Olin College Awarded Grant to Expand Public Interest Work

Olin College received a grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) to expand its work in public interest technology. With the funds from the grant, Olin will launch a student-led Public Interest Technology Clinic named...
30-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College Announces the Senior Capstone in Engineering Program (SCOPE) Projects For 2019-2020

The 2019-2020 Senior Capstone in Engineering (SCOPE) program officially got underway in September. Fourteen corporate partners have signed on to sponsor SCOPE teams made up of Olin seniors. It is SCOPE’s fifteenth year. The sponsors include:...
23-Oct-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College Professor Awarded NASA Grant

Assistant Professor of Computational Physics and Planetary Science Carrie Nugent has been awarded a three-year grant from NASA to detect asteroids in archival data. This work will be in collaboration with Dr. James “Gerbs” Bauer at the...
23-Oct-2019 3:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College Named to Top College Value Lists

in College of Engineering has been designated a top 10 national “Best Buy” college by Fiske Guide to Colleges. The list covers 20 private and public colleges and universities nationwide that are noted for their academic offerings and affordable...
29-Jul-2019 9:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College President Rick Miller Plans to Step Down

Olin’s longtime president and first employee, Richard K. Miller, is stepping down from his role on June 30, 2020, after 21 years leading the unique engineering college. A national search for his replacement is currently underway.
11-Jul-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College Professor Carrie Nugent Awarded Carl Sagan Medal

Carrie Nugent Ph.D., assistant professor of computational physics and planetary science, has been awarded the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science. The prize is awarded annually by the Division for Planetary...
30-May-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin College Holds 14th Commencement

Olin College of Engineering held its 14th Commencement on Sunday, May 19. Seventy-eight graduates received bachelor’s degrees during the ceremonies, which were held under a big tent on the college’s campus in Needham.
22-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Olin Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Cassandra Overney ’21 has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. Overney is among just 496 undergraduates nationwide to be named Goldwater Scholars in 2019. She was chosen from a field of over 5,000 applicants and 1,200 nominees from 443 academic...
22-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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