News + Events Recent News and other Stories Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment Story Student Olin’s Best-Kept Secret: The Design Challenge This fun, chaotic part of Candidates’ Weekend is a beloved tradition and an important part of the admissions process. Read More Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment STORY: Ideate, Model, Test: Olin’s MechProto Students Complete the College’s First Build Challenge Last Friday, students in Georgia Van de Zande’s Mechanical Prototyping (MechProto) course experienced Olin College’s first Build Challenge. Within one week of receiving the design brief, students ideated, modeled and tested their designs, all while exemplifying Olin’s core values of hands-on learning, collaboration and community. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Story NEWS: Esther Aduamah ’27 and John Chandler ’28 Receive 2026 Inspire STEM Scholarships Two Olin College of Engineering students were honored at the 8th Inspire STEM Gala in Boston, hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Boston Professionals in early March. Esther Aduamah ’27 and John Chandler ’28 were two of 30 award recipients selected from 130 applications. Read More Article Community-centered culture Press Release Leadership Reshma Saujani, a TIME Woman of the Year, will deliver Olin’s 2026 Commencement Address Reshma Saujani, a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, the founder and CEO of Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media, will be the featured speaker at Olin College’s 2026 Commencement. Read More Article Community-centered culture Engineering for impact Story Parent STORY: Abe Murray P’29: Activation Energy at Work Abe Murray P’29 first encountered Olin College alumni and faculty years before he became the parent of an Olin student. During his 15-year career at Google, Murray noticed that some of the most impressive engineers he worked with were from Olin. Read More Article Living the experiment Story STORY: "How It's Made IRL" Co-Curricular Spring Break ’26 Tours Over spring break 2026, Coby Unger, Senior Shop Manager and Instructor of Fabrication, Jordan Spring ’20, Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, and the "How It's Made IRL" co-curricular students teamed up with Lauren Palmer ’09, Associate Director of Partnership Development, and SCOPE to offer a more immersive experience over spring break. Read More Article Community-centered culture Leading transformation Press Release Leadership NEWS: President Lee Shares Her Career Journey During GIRL Congress Panel Olin College of Engineering President R. May Lee spoke on a morning panel at GIRL Congress, an all-day leadership conference for high school girls held at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus on March 14, 2026. Read More Article Engineering for impact Living the experiment Story Student NEWS: From Healthcare to AI: Four Olin Teams Win Prizes at MakeMIT x Harvard Hackathon Four teams featuring Olin College of Engineering students won prizes for their hardware projects - spanning topics from healthcare to AI - at February’s MakeMIT x Harvard Hackathon. Read More Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment Story Student Olin’s Best-Kept Secret: The Design Challenge This fun, chaotic part of Candidates’ Weekend is a beloved tradition and an important part of the admissions process. Read More Article Community-centered culture Engineering for impact Story Parent STORY: Abe Murray P’29: Activation Energy at Work Abe Murray P’29 first encountered Olin College alumni and faculty years before he became the parent of an Olin student. During his 15-year career at Google, Murray noticed that some of the most impressive engineers he worked with were from Olin. Read More Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment STORY: Ideate, Model, Test: Olin’s MechProto Students Complete the College’s First Build Challenge Last Friday, students in Georgia Van de Zande’s Mechanical Prototyping (MechProto) course experienced Olin College’s first Build Challenge. Within one week of receiving the design brief, students ideated, modeled and tested their designs, all while exemplifying Olin’s core values of hands-on learning, collaboration and community. Read More Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Story NEWS: Esther Aduamah ’27 and John Chandler ’28 Receive 2026 Inspire STEM Scholarships Two Olin College of Engineering students were honored at the 8th Inspire STEM Gala in Boston, hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Boston Professionals in early March. Esther Aduamah ’27 and John Chandler ’28 were two of 30 award recipients selected from 130 applications. Read More Article Living the experiment Story STORY: "How It's Made IRL" Co-Curricular Spring Break ’26 Tours Over spring break 2026, Coby Unger, Senior Shop Manager and Instructor of Fabrication, Jordan Spring ’20, Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, and the "How It's Made IRL" co-curricular students teamed up with Lauren Palmer ’09, Associate Director of Partnership Development, and SCOPE to offer a more immersive experience over spring break. Read More Article Community-centered culture Press Release Leadership Reshma Saujani, a TIME Woman of the Year, will deliver Olin’s 2026 Commencement Address Reshma Saujani, a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, the founder and CEO of Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media, will be the featured speaker at Olin College’s 2026 Commencement. Read More Article Community-centered culture Leading transformation Press Release Leadership NEWS: President Lee Shares Her Career Journey During GIRL Congress Panel Olin College of Engineering President R. May Lee spoke on a morning panel at GIRL Congress, an all-day leadership conference for high school girls held at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus on March 14, 2026. Read More Article Engineering for impact Living the experiment Story Student NEWS: From Healthcare to AI: Four Olin Teams Win Prizes at MakeMIT x Harvard Hackathon Four teams featuring Olin College of Engineering students won prizes for their hardware projects - spanning topics from healthcare to AI - at February’s MakeMIT x Harvard Hackathon. Read More Media Inquiries: contact Alyson Goodrow | 617-794-0028 In the Media President Barabino CNN – Opinion: We won’t win the CHIPS race if women and people of color stay on the sidelines May 04, 2023 As women leaders who have broken ground in STEM and higher education, we know well the isolating feeling of being the “only” in a room — whether as the only woman or the only person of color, or both. But more than just a feeling, the cognitive load of being an “only” can negatively affect performance. Read More President Barabino AAAS – AAAS and Cuban Academy of Sciences Reflect on the Future of U.S.-Cuba Scientific Cooperation May 04, 2023 Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and chair of the AAAS Board, provided an overview of the U.S. scientific enterprise. She focused on trends in nondefense research and development (R&D) spending, particularly on the two main topics discussed during the symposium: public health and environmental issues. Read More Leading transformationPresident Barabino PR Newswire – All-Women Group of University Presidents, Deans of Engineering from Six of America's Leading Research Universities Issue an Open Letter Supporting the CHIPS and Science Act Apr 20, 2023 The letter details steps that higher education institutions in partnership with government and industry must take to support the legislation's ambitious goals to grow - and critically to diversify - the semiconductor workforce, and at the time of publishing is signed by leadership from Brown University, Dartmouth, Indiana University, University of Rochester, University of Washington, University of California – Berkeley, and Olin College Read More Pagination First page First Previous page … Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Current page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 … Next page Last page Last Events Submit an event Check out our Blogs Blog Entry Find Your Olin: What It Means To Be An Engineer April 5, 2021 - 10:23AM EDT "> Read More Blog Entry Indigo Ag: Helping Farmers Generate Carbon Credits March 31, 2021 - 10:42PM EDT "> Read More Blog Entry And Just Like That, It's Late March March 25, 2021 - 3:22PM EDT "> Read More Pagination First page First Previous page … Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Current page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 … Next page Last page Last
