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A large group of college students wearing red "Baja" t-shirts pose for a photo in front of a trailer.

STORY: Olin Baja Car Pushed to the Limits at Rugged SAE Competition

On September 12-15, eighteen members of the Olin Baja project team took their off-road car to Holly, Michigan, to attend the annual Baja SAE competition for engineering students. After three days of competition, tests, and working day and night on-site to get it ready, their car was pushed to the limits. Would it endure the notorious four-hour endurance race??

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A group of college students pose for a joyful photo in front of a large rock with the words "SCOTLAND' across it in white lettering.

STORY: Oliners Experience Unique Mix of Coursework & Culture While Studying in Scotland

In the fall of 2023, sixteen Olin College students embarked on a one-of-a-kind academic opportunity in Scotland, with a unique, faculty-led study abroad trip that blended Olin coursework and an integration into the Scottish academic environment.

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STORY: Alumna Founds Nonprofit Building Pipeline of Diverse Math Students

National Math Stars is a 10-year, fully funded program that supports and inspires exceptional elementary students’ love of mathematics.

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NEWS: Olin President Gilda Barabino Awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science

Olin President Dr. Gilda A. Barabino has been awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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NEWS: Olin Wins 2024 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

Olin is a 2024 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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NEWS: Olin is the #2 Undergraduate Engineering College in the U.S.

For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named Olin College the nation’s No. 2 Undergraduate Engineering program (non-doctorate) in the 2025 edition of their Best Colleges rankings.

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STORY: Olin Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2024

Meet the new members of Olin's faculty, including two alumni, joining us for Fall 2024! In this article, you'll find three profile stories of the new longterm faculty, as they share a little more about themselves and what they are looking forward to most at Olin.

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NEWS: Olin College Named One of the Nation’s Best Colleges by Princeton Review

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2025 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 390 Colleges.

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STORY: Olin Baja Car Pushed to the Limits at Rugged SAE Competition

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NEWS: Olin Wins 2024 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

Olin is a 2024 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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STORY: Oliners Experience Unique Mix of Coursework & Culture While Studying in Scotland

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STORY: Alumna Founds Nonprofit Building Pipeline of Diverse Math Students

National Math Stars is a 10-year, fully funded program that supports and inspires exceptional elementary students’ love of mathematics.

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NEWS: Olin is the #2 Undergraduate Engineering College in the U.S.

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NEWS: Olin President Gilda Barabino Awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science

Olin President Dr. Gilda A. Barabino has been awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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STORY: Olin Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2024

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NEWS: Olin College Named One of the Nation’s Best Colleges by Princeton Review

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2025 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 390 Colleges.

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In the Media

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CBS News – Students at Massachusetts college design lightsaber with engineering skills

Sep 13, 2024

A recent graduate of Olin College in Needham, Massachusetts has brought a film icon to life, designing his own lightsaber.

Faculty

MIT Technology Review – How we transform to a fully decarbonized world

Apr 24, 2024

A world powered by electricity from abundant, renewable resources is now within reach.

Living the experiment

Inside Higher Ed – Campuses, Climate Change and ‘How Infrastructure Works’

Apr 18, 2024

"There is a lovely section in How Infrastructure Works when Professor Chachra brings her Olin College students on a journey of infrastructural discovery. Running beneath the campus is the Sudbury Aqueduct, a 16-mile-long century-old water tunnel. Chachra students are delighted to discover the hidden-in-plain-sight civilization-enabling infrastructure that exists, largely unnoticed and unseen, all around us."

Events

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Return to the Oval: Alumni + Family Weekend

October 18, 2024 - 12:00PM EDT

Olin College of Engineering

This reimagined major Olin event, held during the peak of the New England fall season, will be a new, exciting way for you to reconnect with friends, network, mark milestone alumni reunions (2009, 2014, 2019), and celebrate Olin’s past, present and future.

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Olin Speaker Series: Frans Johansson

October 18, 2024 - 4:30PM EDT

Olin College of Engineering

Olin College is pleased to welcome renowned author, entrepreneur and acclaimed international speaker, Frans Johansson to campus where he will deliver an inspirational talk on the importance of diversity in driving innovation.

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SCOPE Quarterly Info Session

October 24, 2024 - 12:00PM EDT

Zoom

Join us for a conversation to explore a possible SCOPE (Senior Capstone Program in Engineering) project for your organization, or just to learn more about how we collaborate with partners to put together SCOPE projects.

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Blog Entry Students participate in a Design Nature activity on Olin's campus.

Explore Olin at Our Fall Open House

September 12, 2024 - 10:01AM EDT ">The Office of Admission & Financial Aid

Come learn about Olin at our Fall Open House on Saturday, September 28th from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM!

Blog Entry Two Olin College of Engineering students study together, with papers and bright-colored sticky notes laid out on a brown, wooded table, in one of Olin's Collaborative Design studio on campus.

Two Olin College of Engineering students study together, with papers and bright-colored sticky notes laid out on a brown, wooded table, in one of Olin's Collaborative Design studio on campus.

The Voices of Olin's Class of 2028: College Essay Snippets

August 21, 2024 - 3:55PM EDT ">The Office of Admission & Financial Aid

As application season nears, we wanted to extend our Voices of Olin series (Part 1 and Part 2 link) with a new installment from the Class of 2028. The college essay is an opportunity to showcase your individuality and as such, embrace the age old saying “there’s only one you.”

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Decision release is coming

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