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Watch: Two Student Teams Present Final Projects from Impact-Centered Olin Courses [Video]

Members of the Olin College faculty and staff were invited to the Campus Center recently to watch two student teams present their final projects for the impact-centered Olin courses: Environmental Consulting at Olin (ECO) and Change at Olin.

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STORY: Olin Senior Joins Siblings in Launching Social Startup for Women+

We recently interviewed Walter Villa ‘23, a Software Engineering & Design major at Olin, and his two siblings, Cielo and Jenny, who together, are working to launch the new social startup, CapeAble. The idea for CapeAble is a trusted platform for women+ who prefer to hire women+ for their handywork needs.

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STORY: Alum’s Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries

Alum’s Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries. Co-founder Jacob Graham ’06 discusses Enzyme’s journey from startup to majority-share acquisition.

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Braden Oh '23 poses with an ion thruster at MIT's Space Propulsion Lab in 2023.

STORY: Olin Students are First Undergraduates to Achieve Sustained Fire of Ion Thruster

On January 30, 2023, six students from the Olin Plasma Engineering & Electric Propulsion Lab (OPEL), reached a major milestone at MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab: they achieved ignition. Making them the first undergraduate team in the world to successfully design, build and fire a steady-state Hall-effect thruster (HET).

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STORY: Millner Directing Curriculum for New PBS KIDS Show

Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation Amon Millner is contributing his expertise on cultivating computational thinking skills in young children to a new PBS KIDS show called Lyla in the Loop.

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STORY: Alum Mitigating Wildfire Risk with Biochar

Bret Richmond ’06 is creating a pilot system to turn wildfire fodder into sustainable products.

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STORY: Helping Students Redefine “Entrepreneurship”

New team-taught course offers real-world perspectives on leveraging the value of engineering.

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STORY: From Makerspaces to Mining

Olin alum Claire Kincaid ’19 turned a passion for creating into an international career in mining.

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STORY: Accessible by Design

Olin students design accessible technology for community members with disabilities in forward-thinking, human-centered course.

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STORY: Olin’s One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Learning and Creating

After years of reinvention, Olin’s Shop strives to be a welcoming resource for all. Over the last several years, Olin’s Shop has transformed from a traditional machine shop into an active learning environment focused on inclusivity, accessibility, and creativity.

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STORY: Olin Students Present at Engineering Education Conference in Sweden

This fall, a group of Olin students had an important professional development opportunity as they presented at an international educational research conference with their faculty advisor.

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STORY: 2022 Year in Review - Our Top Twelve Stories

To start the new year, we're taking a look back at some of our favorite Olin stories from 2022. Inauguration, Facebook whistleblowing, alumni sustainability, small satellites, engineering with purpose, bold visions, autonomous robotics - 2022 (and these stories) had it all.

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STORY: Educational Partnership with Local Compost Company Grows Impact-Centered Education at Olin

In Jean Huang's Biology foundation class, “Think Like a Biologist,” students and professor are engaged in a unique partnership with a local compost company - Black Earth Compost, who's sponsoring the lab portion of the class for the entire semester.

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OSSTP Students Designing SmallSat Educational Toy

A student-led team from the Olin Satellite + Spectrum Technology & Policy (OSSTP) Group is working on an easy-to-ship educational model of a small satellite, or SmallSat, geared towards K–5 students around the world.

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STORY: Alum Designs Automated Drones for Healthcare Delivery

Space has always interested Nagy Hakim '17. While in high school, he interned with NASA and competed in FIRST Robotics; when he entered Olin, he conducted research in the Olin Robotics and Bio Inspiration Lab. He's now helping to safely and autonomously deliver medical supplies to underserved communities.

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Student Affairs Spotlight: Frances Mantak, MPH

Spotlight: Frances Mantak, MPH, is Olin’s Director of Wellness and a member of the StAR team. At Olin, she seeks to make the campus a compassionate and balanced place where students can thrive — academically, mentally, and physically.