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STORY: Oliners Win Top Prizes at 2025 Generator Buildathon for their AI-Powered Prosthetic Foot Attachment

A team of four Olin College students and one Stanford undergraduate won the first-place prize at this year's The Generator Entrepreneurship & AI Buildathon for Terraflex, their AI-powered prosthetic foot attachment. The students also took home the Nature-Inspired Design Prize (with a potential value of up to $60,000 for the team).

STORY: Turning Together: a New Art Installation by Junior Maya McKone-Sweet

Maya McKone-Sweet ’26 leaned on her dual passions for art and engineering this year as she brought to life an art installation to add joy and color to the Olin community.

STORY: Olin Partners with Town of Wellesley DPW and Green Mountain Technologies to Pilot New Sustainability-Focused Course

Sustainability Initiatives Research Collaboration (SIRC) connects Olin students and faculty to sponsoring partners who need thoughtful, innovative solutions for sustainability related projects.

NEWS: Is College Still Worth It? New Report Says "Yes," and Ranks Olin as a Top College for ROI

New data from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University on the question of college worth has found that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a college degree or certificate comes with a significant return on investment. And according to their report, Olin is an investment with endless value.

STORY: Students Leverage Real Operations Data to Make Sustainability Impact at Olin

A new course at Olin College has students using real data from the campus’s building automation and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to lower energy usage and increase efficiency today and into the future.

STORY: Celebrating Culture and Community at Olin’s Multicultural Fair

On February 19, the Olin College community came together to celebrate its diverse cultures through food, activities, and shared experiences at the Multicultural Fair.

STORY: Olin College’s Undergraduate Research and Hands-on Learning on Display at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting

A delegation of Olin students and two faculty presented their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, held in Boston from February 13-15, 2025.

STORY: Olin Welcomes Spring 2025 Exchange Students

This spring, Olin welcomes exchange students from our partner institutions for a semester-long experience to take part in our project-based learning environment, helping to grow and amplify the positive impact an Olin engineering education makes in the world.

STORY: Olin Senior Takes a Systems Engineering Approach During LA Wildfire Recovery Efforts

Olin senior, Cassandre Roos '25, used her systems engineering skills while volunteering over winter break to help lead LA Wildfire recovery and coordination efforts in a local "Helping Hub" in her hometown.

STORY: Designing the Future with Photography

Visual communications and the fine arts are essential elements of life, and Helen Donis-Keller, Michael E. Moody Professor and Professor of Biology and Art, helps her students understand the importance of integrating both logic and creativity into their work.

STORY: Student Researchers Invited to Design New Harvard Workshop After Successful FIE Trip

As a result of their presentation at last October's Frontiers in Education (FIE) conference, five students on Professor Yevgeniya V. Zastavker's Learning Journeys research team have been invited to design and implement a new workshop at Harvard University that aims to make a difference by "Hacking Injustice."

STORY: Oliners Create Sustainable and Fully Bespoke Aerodynamic Package for Formula Car

During the Fall 2024 semester, a team of five ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ students undertook an innovative and extracurricular passion project to design, optimize, and fabricate a fully bespoke aerodynamic package for an Olin Formula SAE car.

NEWS: Olin Sees Leap in Applicant Pool for the Class of 2029

Olin College received 1,154 applications for admission to the Class of 2029.

STORY: Exploring Cambridge: Sparsh Gupta ’26 on Studying Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Sparsh Gupta ’26, studying abroad at the University of Cambridge in Fall 2024 was about stepping into an entirely different academic and cultural experience.

What Makes Candidates’ Weekend Unique?

January 29, 2025 - 10:36AM EST | The Office of Admission & Financial Aid

ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ was created to be a cutting-edge and singular educational experience for engineers and as such, part of our application process includes an equally unique step: Candidates’ Weekend.

ADE Social Impact Showcase Fall/Winter 2024

Mark your calendars, you're invited to the Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship (ADE) Social Impact Showcase on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at the Weissman Foundry, Babson College.