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Community Highlights
R. May Lee, Visionary Entrepreneur and Education Leader, Named
Olin College of Engineering President
The Board of Trustees has announced the unanimous appointment of
R. May Lee as the third President of the College. Her tenure will begin on
Aug. 18, 2025. Read the announcement.
Olin College receives $100k gift for "Supercharged"
Engineering Design Studio
Olin has received a generous $100,000 gift to support the
creation of the Harris Studio, an innovative engineering design space in
Olin's Miller Academic Center (MAC). Read more.
Olin College Awarded Grant from the Program for Leadership and
Character at Wake Forest University
Erhardt Graeff, associate professor of social and computer
science, and Andrea Cuadra '13, assistant professor of computer science, have
been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a
part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. Read the article.
"Biomimicry" Course Helps Engineers Draw Inspiration from
Nature
Students in Olin's "Biomimicry" course are learning how drawing
insights from nature can help them become better and more sustainable
designers and engineers. Read more.
From Three Continents to One Global Perspective: Camilo
Cuartas-Lopera '26 Reflects on Study Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship (a
special feature article by Courtney Beach)
Thanks to the prestigious Gilman Scholarship, Camilo spent a
semester in a unique multi-country program exploring the global impacts of
climate change. For one semester, he lived and studied in Morocco, Nepal and
Ecuador, three vastly different countries, each facing shared environmental
challenges. Read the article.
Jon Adler to be Featured on Proxy Podcast
Jon, professor of psychology at Olin, will be a featured guest
on an upcoming episode of Proxy, a podcast that was named an Apple favorite
podcast in 2024. Proxy charted at #7 in Science on Apple Podcasts and #122 in
Top Podcasts in the World. The episode will air on Tues., July 1, and can be found here.
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