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Article 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.

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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Article Jonathan Adler poses next to a thought bubble sculpture in a field.

STORY: Jonathan Adler featured on Podcast, Proxy with Yowei Shaw

In the most recent episode of Proxy, Jonathan Adler, professor of psychology, discusses narrative identity to help Yowei Shaw's guest embrace her inner monologue.

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Article Student in blue hoodie presents to classmates.

NEWS: Olin College Named a 2025 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Olin has been named a Princeton Review 2025 Best Value College and recognized as #3 in Best Student Support and Counseling Services.

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Article Camilo Nepal

STORY: From Three Continents to One Global Perspective: Camilo Cuartas-Lopera ’26 Reflects on Study Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Camilo Cuartas-Lopera ’26, studying abroad wasn’t just about seeing the world but about understanding it.

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Article 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.

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Article Dongim Lee stands next to a screen with her presentation poster.

STORY: Dongim Lee ’27 & PInT Receive Honorable Mention for AAAS Presentation

As a result of her presentation, “Linguistic Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition for People Who Stutter,” Lee and PInT received the Undergraduate Honorable Mention in the Social Sciences category from AAAS, and were recognized in the April edition of Science.

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Article Olin College of Engineering President R. May Lee, visionary entrepreneur and education leader, stands with her hands folded.

NEWS: R. May Lee, Visionary Entrepreneur and Education Leader, Named Olin College of Engineering President

The Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.) Board of Trustees have announced the unanimous appointment of R. May Lee as the third President of the College.

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Article Design for Manufacturing, students working in the shop

NEWS: Olin College receives generous gift for “Supercharged” Engineering Design Studio

Olin has received a generous gift to support the creation of the Harris Studio, an innovative engineering design space in Olin’s Miller Academic Center (MAC).

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Article 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.

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.

Read More
Article 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.

Read More
Article Jonathan Adler poses next to a thought bubble sculpture in a field.

STORY: Jonathan Adler featured on Podcast, Proxy with Yowei Shaw

In the most recent episode of Proxy, Jonathan Adler, professor of psychology, discusses narrative identity to help Yowei Shaw's guest embrace her inner monologue.

Read More
Article Student in blue hoodie presents to classmates.

NEWS: Olin College Named a 2025 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Olin has been named a Princeton Review 2025 Best Value College and recognized as #3 in Best Student Support and Counseling Services.

Read More
Article Dongim Lee stands next to a screen with her presentation poster.

STORY: Dongim Lee ’27 & PInT Receive Honorable Mention for AAAS Presentation

As a result of her presentation, “Linguistic Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition for People Who Stutter,” Lee and PInT received the Undergraduate Honorable Mention in the Social Sciences category from AAAS, and were recognized in the April edition of Science.

Read More
Article Camilo Nepal

STORY: From Three Continents to One Global Perspective: Camilo Cuartas-Lopera ’26 Reflects on Study Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Camilo Cuartas-Lopera ’26, studying abroad wasn’t just about seeing the world but about understanding it.

Read More
Article Olin College of Engineering President R. May Lee, visionary entrepreneur and education leader, stands with her hands folded.

NEWS: R. May Lee, Visionary Entrepreneur and Education Leader, Named Olin College of Engineering President

The Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.) Board of Trustees have announced the unanimous appointment of R. May Lee as the third President of the College.

Read More
Article Design for Manufacturing, students working in the shop

NEWS: Olin College receives generous gift for “Supercharged” Engineering Design Studio

Olin has received a generous gift to support the creation of the Harris Studio, an innovative engineering design space in Olin’s Miller Academic Center (MAC).

Read More
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In the Media

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.

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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.

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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."

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Events

Event Students holding laser-cut pieces

CANCELLED - Olin College Summer Intensive 2025: Empowering your Makerspace through Curriculum and Culture

Olin College of Engineering

Empowering your Makerspace through Curriculum and Culture

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Event A vibrant blue graphic with overlapping ovals and colorful rings, featuring the text "Return to the Oval" and "Alumni & Family Weekend."

Return to the Oval: Alumni + Family Weekend

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 (2010, 2015, 2020), and celebrate Olin’s past, present and future.

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Check out our Blogs

Blog Entry Olin College is ranked a top ten college for ROI in new Georgetown University report.

The Voices of Olin's Class of 2029: College Essay Snippets Part 2

July 16, 2025 - 1:29PM EDT ">The Office of Admission and Financial Aid

Welcome back to another volume of “The Voices of Olin's Class of 2029: College Essay Snippets”! As August 1 approaches and you consider the best way to write about yourself, explore how these stories are genuine, honest, and communicate to the reader the passions, interests, and person behind the application. 

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Blog Entry Students playing Blackjack

Casino Night at Olin Was a HUGE Success!

July 7, 2025 - 9:56AM EDT ">Vishnu Eskew

Casino Night took place at the end of the semester as way for students to bond over their shared passion for mocktails, community relationship building, and putting it all on red.

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Blog Entry Picture of Campus during the Fall with people walking around

The Voices of Olin's Class of 2029: College Essay Snippets

June 16, 2025 - 10:08AM EDT ">The Office of Admission and Financial Aid

Continuing our essay blog from previous years, we wanted to introduce you to great examples of personal statements as well as Olin specific essays in a new installment from the Class of 2029.

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