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NEWS: Deb Chachra Named to Vox’s Future Perfect 50

She joins a list of scientists, thinkers, scholars, writers, and activists compiled by Vox who are building a more perfect future.

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NEWS: Olin Awarded MassTech Advanced Manufacturing Training Program Grant

Two members of the Olin community— Jean J. Huang, associate professor of biology, and Michael Fannon, lab manager and instructor—are on a team that has been awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech).

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Olin College of Engineering's Kenechukwu Mbanisi, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, is shown at a podium after the Olin teams wins the Farm Robotics Challenge.

NEWS: Olin Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Farm Robotics Challenge

A design team from Olin College of Engineering and their robot, the “PhoenixBot,” have won the $10,000 grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. The award was announced on Oct. 24 during a ceremony at the FIRA USA robotics conference in Woodland, Calif.

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NEWS: Olin Wins 2024 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

Olin is a 2024 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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NEWS: Olin is the #2 Undergraduate Engineering College in the U.S.

For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named Olin College the nation’s No. 2 Undergraduate Engineering program (non-doctorate) in the 2025 edition of their Best Colleges rankings.

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NEWS: Olin President Gilda Barabino Awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science

Olin President Dr. Gilda A. Barabino has been awarded the 2024 Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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NEWS: Olin College Named One of the Nation’s Best Colleges by Princeton Review

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2025 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 390 Colleges.

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NEWS: Nate Smith ’07 joins Olin College Board of Trustees

The Olin College Board of Trustees welcomes Nate Smith ’07, who brings his entrepreneurial background and alumni perspective as its newest member.

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NEWS: Q&A with the Shop’s Coby Unger

Coby Unger joins the Olin community this summer as Senior Shop Manager and Instructor of Fabrication.

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Hero Tech Team picture with lightsaber - Aaron, Madie, and Jacob (left to right)

NEWS: Project JEDI, incubated at the Olin College of Engineering, unveils first fully extending and retracting DIY Lightsaber

In the midst of Hollywood’s blockbuster season, Olin College of Engineering graduate and HeroTech founder Jacob Uy ’24 has cracked the code on a fully extending and retracting lightsaber.

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NEWS: Olin Named #2 for Classroom Experience and a 2024 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Olin Nam ed Princeton Review Best Value College for 2024 in its 20th annual list of rankings.

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NEWS: Diana Dabby selected as 2024–2025 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow

Diana Dabby, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Music, as well as Music Program Director at Olin College, has been named Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for the 2024–2025 academic year.

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Image of the June 7, 2024, New York Times Crossword Puzzle, which features the answer "Olin," short for Olin College of Engineering.

NEWS: Olin is the Answer; The NYT Features Olin College in Famous Crossword

On June 7, 2024, Olin College of Engineering was featured in The New York Times' famous crossword puzzle, known across the world as The Crossword, as an answer.

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Jonathan M Adler, Professor of Psychology

NEWS: Adler Named 2024-25 Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the Humanities

Professor of Psychology Jonathan Adler has received a prestigious fellowship from Wellesley College’s Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities. He will serve as the Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the Humanities while on sabbatical from Olin during the 2024-2025 academic year.

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NEWS: Chris Wallace ’17 joins Olin Board of Trustees

The Olin Board of Trustees voted to appoint Chris Wallace ’17 as a young alumni trustee at the College’s May 2024 meeting. Wallace will serve a four-year term, beginning in October 2024.

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NEWS: Olin Commencement 2024: Celebrating the Power of Relationships

On Friday, May 10, 2024, over 800 family members, faculty, staff, trustees, and guests, gathered on Olin College's Needham, MA campus for Olin’s 19th Commencement Ceremony in a joyful celebration of the Class of 2024.