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Below you will find stories about our faculty, their research, awards and notable appointments, as well as books they've published, new courses they developed, and much more.

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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).

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Olin student Eddy learning about the art of spinach harvesting from a partner farmer Aubrey

STORY: Cultivating Whole Engineers through Partnerships with Local Farms

This summer, two Olin students spent their time engaged equally in agricultural research and hands-on farmwork at certified-organic Powisset Farm.

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STORY: Johansen Co-Authors International Report on Oxygen Therapy Technology

Elizabeth Johansen, senior lecturer in design and biomedical engineering, has co-authored an international report on oxygen innovations spurred the worldwide medical oxygen shortage to address COVID-19, childhood pneumonia and a variety of other respiratory conditions.

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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: 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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STORY:Teaching Data Science through the Lens of Sustainability

Students in Olin pilot course use sustainability research questions and data sets as context for learning data science principles.

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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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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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STORY: Engineering Solutions for a 150-Year-Old Textile Mill

Students in a pilot engineering course are collaborating with Draper Knitting to devise innovations and understand the global textile industry.

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STORY: Students Developing Autonomous Weeding Robot for Sustainable Farming

They’ll submit their proposed system to the Farm Robotics Challenge this summer.

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NEWS: Ruvolo and Michalka Awarded NSF Grant to Participate in I-Corps Program

Paul Ruvolo, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Sam Michalka, Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Engineering, have been awarded a NSF award of $50,000 to participate in the I-Corps program to study the product-market fit for their navigation technology.

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Learning to Grow Mini Organs in the Lab - Two students working with bio equipment under the fume hood.

STORY: Learning to Grow Mini Organs in the Lab

Olin’s “Intro to Tissue Building” gives students a leg up on biology foundations and laboratory techniques.

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NEWS: Olin receives NEH grant for AI, climate change, and humanities curriculum integration

Olin faculty have received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change curriculum into STEM courses.