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 Leading transformation Forbes – The Greenway Institute – Making Transformative Engineering Education Affordable Jul 24, 2025 "Olin College of Engineering, founded in 1997 with gifts of $460 million from the F. W. Olin Foundation, was one of the first of these new institutions and developed a new curriculum centered on project-based learning and user-centered design." Read More Leading transformationFaculty MIT Technology Review – How we transform to a fully decarbonized world Apr 24, 2025 A world powered by electricity from abundant, renewable resources is now within reach. Read More Engineering for impactStudent The Cool Down – College team unveils AI-powered robot that could transform how we grow food: 'Truly exciting' Mar 27, 2025 "Weeding takes up about 50-75% of the work we do. Some parts of the year, it's just weeding," said organic farmer Tim Laird. "Organic farmers are trying to come up with different ways of combating the weeds." Robotics students from the Olin College of Engineering are helping to find a solution to that. 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