In the Media

The 34 US colleges with the highest-paid graduates, ranked – Business Insider

Jun 01, 2026

Olin College of Engineering was ranked in the top US Colleges with the highest paid graduates at #10.

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The Class of 2026’s Indian American Voices: From Stanford to the Hudson Valley, a Community Takes the Commencement Stage – American Kahani

May 25, 2026

On May 15, 2026, Reshma Saujani addressed Olin College of Engineering’s 21st graduating class in Needham, Massachusetts. Olin’s official announcement described her as a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, the founder and CEO of Moms First, a New York Times bestselling author, and TIME Magazine’s 2026 Woman of the Year.

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Students Create a Self-Balancing, Self-Driving Bicycle – Core77

May 22, 2026

A group of freshmen at the Olin College of Engineering built this autonomous self-balancing bicycle... Students Justin, Pia and Arylan designed a spinning "reaction wheel" that sits just fore of the seatpost; a sensor housing sits behind. A drive unit sits further down on the seatpost, and the battery is slung beneath the down tube.

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[Big read] Li Zexiang: The Professor Behind China’s Drone Boom and its Future Engineers – ThinkChina

Mar 17, 2026

At traditional centres of engineering education in the US, such as MIT and Stanford University, the entrepreneurial density is only in the single-digit percentages. By contrast, at Olin College of Engineering — a small private university in Massachusetts that emphasises interdisciplinary, project-based learning and close ties with industry — the entrepreneurial density is five times that of Stanford.

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YCBK 607: How the Calm College Method Reduces Student & Parent Stress – Your College-Bound Kid

Jan 22, 2026

Olin College's Susan Brisson, Director of Admission, returns and joins Mark to answer a question from Andrew, a listener from Oregon.

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YCBK 605: How Being Low-Income Impact Admission Decisions at Need-Blind Colleges – Your College-Bound Kid

Jan 15, 2026

Olin College's Susan Brisson, Director of Admission, joins Mark to answer a question from a listener about how being a low-income student impacts decisions at need-blind schools.

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Jacob Uy On Turning HeroTech Engineering Into A Scalable Creator Business – Net Influencer

Dec 29, 2025

When Jacob Uy uploaded a short YouTube clip of a homemade Spider-Man web shooter as a high school senior, he thought of it as nothing more than documentation for a school project. Within weeks, the video had passed hundreds of thousands of views. Today, that same video has reached roughly five million views.

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Olin College president R. May Lee brings Wall Street risk-taking mindset to engineering education – Boston Business Journal

Nov 26, 2025

Olin College of Engineering's President R. May Lee discusses her experience and what brought her into the role as the third president of the college.

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How AI-enabled robotics can support sustainable agriculture in Africa – Mbanisi – Daily Champion

Nov 24, 2025

Olin College's Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, is interviewed on his human-centric robotics and AI innovations.

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Air Partners: a model for centering community priorities in air justice projects – IOP Science

Oct 14, 2025

Olin College's Scott Hersey and Francesca Majluf published this study on Air Partners and air justice projects in Boston, MA.

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Community air quality efforts score more than $1 million in city funding – The Bay State Banner

Oct 08, 2025

"The CDC Collaborative received $179,340 for its partnership with Olin College of Engineering on a series of community workshops focused on air quality — teaching residents how to build at-home air purifiers and monitor pollution along the transit corridor with mobile sensors."

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Study shows Mass. has the wealthiest colleges in the country. Here’s how they rank. – Boston.com

Oct 05, 2025

Olin College of Engineering was ranked as one of the wealthiest colleges in Massachusetts at #33.

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Boston Announces Awardees Of 2025 Community Clean Air Grant Program – WBZ News

Sep 29, 2025

Olin College of Engineering was announced as an awardee of the 2025 Community Clean Air Grant Program.

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No lectures, exams, essays: inside a twenty-first-century university – Nature

Sep 24, 2025

The team looked for pedagogical inspiration globally, and a key influence was Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts.

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Taking Science Education to the Seas With the 2025 School of Rock – Columbia Climate School

Sep 10, 2025

In July, 13 science educators from all walks of life hopped on the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in San Diego. Olin's Victoria Preston ’16, Assistant Professor of Engineering, was one of the members on the expedition.

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Top 10 US colleges where students say financial aid truly makes a difference – The Times of India

Sep 09, 2025

Olin College was mentioned for our 2025 Princeton Review rankings.

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