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Camille Girard '21 holds their new game, Shroomscape: The Mycelium Mindset Board Game

STORY: From Prototype to Play: Olin Alum Blends Art, Science, and Fungi in Shroomscape

Inspired by her Olin experience, namely Olin's academic approach of combining the technical with the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Camille Girard '21, has just launched the tabletop game, Shroomscape: The Mycelium Mindset Board Game, on Kickstarter.

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A group of students stand with the owners of Wavelength, a local coffee roaster in Shirley, MA.

STORY: ACRONYM Engineers the Perfect Roast with Wavelength Coffee Roasters

Olin College’s ACRONYM is brewing a collaboration with a new business: Wavelength Coffee Roasters. The ACRONYM leadership team spent an afternoon learning about the company’s innovative coffee roasting process, followed by a tasting where they created their own coffee blend to commemorate the Class of 2006 called “Olin Original ’06.”

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STORY: Q&A with Travis DiJoseph

Travis DiJoseph joins the Olin community as the new Registrar. Learn more about Travis and his experience in this Q&A.

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Students speak with SCOPE Liaisons at the Sponsor Showcase.

STORY: 2025–26 SCOPE Program Kicks Off with Boston Scientific, New Balance, and More

As the fall semester gets underway at Olin, so does the College’s largest culminating experience for graduating students—SCOPE, or Senior Capstone Program in Engineering.

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Victoria Preston ’16 stands in front of the Marcus G. Langseth ship.

STORY: Olin’s Victoria Preston ’16 Takes to the Open Ocean to Study Underwater Volcano

Over the summer, Victoria Preston ’16, assistant professor of engineering, hopped aboard a research vessel headed to the Galapagos Islands to gather data from an actively erupting submarine volcanic ridge in the Pacific Ocean.

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A platform with covers above it held up by metal poles. The white ring lights up at night. There are people throughout the photo talking and playing ball.

STORY: Oliners Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

What began as an external partner project pitch in Olin’s Designing Resources for Empowerment and Making (DREAM) course, taught by Amon Millner, professor of computing and innovation, became a broad, community-supported customizable structure for providing shade for local teens during the scorching heat of summer in the city.

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STORY: Two Olin Students Tackle Tech for the Greater Good through Impact Technology Fellowship

This six-week program is run through the Public Interest Technology New England (PIT-NE) Summer Institute.

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Elisabeth Sylvan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan joins the Olin community as a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems. Learn more about Elisabeth and her experience in this Q&A.

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Annick Dewald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

Dr. Annick Dewald joins the Olin community as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering. Learn more about Annick and her experience in this Q&A.

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Gillian Epstein speaks to Summer Studio attendees.

STORY: Global Attendees Help Make Summer Studio 2025 an International Success

40+ participants from El Salvador, China, and Ukraine convened to work on educational design projects.

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Oliners gather around the robot at the RAI Institute.

STORY: Oliners Help Host Free, Interactive Robot Lab in Cambridge

This summer, the RAI Institute Robot Lab at the CambridgeSide mall offered the public the chance to drive a robot.

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Olin College student researchers demonstrate their reprogrammable user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children.

STORY: Student Researchers Expand Access to Early Hearing Loss Detection with Smart Design

Student researchers at Olin College worked this summer with faculty from Olin and Boston College to develop new user interface prototypes that support early detection of hearing loss in children - improving access to care around the world.

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Olin students are holding up a large, white, high-altitude weather balloon as another team member lays flat on the ground inflating it.

STORY: Measuring Cosmic Rays with High-Altitude Balloons

High-altitude weather balloons are taking Olin students to the edge of space - scientifically, at least. This summer, four students, one alum, and faculty member Christopher Lee are measuring cosmic rays thousands of feet above Earth as part of a NASA Science Activation (SciAct) program project.

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STORY: From Prototype to Play: Olin Alum Blends Art, Science, and Fungi in Shroomscape

STORY: ACRONYM Engineers the Perfect Roast with Wavelength Coffee Roasters

STORY: Q&A with Travis DiJoseph

STORY: 2025–26 SCOPE Program Kicks Off with Boston Scientific, New Balance, and More

STORY: Olin’s Victoria Preston ’16 Takes to the Open Ocean to Study Underwater Volcano

STORY: Oliners Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

STORY: Two Olin Students Tackle Tech for the Greater Good through Impact Technology Fellowship

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

STORY: Global Attendees Help Make Summer Studio 2025 an International Success

STORY: Oliners Help Host Free, Interactive Robot Lab in Cambridge

STORY: Student Researchers Expand Access to Early Hearing Loss Detection with Smart Design

STORY: Measuring Cosmic Rays with High-Altitude Balloons

STORY: OEM Project Team Designs, Builds, and Races Electric Car in Just One School Year

STORY: Generous Gift Enables Expansion of Olin’s Wood Shop

STORY: Jonathan Adler featured on Podcast, Proxy with Yowei Shaw