News + Events Recent News and other Stories Article Engineering for impact Living the experiment Story Alumni Student STORY: Students Develop Automated Fruit Sorting System for Local Berry Farm Last year, students in Olin’s “Robotics Systems Integration” course gained real-world experience developing an efficient, low-cost solution to help a local blueberry farm better sort their harvest. Read More Article Press Release Faculty NEWS: Donis-Keller Appointed Co-Leader of Biology Section and Member-at-Large for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Helen Donis-Keller, professor of biology and art and Michael E. Moody Professor, has been appointed to a two-year term as one of two leaders of the Biology Section and a Member-at-Large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals. Read More Article Leading transformation STORY: Students Experience "How It's Made IRL" in Coby Unger's Co-Curricular At Olin, Co-curriculars are scheduled activities hosted by a faculty or staff member in a subject they are passionate about themselves. Coby Unger, Senior Shop Manager and Instructor of Fabrication, started "How-It’s-Made IRL," a Co-Curricular where students visit a factory every Thursday morning to learn how things get made in manufacturing settings. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Student Student-Led Nonprofit Seeks to Build AI Literacy in Schools Three Olin students—Anna Du ’28, Ramzey Burdette ’28, and Yunzhu Chen ’28—have founded a nonprofit called Ideas Become Impact that seeks to empower students in underserved communities to better understand the real-world uses of artificial intelligence (AI). Read More Article Driving equity Engineering for impact Story Faculty Brazilian High Schoolers Learn Design Thinking at Olin/MIT This October, 26 students from Colégio Santa Cruz in São Paulo, Brazil, completed a weeklong community-engaged design immersion program on both Olin’s and MIT’s campuses as part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) School Program. Read More Article Story Staff STORY: Q&A with Jeanne Haley Jeanne Haley joins the Olin community as the Senior Director of Counseling. Learn more about Jeanne and her experience in this Q&A. Read More Article Leading transformation Living the experiment Story Alumni No Limits: Kevin Tostado ’06 Demonstrates Versatility of Olin Degree From computer engineer to filmmaker to holistic wealth management adviser, Kevin Tostado ’06, WMCP®, FSCP®, is proof that an Olin education can take you anywhere you want to go in life. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Story Partner STORY: Olin Joins Reach Every Reader to Help Children’s Literacy Efforts Olin has joined Reach Every Reader (RER), a multi-university research collaborative studying how to create a developmental and long-range approach to supporting K-2 literacy for all children as early as possible. Read More Article Engineering for impact Living the experiment Story Alumni Student STORY: Students Develop Automated Fruit Sorting System for Local Berry Farm Last year, students in Olin’s “Robotics Systems Integration” course gained real-world experience developing an efficient, low-cost solution to help a local blueberry farm better sort their harvest. Read More Article Driving equity Engineering for impact Story Faculty Brazilian High Schoolers Learn Design Thinking at Olin/MIT This October, 26 students from Colégio Santa Cruz in São Paulo, Brazil, completed a weeklong community-engaged design immersion program on both Olin’s and MIT’s campuses as part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) School Program. Read More Article Press Release Faculty NEWS: Donis-Keller Appointed Co-Leader of Biology Section and Member-at-Large for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Helen Donis-Keller, professor of biology and art and Michael E. Moody Professor, has been appointed to a two-year term as one of two leaders of the Biology Section and a Member-at-Large of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals. Read More Article Leading transformation STORY: Students Experience "How It's Made IRL" in Coby Unger's Co-Curricular At Olin, Co-curriculars are scheduled activities hosted by a faculty or staff member in a subject they are passionate about themselves. Coby Unger, Senior Shop Manager and Instructor of Fabrication, started "How-It’s-Made IRL," a Co-Curricular where students visit a factory every Thursday morning to learn how things get made in manufacturing settings. Read More Article Story Staff STORY: Q&A with Jeanne Haley Jeanne Haley joins the Olin community as the Senior Director of Counseling. Learn more about Jeanne and her experience in this Q&A. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Student Student-Led Nonprofit Seeks to Build AI Literacy in Schools Three Olin students—Anna Du ’28, Ramzey Burdette ’28, and Yunzhu Chen ’28—have founded a nonprofit called Ideas Become Impact that seeks to empower students in underserved communities to better understand the real-world uses of artificial intelligence (AI). Read More Article Leading transformation Living the experiment Story Alumni No Limits: Kevin Tostado ’06 Demonstrates Versatility of Olin Degree From computer engineer to filmmaker to holistic wealth management adviser, Kevin Tostado ’06, WMCP®, FSCP®, is proof that an Olin education can take you anywhere you want to go in life. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Story Partner STORY: Olin Joins Reach Every Reader to Help Children’s Literacy Efforts Olin has joined Reach Every Reader (RER), a multi-university research collaborative studying how to create a developmental and long-range approach to supporting K-2 literacy for all children as early as possible. Read More Media Inquiries: contact Alyson Goodrow | 617-794-0028 In the Media LeadershipPresident Barabino WBUR – Olin College president plans to step down amid financial strain at the school Jan 10, 2025 The president of Olin College of Engineering will step down at the end of the academic year, a spokeswoman for the school confirmed Friday. Read More LeadershipPresident Barabino Boston Globe – Olin College, whose president is resigning, joins ranks of institutions facing financial and leadership difficulties Jan 10, 2025 Gilda A. Barabino, who became the college’s first Black and first female president in July 2020 and only the second leader in its history, plans to exit at the end of the academic year, a spokesperson for Olin confirmed. Read More Engineering for impactStudent MassLive – To help small New England farms, these students built a ‘Roomba’ for weeds Nov 29, 2024 Some call it a Roomba for weeds. Or a farmhand RoboCop. The students of Olin College of Engineering call their creation the PhoenixBot. Read More Pagination First page First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Current page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 … Next page Last page Last Events Submit an event Check out our Blogs Blog Entry Olin AdmissionThe Voices of Olin's Class of 2027: College Essay Snippets Part 2 July 25, 2023 - 12:19PM EDT ">Victoria Moore In Part Two of this blog series, we are hoping to debunk one of the major myths about writing college essays...the idea that there are certain topics that are better or more persuasive than others. To demonstrate our point, in this blog we give you even more stellar examples of the range of college essays done by students of the Class of 2027.Read More Blog Entry Olin AdmissionAdmission StaffThe Voices of Olin's Class of 2027: College Essay Snippets Part I July 17, 2023 - 9:38AM EDT ">Victoria Moore Writing your college essays may seem like a daunting and scary task. Our three-part blog series though is here to help! We’ve compiled snippets of essays from our Class of 2027 that stood out to our counseling staff for their creativity and authenticity. Read More Blog Entry Career & Graduate StoriesTips from the PGP StaffConsulting as a Career path: What is it, and how do I do it? April 28, 2023 - 1:51PM EDT ">Rishita Sarin "A consultant provides 'external advice for organizations that require specialist experience or an objective outside perspective on their business.' There are many different types of consulting, including management, strategy, economics, healthcare, human resources, and technology."Read More Pagination First page First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Current page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 … Next page Last page Last
