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Timur Gray '28 talks with a hackathon teammate at the MIT-Ukraine "Building for Ukraine" hackathon.

STORY: Oliners Hack for a Safer Ukraine and Better Accessibility

At two recent hackathons, teams of Olin students placed high in the competitions and made positive impacts with their innovative projects tackling real-world challenges through human-centered design.

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NEWS: Gill Pratt, Toyota executive and Olin Founding Faculty, joins Board of Trustees

The Olin Board of Trustees welcomes its newest member, Dr. Gill Pratt, who brings his background in industry and perspective as a founding faculty member of the College.

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Eamon O'Brien ’21 (pictured) joins groundbreaking program for business students and early-career professionals.

NEWS: Alum Receives FASPE Ethics Fellowship

Eamon O'Brien ’21 is one of 15 business Fellows chosen for the 2025 Business Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).

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STORY: Olin Partners with Town of Wellesley DPW and Green Mountain Technologies to Pilot New Sustainability-Focused Course

Sustainability Initiatives Research Collaboration (SIRC) connects Olin students and faculty to sponsoring partners who need thoughtful, innovative solutions for sustainability related projects.

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Team Terraflex poses for a photo at The Generator Buildathon on April 5, 2025.

STORY: Oliners Win Top Prizes at 2025 Generator Buildathon for their AI-Powered Prosthetic Foot Attachment

A team of four Olin College students and one Stanford undergraduate won the first-place prize at this year's The Generator Entrepreneurship & AI Buildathon for Terraflex, their AI-powered prosthetic foot attachment. The students also took home the Nature-Inspired Design Prize (with a potential value of up to $60,000 for the team).

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Portrait of Maya McKone-Sweet holding painted wooden gear in the LPB

STORY: Turning Together: a New Art Installation by Junior Maya McKone-Sweet

Maya McKone-Sweet ’26 leaned on her dual passions for art and engineering this year as she brought to life an art installation to add joy and color to the Olin community.

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Olin students work on a project during a Collaborative Design class.

NEWS: Is College Still Worth It? New Report Says "Yes," and Ranks Olin as a Top College for ROI

New data from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University on the question of college worth has found that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a college degree or certificate comes with a significant return on investment. And according to their report, Olin is an investment with endless value.

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STORY: Q&A with StAR’s Wendy Gordon

Wendy Gordon joins the Olin community as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. Learn more about Wendy and her approach to student support in this Q&A.

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STORY: Oliners Hack for a Safer Ukraine and Better Accessibility

At two recent hackathons, teams of Olin students placed high in the competitions and made positive impacts with their innovative projects tackling real-world challenges through human-centered design.

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STORY: Oliners Win Top Prizes at 2025 Generator Buildathon for their AI-Powered Prosthetic Foot Attachment

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NEWS: Gill Pratt, Toyota executive and Olin Founding Faculty, joins Board of Trustees

The Olin Board of Trustees welcomes its newest member, Dr. Gill Pratt, who brings his background in industry and perspective as a founding faculty member of the College.

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NEWS: Alum Receives FASPE Ethics Fellowship

Eamon O'Brien ’21 is one of 15 business Fellows chosen for the 2025 Business Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).

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STORY: Turning Together: a New Art Installation by Junior Maya McKone-Sweet

Maya McKone-Sweet ’26 leaned on her dual passions for art and engineering this year as she brought to life an art installation to add joy and color to the Olin community.

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STORY: Olin Partners with Town of Wellesley DPW and Green Mountain Technologies to Pilot New Sustainability-Focused Course

Sustainability Initiatives Research Collaboration (SIRC) connects Olin students and faculty to sponsoring partners who need thoughtful, innovative solutions for sustainability related projects.

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NEWS: Is College Still Worth It? New Report Says "Yes," and Ranks Olin as a Top College for ROI

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STORY: Q&A with StAR’s Wendy Gordon

Wendy Gordon joins the Olin community as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. Learn more about Wendy and her approach to student support in this Q&A.

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In the Media

New America – LEO Satellite Constellations: Why Smart Sharing Rules Matter in Space

Oct 25, 2022

The FCC is looking to usher in a new era of LEO satellite constellations by updating the rules for satellite spectrum sharing and space debris. Unlike most terrestrial internet providers, satellites share spectrum bands, including with future market innovators and competitors. View Whitney Lohmeyer's presentation on why smart sharing rules matter in space.

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Industry Update – The Defense Innovation Council will handle the Pentagon’s investment strategy, S&T design reports

Oct 17, 2022

Current members of the board of directors include Gilda Barabina, president of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Susan Gordon, former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, who currently sits on the Board of Directors of CACI International, Avantus Federal, MITRE, and BlackSky.

Art News – Why Be Normal?: Disability & Design Now

Oct 17, 2022

For the performance Descent (2017), Sheppard collaborated with Hendren and her students at Olin College of Engineering to design a ramped stage whose effect she described as “sensual, glorious, and inviting … every chair user’s dream, encouraging every ramp desire.”

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