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Below you will find stories about our faculty, their research, awards and notable appointments, as well as books they've published, new courses they developed, and much more.

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Eastern Wind Power Donates Prototype Wind Turbine to Olin

Olin College is pleased to announce the generous donation by Linda M. and Jonathan Haar, owners of Eastern Wind Power, of a prototype of their Distributed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) to the College.

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Experts say the discovery of Earthbound asteroids and comets needs improvement; too many satellites could prevent discovery

A new survey of planetary defense experts from Apollo Academic Surveys and Olin College of Engineering reports that discovery of asteroids and comets needs improvement. In addition, the proliferation of commercial satellites could prevent them from identifying Earthbound asteroids and comets.

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Emily Wang '16 and Professor Sara Hendren headshots in a collage.

Building with Purpose: How to craft a PhD in ethical tech.

Emily Wang '16 and Sara Hendren, Associate Professor, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities at Olin, have written a new Q&A about accessibility and technology, finding the right graduate program, constructing a dissertation in disability and tech, and much more.

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A Boost for Women Students through Clare Boothe Luce Funding

For the third year in a row, select women students at Olin are conducting independent research funded by the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program.

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STORY: Olin Visits Alumni, Students in Bay Area

Olin College staff and faculty visited the Bay Area in June, enjoying a series of events in Palo Alto and San Francisco that brought together alumni and students living and working in the area for the summer.

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It’s All Systems Go with 4S

The new “Sustainability: Science, Society, and Systems (4S)” course at Olin teaches students tools to effect real change. The Oliners learn how the four “Ss” overlap in their lives as both citizens and engineers.

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STORY: Partnership Sparked Through Sketch Model Summer Studio is Off-Broadway Bound

A partnership sparked through Olin's Sketch Model Summer Studio is now Off-Broadway bound, with Jonathan Adler's co-written play, “A Variant Strain” making it's debut this summer.

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A Big STEP toward Engineering with a Purpose

Olin’s creative, triple-wide course called STEP is revolutionizing how students learn and make. This semester, 23 Olin students and four faculty are embarking on a new experiment together.

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Olin’s del Rosario Awarded NSF Grant for Studying How Engineers Understand Variability

Zachary del Rosario ’14, assistant professor of engineering, has been awarded a $180,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how practicing engineers recognize data variability in their real-world projects.

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Professor Helen Donis-Keller poses with her class of Olin students at Greentown Labs on March 9, 2022.

Greentown Labs Hosts Oliners for Week of Recruitment, Exploration and Partnerships.

Olin students, faculty and staff embrace a model of teaching and learning engineering centered on collaboration, exploration and hands-on experience – and this week’s events with Greentown Labs, is a noteworthy illustration of just that.

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Sara Hendren, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Humanities and Design.

Hendren Wins 2021 Science in Society Journalism Award

Sara Hendren has won a 2021 Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers for her 2020 Penguin Random House book, “What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World.”

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Whitney Lohmeyer, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Olin is Among Researchers Awarded $25M for NSF Spectrum Innovation Center

Award brings spectrum-related research opportunities to Olin and Olin undergrads for years to come.

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Dr. C. Jason Woodard, Dean of External Programs and Partnerships

Woodard Appointed Dean of External Programs and Partnerships

Dr. C. Jason Woodard has been appointed the inaugural Dean of External Programs and Partnerships at Olin College of Engineering.

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Jonathan M Adler, Professor of Psychology

NEWS: Adler Named Next Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Review

Dr. Jonathan Adler, Professor of Psychology at Olin College of Engineering, has been named the next editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

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Climate Strike signs made by Olin College of Engineering students

Announcing the Olin E:Sustainability Concentration

Olin is excited to announce the creation of the E:Sustainability concentration, beginning in the 2021-2022 academic year. The new concentration will give students another area of interdisciplinary focus as they expand their engineering studies.

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STORY: Helping Others and Learning Human-Centered Engineering During Summer Research Program

This summer, Paul Ruvolo, associate professor of Computer Science, is leading a summer research team including a mix of Oliners, students from other colleges, and visually impaired users to improve and expand a tech platform he developed that assists low-vision and blind people navigate their surroundings.