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 the article.

 

Esther Aduamah ’27 and John Chandler ’28 Receive 2026 Inspire STEM Scholarships 
Esther and John were two of 30 award recipients selected from 130 applications. They were honored at the 8th Inspire STEM Gala in Boston, hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Boston Professionals in early March. Read the article.

Andrea Cuadra ’13 Panelist for “Women in Public Administration for Institutional Transformation" Program
Last week, Andrea was a panelist alongside El Salvador’s Minister of Economy, Maria Luisa Hayem, at the launch of the “Women in Public Administration for Institutional Transformation" program, an event that brought together 50 leaders in public administration from 13 government institutions. See the post.

 

The multicultural fair is a day where students, staff and faculty are invited to represent and share their cultures with the Olin community through clothing, cooking and activities. Though the fair is in the evening, we hope you will represent your cultures throughout the day by wearing anything you feel comfortable in, from sports jerseys to traditional clothing. Please reach out to Belén Hutchins ’26 (bhutchins@olin.edu) with any questions.

 

Join Brad Minch in discussing "Electronics for Everyone: Towards a Low-Cost USB Source/Measure Unit for Microelectronics Education," where he will describe his recent work on designing a low-cost, highly portable (i.e., a "backpack instrument") two-channel USB source/measure unit (SMU) for use in microelectronics education. Click here to join virtually. 

 

Cheer on the MechProto students in Olin's First Annual Build Challenge! To celebrate the prototyping process, MechProto students will demonstrate the cardboard devices they’ve built to help them navigate a multi-stage obstacle course across the Great Lawn. Dress colorfully to support the Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Red, and Yellow teams. The rain dates are Tues., April 7 and Fri., April 10. 

 

Join  Carrie Nugent and the Supercomputer Course Assistants in discussing "Using the Unity Supercomputer Cluster at Olin."  They will share the work the Supercomputer CAs have done to introduce this powerful resource to the community, and provide examples of how Unity has been used for class projects, independent research projects, faculty research, and in large courses like Software Design.

DataFest is a nationally coordinated undergraduate competition in which teams of two to five students work over a weekend to extract insight from a rich and complex data set. Students are encouraged to form teams with a diverse set of skills and backgrounds (e.g., a blend of experiences in data computing, statistics, GIS, visualization and the arts, and business and economics).

 

Faculty, staff, alumni and friends of Olin are encouraged to volunteer to mentor student teams. Mentors are essentially team members for 10-15 minutes at a time, and often help teams narrow their research questions, advise on modeling and analysis choices or provide feedback on visualizations and storytelling.

 

Please reach out to David Shuman (dshuman@olin.edu) with any questions. Click here for more information and to register as a student team or volunteer mentor.

 

 

Thank you for your participation in oLink's first Poll of the Week! Everyone's feedback is appreciated as we roll out this new section of the newsletter. We received 79 responses! The results are: 

 

An additional thank you to those who reached out with their favorite spring activities that were not options, such as stargazing and kayaking/canoeing. Please feel free to reach out to Sarah Clark (sclark@olin.edu) with any feedback or ideas. Additionally, to avoid malfunctions in the sending process, there will be a link to the poll instead of it being embedded as an add-in.

 

Enjoy this week's poll, which is themed around National Tater Day (tomorrow, March 31)! Click here to cast your vote. 

 

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