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NEWS: Olin Featured in The Princeton Review’s 2024 Guide to Green Schools

Olin College is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review’s 2024 Guide to Green Schools.

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NEWS: Jeannie Diefenderfer Named Olin Board Chair

Jeannie Diefenderfer has been named Chair of the Olin College Board of Trustees.

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NEWS: Olin Names Luke Morris ’17 as Newest Trustee

The Olin Board of Trustees voted to appoint alumnus Luke Morris ’17 as its newest trustee at the College’s October 2023 meeting.

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NEWS: Olin College Announces 2023-2024 SCOPE Sponsors

Olin College of Engineering is pleased to announce the 13 sponsors of this year’s Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) projects.

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NEWS: Olin is the Nation’s No. 2 Undergraduate Engineering Program in 2024 according to U.S. News & World Report

Olin is the Nation’s No. 2 Undergraduate Engineering Program in 2024 according to U.S. News & World Report.

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NEWS: Olin College is top in classroom experience and internships in new “best list” from The Princeton Review

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2024 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 389 Colleges.

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STORY: Making an Impact in 2023: Twelve Olin Stories

In less than two weeks it'll be a brand new year. To start 2024 off right, with the many accomplishments of our students, alumni, faculty and staff over the past 12 months in mind, we're taking a look back at some of the best Olin stories in 2023 about making an impact in the world.

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STORY: Blending Ethics and Engineering in “AI and Society”

Team-taught humanities course at Olin College teaches students to think about the impact of artificial intelligence in their work.

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STORY: Jonathan Adler Featured on Hidden Brain Podcast

The discussion on the power of storytelling kicked off a monthlong series of episodes on healing.

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STORY: Building Confidence in Olin’s Shop

Through curricular integration, Olin ensures that all students have the hands-on skills they need to thrive.

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STORY: Alum Designs Affordable Assistive Devices in Tanzania

Eamon O’Brien ’21 co-founded Kyaro in 2019 to produce cost-effective, sturdy, appealing assistive devices for East African people with disabilities.

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STORY: Olin HEAL Lab Developing Less invasive Diagnostics for Endometriosis

Technology uses light and sound waves instead of more traditional, invasive tools.

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The Economist – How infrastructure shapes and improves our world—an interview with Deb Chachra

Oct 11, 2023

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, Deb Chachra, an engineer, explains how better infrastructure provides the path to a more sustainable, energy-rich and prosperous future

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The Washington Post – The wild names in the asteroid belt, from Elvis to Potato

Oct 05, 2023

“When you start to look at all the asteroid names out there, you start to realize that there are groups of people who are missing, particularly people of color,” said Nugent, who has tried to fill in some of the blanks.

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CACM – Blinding the Watchman

Sep 26, 2023

Fellow astronomers are impressed with the way the code works. "HelioLinc3D is great. Ari did a very nice job with the documentation, which allowed my upper-level computing students to use it for a project last semester," says Carrie Nugent, associate professor of computational physics and planetary science at the Olin College of Engineering, in Needham, MA.

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My Summer at a COVID-19 Test Facility

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This summer, Joon '23 had the opportunity to work as an automation engineer at a COVID lab testing facility called SummerBio.

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