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Security in an Interconnected World

How do you incentivize people – consumers and vendors alike – to invest in better security? How do you design a cloud-based platform that will enable people to take back some control over their technology? How do we know if the messages we send today will be private 10 years from now?

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Olin’s Second Creative in Reference Takes Flight with Help From Olin Students

The email that came into Bennett Taylor's inbox in July seemed simple enough. Tom Pearson, this academic year's Sketch Model Creative-In-Reference*, was looking for a student to help him design mechanical costumes for a show in mid-October in San Diego. But it soon became clear to Taylor '22 that this was no ordinary theatrical production.

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Techtile

During a recent Principles of Engineering course, a team of Olin students set out to develop a braille printer that could convert musical instrument digital interface files into braille sheet music. The idea was to offer an accessible way for visually impaired musicians to access digitized music and to be able to have the music in sheet format, without having to search in a store.

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Olin College Orientation 2021 activities on the Great Lawn.

Student-Led Orientation Program Debuts for Class of 2025

This year, incoming Oliners were offered a brand-new program to help them adjust to college life: Pre-Orientation Summer Experience, or POSE, which was designed and delivered by current students.

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Sketch Model Summer Studio

A week-long summer workshop July 22-26 brought together Olin faculty and New England-based artists—including a multimedia artist, a poet, collage artist, painter, performer, installation artist, dancer and director—interested in exploring similar topics.