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A platform with covers above it held up by metal poles. The white ring lights up at night. There are people throughout the photo talking and playing ball.

STORY: Oliners Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

What began as an external partner project pitch in Olin’s Designing Resources for Empowerment and Making (DREAM) course, taught by Amon Millner, professor of computing and innovation, became a broad, community-supported customizable structure for providing shade for local teens during the scorching heat of summer in the city.

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Two Olin Students Tackle Tech for the Greater Good through Impact Technology Fellowship

This six-week program is run through the Public Interest Technology New England (PIT-NE) Summer Institute.

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Olin Earns Top Rankings From Forbes and Niche

Olin College of Engineering has earned several notable rankings from Forbes and Niche for their 2026 college lists.

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Elisabeth Sylvan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan joins the Olin community as a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems. Learn more about Elisabeth and her experience in this Q&A.

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Annick Dewald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

Dr. Annick Dewald joins the Olin community as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering. Learn more about Annick and her experience in this Q&A.

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Gillian Epstein speaks to Summer Studio attendees.

STORY: Global Attendees Help Make Summer Studio 2025 an International Success

40+ participants from El Salvador, China, and Ukraine convened to work on educational design projects.

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Erhardt Graeff stands in front of white background with a gray shirt.

NEWS: Graeff is Named a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow

Erhardt Graeff has received national recognition from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) for innovative engineering education practices. He is one of twenty-nine engineering faculty across the US to receive this honor.

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Oliners gather around the robot at the RAI Institute.

STORY: Oliners Help Host Free, Interactive Robot Lab in Cambridge

This summer, the RAI Institute Robot Lab at the CambridgeSide mall offered the public the chance to drive a robot.

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Olin College student researchers demonstrate their reprogrammable user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children.

STORY: Student Researchers Expand Access to Early Hearing Loss Detection with Smart Design

Student researchers at Olin College worked this summer with faculty from Olin and Boston College to develop new user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children - improving access to care around the world.

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NEWS: Welcome Dan Sambor, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Dan Sambor has joined the Olin faculty as an assistant professor of engineering. He was previously a postdoctoral scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, where he served as a lecturer teaching courses on renewable energy systems.

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NEWS: Welcome Rachel Yang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

After having received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT this past spring, Rachel Yang has joined the Olin faculty as an assistant professor of electrical engineering.

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Austin Strahm ’28, Chloe Shen ’28, Leo Trepte ’28 and Jacob Bluestein ’28 presenting their final project for Mechanical Prototyping (MechProto).

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NEWS: Olin receives top marks for faculty and financial aid by Princeton Review

Olin College is one of The Princeton Review’s best undergraduate institutions and ranks in the top 25 for financial aid, according to the 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges.

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Three students stand around their final project.

STORY: Oliners Envision a Positive Future in “Farfetching” Design Course

This spring, an experimental design studio course called “Farfetching” encouraged Olin students to bring their creativity, design and fabrication skills, and optimism to speculate about the future.

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Olin students are holding up a large, white, high-altitude weather balloon as another team member lays flat on the ground inflating it.

STORY: Measuring Cosmic Rays with High-Altitude Balloons

High-altitude weather balloons are taking Olin students to the edge of space - scientifically, at least. This summer, four students, one alum, and faculty member Christopher Lee are measuring cosmic rays thousands of feet above Earth as part of a NASA Science Activation (SciAct) program project.

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The Olin College of Engineering student project team Olin Electric Motorsports (OEM) pose for a group photo on the race track at a competition this summer.

STORY: OEM Project Team Designs, Builds, and Races Electric Car in Just One School Year

During the 2024-25 season, OEM project team members set a bold goal: to design and build a fully functional electric car within one academic year, racing it at the annual SAE Student competition in June - a task that hasn't been done in 8 years.

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Two students work with wood in the Miller Academic Center (MAC).

STORY: Generous Gift Enables Expansion of Olin’s Wood Shop

The Cernosia Family Wood Shop, scheduled to open in September, will expand the size, equipment and campus access of Olin’s woodworking space.