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Olin's First Makerspace Institute
 
Coby Unger helps a Makerspace Institute participant. The three-day immersive experience offered participants practical strategies, pedagogical frameworks and firsthand insight into how Olin’s student-led makerspaces operate as a learning ecosystem.

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oLink - July 27

Mon, Jul 27 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Olin College Appoints Yoi Tanaka as Chief Student Enrollment and Engagement Officer to Nurture Seamless Student Journey
Yoi brings decades of specialized higher education leadership to the role, including extensive experience rooted in a career of creative education. Read the news.

 
“Biomedical Device Design” Course Teaches Little-Known Industry Skillset
The course, offered this past spring, taught students how to prove that a device is safe, effective and thoughtfully engineered long before it reaches a patient Read the story.
 
Olin Alumni Podcast, Episode 2: "Finding Your Through Line and Optimizing for Joy"
OSCOM has partnered with Sean Lowen ’16 to launch a new podcast featuring conversations between Sean and alumni about their career highlights and struggles, lessons learned, advice, and, here and there, Olin memories. In Episode 2, Sean catches up with Katie Brooks ’09 to discuss a career path that has spanned corporate product management in the gaming industry, technical career coaching and building creative businesses from scratch. Watch the podcast. 
Coming Up
 
2026 Summer Parties 
The tradition continues! Summer parties allow alums, families, students and especially the incoming class of 2030 to connect with others in their area. Learn more.
 
Thurs., Aug. 6: Summer Research Poster Session
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. / Milas Hall Mezzanine
Olin summer students will present the projects they led this summer. Join us in celebrating their work and hear about what they learned and experienced. Light snacks will also be available. Please reach out to Susan Mihailidis (smihailidis@olin.edu) with any questions. 
 
Fri., Aug. 14: Frank Talks: Living the Engineer's Dilemma — Ideals and Reality Moderated by Annie Zeng ’15, Erhardt Graeff, and Emanuel Towns II ’10
8 p.m. - 10 p.m. / Zoom (Register for the link)
Join us for what we hope will be the first in a series of moderated alumni conversations designed to bring the Olin Alumni community together for honest discussions about the challenges and opportunities of creating change in the world. Students are welcomed to attend to learn from alums' insights and discussion. Learn more and register. 
 
Mon., Aug. 24: Move in Day 2026
All Day / Campus-Wide
We will be welcoming members of the Class of 2030 to campus. Learn more. 
 
Sat. Sept. 19: Fall Open House 2026
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. / Campus-Wide
Prospective students and their families will have the opportunity to meet current students, staff, and faculty, and will hear more about Olin's unique, project-based curriculum. Learn more. 
 
Thurs., Sept. 24: President May Lee in conversation with Alfred Engelberg
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. / Norden Auditorium
Join President Lee for a thought-provoking conversation with Alfred Engelberg, author of Breaking the Medicine Monopolies, whose groundbreaking work helped establish the modern generic drug industry. Learn more. 
 
Fri., Sept. 25: Presidential Inauguration
1 p.m. / Olin College
The Olin community and our guests will celebrate the inauguration of President May Lee. A campus-wide celebration will follow the ceremony. Learn more. 
 
Fri.  Sept. 25 - Sat., Sept 26: Alumni and Family Weekend 2026
Return to the Oval to reconnect with friends, network, mark milestone alumni reunions and celebrate Olin’s past, present and future. Please reach out to Vernell Clouden-Duval (vcloudenduval@olin.edu) with any questions. Learn more. 
 
 
Poll of the Week
 
Thank you for your participation in oLink's Poll of the Week! Last week's poll was themed around International Moon Day (July 20), and asked what Oliner's mission would be if they could go to the moon. There were 27 responses, and the results are: 
  • Create a sustainable food-growing system 🌱 - 26%
  • Collect rock samples 🔬 - 22%
  • Set up solar power ☀️  - 15%
  • Deploy a communications network 🛰️ - 15%
  • Build a lunar habitat 🏗️ - 11%
  • Deploy a robot 🤖 - 11%
 
Enjoy this week's poll, inspired by Professional Engineers Day (Aug. 5)! This week's question is: If you could learn about one of the following engineering marvels, which would it be? Click here to cast your vote. 

For Your Information 
 
oLink Summer Schedule
The oLink newsletter will shift to a biweekly schedule during the summer. The remaining summer editions will be published on July 27 and Aug. 10. We will resume the weekly oLink newsletter schedule on Aug. 24. 
 
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Please send any questions about photography to OSCOM@olin.edu.
 
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Contact Sarah Clark (sclark@olin.edu).
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