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Olin Associate Professor Carrie Nugent receives 2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Carrie Nugent, associate professor of computational physics and planetary science at Olin, has received a 2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.

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Olin College Class of 2023: “Until We Meet Again”

On Sunday, May 14, Olin College celebrated the Class of 2023 at a joyful Commencement ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of Olin’s 18th class of graduates.

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Open letter from Women Presidents, Deans from Six of America’s Leading Research Universities, in Support of CHIPS and Science Act

All-Women Group of University Presidents, Deans of Engineering from Six of America's Leading Research Universities Issue an Open Letter Supporting the CHIPS and Science Act

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Olin Named #2 for Internships and a 2023 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Out of more than 650 colleges and universities surveyed for the 2023 list, Olin is one of 209 institutions that earned the highest ROI (Return on Investment) rating in the Princeton Review’s analysis.

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Introducing Olin’s Incoming Class of 2027

On August 23, 2023, Olin College will welcome 100 new students of the Class of 2027 to campus.

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Olin is #11 in Salaries for Software and Tech According to New WSJ-Published Ranking of Top Colleges

The Wall Street Journal has published a new ranking of the Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Software, with Olin ranking #11 in all salaries for software and tech.

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Olin President Gilda Barabino receives Rice Distinguished Alumni Award

Olin College President, Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, will be honored by her alma mater with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.

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New Interdisciplinary Course Helps Students See Engineering’s Big Picture

“Engineering in Context” allows students to self-integrate concepts of sustainability, ethics, and history into their studies.

Alum Creating Microsoft Assistive Tech for Users with Visual Impairments

Emma Pan ’21 is leveraging her Olin degree to create ethical, impactful technology.

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Watch: Two Student Teams Present Final Projects from Impact-Centered Olin Courses [Video]

Members of the Olin College faculty and staff were invited to the Campus Center recently to watch two student teams present their final projects for the impact-centered Olin courses: Environmental Consulting at Olin (ECO) and Change at Olin.

Braden Oh '23 poses with an ion thruster at MIT's Space Propulsion Lab in 2023.

Olin Students are First Undergraduates to Achieve Sustained Fire of Ion Thruster

On January 30, 2023, six students from the Olin Plasma Engineering & Electric Propulsion Lab (PEEP), reached a major milestone at MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab: they achieved ignition. Making them the first undergraduate team in the world to successfully design, build and fire a steady-state Hall-effect thruster (HET).

New Course Focuses on K–12 Outreach, Community Impact

Sarah Spence Adams’s new research focus culminates in “Math and Engineering for Everyone.”

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National Academies – Higher Ed Institutions, STEMM Organizations Should Act to Change Cultures to Support Inclusive Excellence and Dismantle Barriers Created by Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias

Feb 14, 2023

“The concepts of antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion are not goals for which a simple checklist will indicate success,” said Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, and co-chair of the committee that wrote the report.

PBS – Why it's so hard to make salt water drinkable

Jan 31, 2023

Though there’s a range of efficiency in both methods, thermal desalination requires roughly 10 times as much energy as reverse osmosis, says Emily Tow, a mechanical engineer at Olin College of Engineering who studies water desalination and reuse.

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The Atlantic – Asteroid Measurements Make No Sense

Jan 26, 2023

These can be helpful images, but the approach has its limitations. “You can be into sports, but if you’re not into U.S. football, these football fields make no sense,” Carrie Nugent, a planetary scientist at Olin College

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Olin Welcomes Prospective Students to Fall Open House

Pauline Petersen '26

Olin College of Engineering welcomed over 100 high school students and their families for the Fall Open House this week. Prospective students spent the day at Olin participating in hands-on activities, meeting current students, and learning about the admission process.

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Student Research at Olin

Pauline Petersen '26

From creating robotic fish with the ability to autonomously swim across the ocean to designing satellites for launch into orbit, Olin College of Engineering offers students a wide range of research projects, from paid investigations to those for college credit, or simply to explore a concept in a field of interest.

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Office of Admission & Financial Aid hosts in-person Mix & Mingle Fly-In

Pauline Petersen

Olin recently hosted its first in-person Fly-In program since 2019. This two-day event welcomed high school seniors from around the country with strong potential for Olin’s collaborative, project-based engineering curriculum.