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STORY: Blending Ethics and Engineering in “AI and Society”

Team-taught humanities course at Olin College teaches students to think about the impact of artificial intelligence in their work.

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STORY: Jonathan Adler Featured on Hidden Brain Podcast

The discussion on the power of storytelling kicked off a monthlong series of episodes on healing.

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STORY: Building Confidence in Olin’s Shop

Through curricular integration, Olin ensures that all students have the hands-on skills they need to thrive.

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STORY: Alum Designs Affordable Assistive Devices in Tanzania

Eamon O’Brien ’21 co-founded Kyaro in 2019 to produce cost-effective, sturdy, appealing assistive devices for East African people with disabilities.

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STORY: Olin HEAL Lab Developing Less invasive Diagnostics for Endometriosis

Technology uses light and sound waves instead of more traditional, invasive tools.

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STORY: Students Developing Better Drones for Warehouse Fulfillment

Over the summer, seven Olin students from Kenechukwu Mbanisi’s class collaborated on a robotics and software project for Hummingbird Systems, LLC.

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STORY: OSSTP Teaches Students Around the World about Satellites through their Build-A-Sat Kits

The OSSTP Group at Olin is teaching students around the world about satellites through their hands-on, educational Build-A-Sat Kits.

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STORY: Olin Students Fighting Mass Incarceration through Data Analysis

ADE project building tool to examine racial disparity in police stops

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STORY: The Sky’s the Limit

Olin students tackle NASA-funded project to examine solar eclipses through high-altitude balloons.

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Assistant Professor of Engineering Whitney Lohmeyer

STORY: Whitney Lohmeyer Takes on Historic Role with FCC

Lohmeyer has begun a one-year term as chief technologist for the newly established Space Bureau.

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STORY: Welcome Victoria Dean

After earning her Ph.D. in Robotics at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University this summer, Victoria Dean joins the Olin faculty as an assistant professor of computer science.

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STORY: Exploring Earth’s Final Frontier: The Ocean

Amy Phung ’21 is enabling better and more efficient exploration of the deep sea using ROVs.

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STORY: Olin Alum Using AI to Preserve Te Reo Māori

Keoni Mahelona ’07 is a leader in indigenous sovereignty of data and technologies. He is using his interdisciplinary engineering knowledge to help Māori people take ownership of preserving and protecting their indigenous language, te reo Māori.

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STORY: Olin to Break Ground on Solar Panel Project

Olin’s multi-year and campus-wide effort to leverage more renewable energy reaches a new milestone this month as the solar panel project in Parking Lot A breaks ground this summer.

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Professor of the history of science and technology, Rob Martello, addressing Engineering in Context class.

STORY: New Interdisciplinary Course Helps Students See Engineering’s Big Picture

“Engineering in Context” allows students to self-integrate concepts of sustainability, ethics, and history into their studies.

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STORY: Alum Creating Microsoft Assistive Tech for Users with Visual Impairments

Emma Pan ’21 is leveraging her Olin degree to create ethical, impactful technology.