Alumni

Three Oliners Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

One senior and two Olin College alumni have won prestigious 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowships for graduate school.

Alum Creating Microsoft Assistive Tech for Users with Visual Impairments

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

On this Earth Day, Meet Four Alumni Working to Solve Key Ecological Issues and Mobilizing Change

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. On this Earth Day we're highlighting and celebrating four Olin College alumni who are actively working to solve ecological and environmental issues and mobilizing change.

Q&A with Lee Edwards ’07, General Partner at Root Ventures

Parcel B, an Olin-centric investment collective started by Edwards, has recently made its first donation back to Olin.

Alum’s Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries

Alum’s Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries. Co-founder Jacob Graham ’06 discusses Enzyme’s journey from startup to majority-share acquisition.

Frank Talks: Creating Robots for Good

April 12, 2023 - 6:00PM EDT

Culture House

In this talk Mikell will discuss how different areas of robotics drive us to consider choices from different angles and how the robots we make can move the needle toward good outcomes.

Frank Talks: Debugging Circuits in the Heart

March 29, 2023 - 7:00PM EDT

Zoom

Learn more about Dr. Navara's '11 innovative arrhythmia research, the company, SafeBeat, she founded based on this research and how she identified the need that SafeBeat fills.

Alum Mitigating Wildfire Risk with Biochar

Bret Richmond ’06 is creating a pilot system to turn wildfire fodder into sustainable products.

From Makerspaces to Mining

Olin alum Claire Kincaid ’19 turned a passion for creating into an international career in mining.

Alumni Weekend 2023

September 22, 2023 - 1:00PM EDT

Olin College of Engineering

Come back to the bubble to spend time with friends, faculty, staff and students. This year, we will celebrate milestone Reunions for 2008 (15th), 2013 (10th), 2018 (5th)!

Alum Designs Automated Drones for Healthcare Delivery

Space has always interested Nagy Hakim '17. While in high school, he interned with NASA and competed in FIRST Robotics; when he entered Olin, he conducted research in the Olin Robotics and Bio Inspiration Lab. He's now helping to safely and autonomously deliver medical supplies to underserved communities.

“Build Something that Matters”

Leif Jentoft ’09 is filling gaps in the supply chain with intelligent, autonomous robotics. Growing up in Minneapolis and spending his summers tinkering with things in the Northwoods, Jentoft received an important piece of advice from his dad: “Make sure you build something valuable, not just cool.”

Olin Alumnae Create New Model for Sustainable Cultural Change at Microsoft

Born out of a need for community and connection during the pandemic, Gracey Wilson '20 and Allison Basore '20 created a new model for sustainable cultural change at Microsoft Cambridge and their distributed leadership approach is now being recognized by leadership and industry networks alike.

Olin Alum Honored with Research and Diversity Award

Alumna Kris Dorsey ’07, has recently been honored by AnitaB.org, a nonprofit social enterprise seeking to achieve intersectional equity in the global technical workforce by 2025, with a 2022 Emerging Leader Abie Award.

Olin Visits Alumni, Students in Bay Area

Olin College staff and faculty visited the Bay Area in June, enjoying a series of events in Palo Alto and San Francisco that brought together alumni and students living and working in the area for the summer.

Frank Talks: Finding Fulfilling Work – One Adventure at a Time

July 27, 2022 - 5:30PM EDT

Culture House, 16 Union Square, Somerville, MA

Ellen Chisa shares examples of different career decision moments and how we can do fulfilling work and have long term impact.