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A Boost for Women Students through Clare Boothe Luce Funding

For the third year in a row, select women students at Olin are conducting independent research funded by the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program.

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It’s All Systems Go with 4S

The new “Sustainability: Science, Society, and Systems (4S)” course at Olin teaches students tools to effect real change. The Oliners learn how the four “Ss” overlap in their lives as both citizens and engineers.

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Olin Alum at Forefront of Wearable Tech

Mechanical engineer and biomechanics expert Brendan Quinlivan ’14 recently delivered the June Frank Talk, discussing his path from Olin to wearable robotics.

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STORY: Blasting Ahead in the Space Race

A multidisciplinary group of students from Olin and other Massachusetts colleges are working on perfecting a next-gen rocket that could change the face of space travel for decades to come.

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From the Robotics Lab to the Wet Lab

Using a bootstrap mentality he learned at Olin, Andy Barry '10 is reinventing himself from successful robotics engineer to gene therapy research scientist.

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Teaching the Teachers

Education innovator Julianna Stockton ’06 delivered the May Frank Talk, discussing her path from Olin into curricular design

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Celebrating the Olin Class of 2022

On Sunday, May 15, an unusually warm spring day, Olin College celebrated the Class of 2022 at Commencement in the tent on the Great Lawn. Read the full recap story of the special celebration.

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A Big STEP toward Engineering with a Purpose

Olin’s creative, triple-wide course called STEP is revolutionizing how students learn and make. This semester, 23 Olin students and four faculty are embarking on a new experiment together.

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President Gilda A. Barabino stands at the podium in regalia during Inauguration ceremonies on May 5, 2022.

Expanding the Oval and Opening Doors: The Inauguration of Olin President Gilda Barabino

On May 5, 2022, Olin College celebrated a milestone event two years in the making—the long-awaited and much celebrated inauguration of its second president and first Black woman president, Dr. Gilda A. Barabino.

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Frances Haugen '06, speaks in the Norden Auditorium on Thursday, April, 28.

Frances Haugen ’06 tells Olin, “How we treat each other matters”

Frances Haugen, a 2006 Electrical and Computer Engineering alum from Olin’s first graduating class, returned to campus on Thursday, April 28 to speak with Olin students, faculty and staff, and guests from Wellesley and Babson in the Norden Auditorium.

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Olin Radio Club Volunteer at the 2022 Boston Marathon

On April 18, seven undergraduate students from the Olin Collegiate Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) volunteered at the 2022 Boston Marathon. Using their skills and interest in ham radio, the group assisted operations staff with key communications at the famous road race.

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Solutions to STEM 'Opportunity Gap' Highlighted at Olin + BBJ Virtual Event

"Early exposure is key to get more women and people of color in science, technology, engineering and mathematics," writes the Boston Business Journal in a new article, summing up panelist comments after Wednesday's virtual discussion presented by Olin College: STEM: The Opportunity Gap. [Watch]

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NASA Selects Olin's SWARM-EX Satellite Mission; Will Provide Launch Services

Olin's SWARM-EX CubeSat mission has been selected by NASA’s 2022 CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). After a proposal submitted by Olin and the OSSTP Lab, the agency will provide launch services required to launch the team's small satellites to Low Earth Orbit.

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A Boost for Women Students through Clare Boothe Luce Funding

It’s All Systems Go with 4S

Olin Alum at Forefront of Wearable Tech

STORY: Blasting Ahead in the Space Race

From the Robotics Lab to the Wet Lab

Teaching the Teachers

Celebrating the Olin Class of 2022

A Big STEP toward Engineering with a Purpose

Expanding the Oval and Opening Doors: The Inauguration of Olin President Gilda Barabino

Frances Haugen ’06 tells Olin, “How we treat each other matters”

Olin Radio Club Volunteer at the 2022 Boston Marathon

Solutions to STEM 'Opportunity Gap' Highlighted at Olin + BBJ Virtual Event

NASA Selects Olin's SWARM-EX Satellite Mission; Will Provide Launch Services

The Sustainable Art of Flying

Olin’s del Rosario Awarded NSF Grant for Studying How Engineers Understand Variability

STORY: Growing the Future of Farming