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STORY: Q&A with StAR’s Wendy Gordon

Wendy Gordon joins the Olin community as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. Learn more about Wendy and her approach to student support in this Q&A.

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STORY: Students Leverage Real Operations Data to Make Sustainability Impact at Olin

A new course at Olin College has students using real data from the campus’s building automation and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to lower energy usage and increase efficiency today and into the future.

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Three students pose for a photo at the Olin College Multicultural Fair in February 2025.

Celebrating Culture and Community at Olin’s Multicultural Fair

On February 19, the Olin College community came together to celebrate its diverse cultures through food, activities, and shared experiences at the Multicultural Fair.

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STORY: Olin College’s Undergraduate Research and Hands-on Learning on Display at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting

A delegation of Olin students and two faculty presented their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, held in Boston from February 13-15, 2025.

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Four international college students stand outside on Olin College's campus.

STORY: Olin Welcomes Spring 2025 Exchange Students

This spring, Olin welcomes exchange students from our partner institutions for a semester-long experience to take part in our project-based learning environment, helping to grow and amplify the positive impact an Olin engineering education makes in the world.

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Cassandre Roos '25 and members of her local "helping hub" volunteering during the LA Wildfire recovery and coordination efforts.

STORY: Olin Senior Takes a Systems Engineering Approach During LA Wildfire Recovery Efforts

Olin senior, Cassandre Roos '25, used her systems engineering skills while volunteering over winter break to help lead LA Wildfire recovery and coordination efforts in a local "Helping Hub" in her hometown.

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A collage EWeek graphic of exhibition photos from Olin's Advanced Photography course.

STORY: Designing the Future with Photography

Visual communications and the fine arts are essential elements of life, and Helen Donis-Keller, Michael E. Moody Professor and Professor of Biology and Art, helps her students understand the importance of integrating both logic and creativity into their work.

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Dyllan Nguyen is shown standing in the Olin Wood Shop.

STORY: Sculpting the Future: Dyllan Nguyen’s Journey as an Artist and Educator

Read all about Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, Dyllan Nguyen's journey as an artist and educator, and learn how they're sculpting the future at Olin.

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Students take a selfie with Olin faculty at FIE 2024.

STORY: Student Researchers Invited to Design New Harvard Workshop After Successful FIE Trip

As a result of their presentation at last October's Frontiers in Education (FIE) conference, five students on Professor Yevgeniya V. Zastavker's Learning Journeys research team have been invited to design and implement a new workshop at Harvard University that aims to make a difference by "Hacking Injustice."

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James Knee '15 of Vivant Cycleworks stands with one of his cargo e-bikes.

STORY: Alum's Vivant Cycleworks Aims to be Key to a Greener, More Connected Future

For James Nee '15, 2024 was a year of big dreams and making them a reality. He's been busy creating and launching an electric cargo bike with a mission to reduce the environmental impact of personal transportation, putting us on a path towards a safer and more sustainable future. And with his American-made, Vivant Cycleworks, the road ahead is clear.

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Four students gather around a Formula Car at Olin College.

STORY: Oliners Create Sustainable and Fully Bespoke Aerodynamic Package for Formula Car

During the Fall 2024 semester, a team of five Olin College of Engineering students undertook an innovative and extracurricular passion project to design, optimize, and fabricate a fully bespoke aerodynamic package for an Olin Formula SAE car.

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NEWS: Olin Sees Leap in Applicant Pool for the Class of 2029

Olin College received 1,154 applications for admission to the Class of 2029.

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Sparsh Gupta ’26 pictured studying abroad in Cambridge, UK.

STORY: Exploring Cambridge: Sparsh Gupta ’26 on Studying Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Sparsh Gupta ’26, studying abroad at the University of Cambridge in Fall 2024 was about stepping into an entirely different academic and cultural experience.

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STORY: Q&A with CORe President Kenneth Xiong ‘27

Since seeing campaign posters decorate the walls of his middle school, Kenneth Xiong ‘27 developed a passion for student government. In November 2024, Kenneth assumed his role as the President of The Council of Olin Representatives (CORe) with the goal of building an inclusive and welcoming community for Oliners.

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NEWS: Olin Faculty Win $400K NSF Grant for AI Curriculum Development

Three Olin College professors have been awarded a $400,000 grant from the NSF to develop a curriculum in which engineering and computer science students use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance employment opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired and for older adults.

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Olin student Eddy learning about the art of spinach harvesting from a partner farmer Aubrey

STORY: Cultivating Whole Engineers through Partnerships with Local Farms

This summer, two Olin students spent their time engaged equally in agricultural research and hands-on farmwork at certified-organic Powisset Farm.