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Article Microbial Diversity students conducting lab-based research

STORY: From Microbes to Markets: “Microbial Diversity” Course Explores Intersection of Science and Entrepreneurship

In Olin’s “Microbial Diversity” course, students spend an entire semester in the lab thinking through challenges like these by working with microbes that can degrade or convert unwanted compounds.

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Article Students sit behind a table to showcase their BOW-ling project.

STORY: Creating Community: Products & Markets Students Test, Iterate and Host BOW-ling Event

Five Olin students in the Spring 2026 Products and Markets (P&M) course brought together the Babson, Olin and Wellesley (BOW) communities. Their efforts later earned them an invitation to WeStart at Wellesley, where they received the Kindness with a KPI Award.

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Article A group photo of OCTAL team members standing with their firefighting drone

STORY: Team of Olin Students Builds 14-Foot, Flying, Fire-Fighting Robot

A group of Oliners put their engineering skills and passion for positive change to work by building a 14-foot, eight-armed autonomous drone called OCTAL designed to extinguish wildfires before they grow out of control.

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Article Olin students are pictured working on an AHS course project.

STORY: New “CLIP” Course Makes Independent Study More Accessible

“Cohort Learning in Parallel” (CLIP) is a new experimental course at Olin that is working to make independent study more accessible, connected, and sustainable for students and faculty alike.

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Article A photo of Matthew D. Hill '06

STORY: Matthew D. Hill ’06 Endowed Scholarship Makes First Student Award

The first-ever recipient of the Matthew D. Hill ’06 Endowed Scholarship has been selected, marking an important milestone in expanding need-based and merit aid opportunities for Olin students.

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Article The PIEoneer Awards 2026: Partnership of the year Finalist

STORY: Olin College and Kyiv School of Economics are shortlisted for PIEoneer Awards Partnership of the Year

Olin College of Engineering and Kyiv School of Economics have been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 PIEoneer Awards Partnership of the Year.

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Article Group photo of professor Erhardt Graeff and his Local Democracy class inside Needham Town Hall

STORY: Olin Students Learn to Take Action in New “Local Democracy” Course

While Olin students spend plenty of time solving technical problems, a new course asks them to tackle a different kind of challenge: how to participate in democracy where they live.

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Article Group photo of the members of the Olin College Robotics Lab

STORY: Olin HydroFleet Wins Farm Robotics Challenge Drone Award

The team from Olin College— who won the Grand Prize for their robot in 2024— took home the 2026 award for Excellence in Drone Applications.

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Article Microbial Diversity students conducting lab-based research

STORY: From Microbes to Markets: “Microbial Diversity” Course Explores Intersection of Science and Entrepreneurship

In Olin’s “Microbial Diversity” course, students spend an entire semester in the lab thinking through challenges like these by working with microbes that can degrade or convert unwanted compounds.

Read More
Article A photo of Matthew D. Hill '06

STORY: Matthew D. Hill ’06 Endowed Scholarship Makes First Student Award

The first-ever recipient of the Matthew D. Hill ’06 Endowed Scholarship has been selected, marking an important milestone in expanding need-based and merit aid opportunities for Olin students.

Read More
Article Students sit behind a table to showcase their BOW-ling project.

STORY: Creating Community: Products & Markets Students Test, Iterate and Host BOW-ling Event

Five Olin students in the Spring 2026 Products and Markets (P&M) course brought together the Babson, Olin and Wellesley (BOW) communities. Their efforts later earned them an invitation to WeStart at Wellesley, where they received the Kindness with a KPI Award.

Read More
Article A group photo of OCTAL team members standing with their firefighting drone

STORY: Team of Olin Students Builds 14-Foot, Flying, Fire-Fighting Robot

A group of Oliners put their engineering skills and passion for positive change to work by building a 14-foot, eight-armed autonomous drone called OCTAL designed to extinguish wildfires before they grow out of control.

Read More
Article The PIEoneer Awards 2026: Partnership of the year Finalist

STORY: Olin College and Kyiv School of Economics are shortlisted for PIEoneer Awards Partnership of the Year

Olin College of Engineering and Kyiv School of Economics have been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 PIEoneer Awards Partnership of the Year.

Read More
Article Olin students are pictured working on an AHS course project.

STORY: New “CLIP” Course Makes Independent Study More Accessible

“Cohort Learning in Parallel” (CLIP) is a new experimental course at Olin that is working to make independent study more accessible, connected, and sustainable for students and faculty alike.

Read More
Article Group photo of professor Erhardt Graeff and his Local Democracy class inside Needham Town Hall

STORY: Olin Students Learn to Take Action in New “Local Democracy” Course

While Olin students spend plenty of time solving technical problems, a new course asks them to tackle a different kind of challenge: how to participate in democracy where they live.

Read More
Article Group photo of the members of the Olin College Robotics Lab

STORY: Olin HydroFleet Wins Farm Robotics Challenge Drone Award

The team from Olin College— who won the Grand Prize for their robot in 2024— took home the 2026 award for Excellence in Drone Applications.

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Psychology Today – COVID-19 Disabled Everyone. Disabled People Knew What to Do.

Nov 16, 2022

Despite possessing extensive wisdom, experience, and knowledge, disabled people are rarely seen – especially by non-disabled people – as sources of expertise. Could the COVID pandemic change that?

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Soul Grown – Modern design for a modern Alabama with innovator Erika Boeing

Nov 08, 2022

​I’ve been obsessed with renewable energy since college, where I completed a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. I went into engineering because I saw technology as a force that had a lot of power in today’s culture in the way that it shapes society, and I wanted to figure out how I could contribute to that narrative.

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teleSUR – U.S. AAAS and Cuban Academy of Sciences Renew Cooperation Ties

Oct 29, 2022

The U.S. representation was co-led by Dr. Sudip Parikh, AAAS Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals, and Dr. Gilda Barabino, AAAS President and President of Olin College of Engineering.

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