions and STEMM organizations should act to change their organizational cultures and environment, says a new NASEM report.

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Michael Sutton Named to Olin College Board of Trustees

Michael Sutton, P.E. has been named to the Olin College Board of Trustees. Sutton is the CEO and founder of Infrastructure Engineering Inc. (IEI), a civil and structural engineering firm committed to building community in tandem with infrastructure.

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Dr. Shirley Malcom, Distinguished Scientist and Pioneer for Access to Education in STEM, to be Olin College’s 2023 Commencement Speaker

Dr. Shirley Malcom, distinguished scientist and pioneer for access to education in STEM, will address the Class of 2023 at Olin College’s seventeenth Commencement on May 14, 2023.

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Olin Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition

Olin College is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition, published October 25.

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Olin Rises to No. 2 in 2023 U.S. News & World Report Ranking

After eight consecutive years as the third-ranked undergraduate engineering program in the nation, Olin has advanced to the No. 2 spot in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.

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Eastern Wind Power Donates Prototype Wind Turbine to Olin

Olin College is pleased to announce the generous donation by Linda M. and Jonathan Haar, owners of Eastern Wind Power, of a prototype of their Distributed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) to the College.

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Experts say the discovery of Earthbound asteroids and comets needs improvement; too many satellites could prevent discovery

A new survey of planetary defense experts from Apollo Academic Surveys and Olin College of Engineering reports that discovery of asteroids and comets needs improvement. In addition, the proliferation of commercial satellites could prevent them from identifying Earthbound asteroids and comets.

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Olin Repeats as a Princeton Review Best College for 2023

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2023 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 388 Colleges.