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STORY: Olin College’s Undergraduate Research and Hands-on Learning on Display at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting

A delegation of Olin students and two faculty presented their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, held in Boston from February 13-15, 2025.

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STORY: Olin Welcomes Spring 2025 Exchange Students

This spring, Olin welcomes exchange students from our partner institutions for a semester-long experience to take part in our project-based learning environment, helping to grow and amplify the positive impact an Olin engineering education makes in the world.

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Cassandre Roos '25 and members of her local "helping hub" volunteering during the LA Wildfire recovery and coordination efforts.

STORY: Olin Senior Takes a Systems Engineering Approach During LA Wildfire Recovery Efforts

Olin senior, Cassandre Roos '25, used her systems engineering skills while volunteering over winter break to help lead LA Wildfire recovery and coordination efforts in a local "Helping Hub" in her hometown.

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STORY: Designing the Future with Photography

Visual communications and the fine arts are essential elements of life, and Helen Donis-Keller, Michael E. Moody Professor and Professor of Biology and Art, helps her students understand the importance of integrating both logic and creativity into their work.

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STORY: Sculpting the Future: Dyllan Nguyen’s Journey as an Artist and Educator

Read all about Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, Dyllan Nguyen's journey as an artist and educator, and learn how they're sculpting the future at Olin.

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Students take a selfie with Olin faculty at FIE 2024.

STORY: Student Researchers Invited to Design New Harvard Workshop After Successful FIE Trip

As a result of their presentation at last October's Frontiers in Education (FIE) conference, five students on Professor Yevgeniya V. Zastavker's Learning Journeys research team have been invited to design and implement a new workshop at Harvard University that aims to make a difference by "Hacking Injustice."

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James Knee '15 of Vivant Cycleworks stands with one of his cargo e-bikes.

STORY: Alum's Vivant Cycleworks Aims to be Key to a Greener, More Connected Future

For James Nee '15, 2024 was a year of big dreams and making them a reality. He's been busy creating and launching an electric cargo bike with a mission to reduce the environmental impact of personal transportation, putting us on a path towards a safer and more sustainable future. And with his American-made, Vivant Cycleworks, the road ahead is clear.

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Four students gather around a Formula Car at Olin College.

STORY: Oliners Create Sustainable and Fully Bespoke Aerodynamic Package for Formula Car

During the Fall 2024 semester, a team of five Olin College of Engineering students undertook an innovative and extracurricular passion project to design, optimize, and fabricate a fully bespoke aerodynamic package for an Olin Formula SAE car.

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NEWS: Olin Sees Leap in Applicant Pool for the Class of 2029

Olin College received 1,154 applications for admission to the Class of 2029.

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Sparsh Gupta ’26 pictured studying abroad in Cambridge, UK.

STORY: Exploring Cambridge: Sparsh Gupta ’26 on Studying Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Sparsh Gupta ’26, studying abroad at the University of Cambridge in Fall 2024 was about stepping into an entirely different academic and cultural experience.

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Dr. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of Science, to be Olin’s 2025 Commencement Speaker

Dr. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of Science, will be the Olin College Commencement 2025 featured speaker. The ceremony will be held at the College’s campus on Friday, May 16, 2025, and will celebrate Olin’s 20th graduating class.

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NEWS: Olin featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition

Olin is featured in the Princeton Review’s 2025 Guide to Green Colleges.

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STORY: Q&A with CORe President Kenneth Xiong ‘27

Since seeing campaign posters decorate the walls of his middle school, Kenneth Xiong ‘27 developed a passion for student government. In November 2024, Kenneth assumed his role as the President of The Council of Olin Representatives (CORe) with the goal of building an inclusive and welcoming community for Oliners.

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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 Faculty Win $400K NSF Grant for AI Curriculum Development

Three Olin College professors have been awarded a $400,000 grant from the NSF to develop a curriculum in which engineering and computer science students use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance employment opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired and for older adults.

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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).