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Local Portland Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:07 -0400

It's that time of year when the recipients of prestigious scholarships and fellowships are announced, and once again the students and alumni of Olin College of Engineering are well represented among the lists of winners. Recipient

Local Rutland Student receives Prestigious Scholarship

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:42:11 -0400

Ilana Walder-Biesanz of Portland Named Gates Cambridge Scholar

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:43:49 -0500

Olin College senior Ilana Walder-Biesanz of Portland will take up a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, England, this fall.

Annie Zeng of Diamond Bar Receives Prestigious Research Scholarship at Olin College

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:45:10 -0500

Annie Zeng of Diamond Bar, Calif.,a sophomore at Olin College of Engineering, has been named a Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholar.

Olin College Alumnus and Former Wheaton Resident to Appear on 'Jeopardy'

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:19:16 -0400

Former Wheaton, Ill. resident and 2007 graduate of Benet Academy, Daniel Elg is set for a September 19th appearance on Jeopardy, one of America's most beloved television shows. The show was filmed on July 24th, and, as Daniel is quick to poi...

Olin College Graduate Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:30:12 -0400

Steven Zhang, a recent graduate of Olin College, has been selected to receive a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship -- the largest U.S. international exchange program -- for study in one of the programs' most competitive countries, China. Zhang, an electri...

Natick Resident Dr. John Geddes Featured in New Princeton Review Book, 'The Best 300 Professors'

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:07:42 -0400

Natick resident Dr. John Geddes, professor of mathematics, is among three professors from Olin College of Engineering who were recognized as the country's best undergraduate teachers, according to The Princeton Review. The Massachusetts-based educ...

Waltham Resident Dr. Sarah Spence Adams Featured in New Princeton Review Book, 'The Best 300 Professors'

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:45:48 -0400

Waltham resident Dr. Sarah Spence Adams, professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering, is among three professors from Olin College of Engineering who were recognized as the country's best undergraduate teachers, according ...

Ridgefield Resident, Nicholas Donofrio, to Speak at Olin College Commencement

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:45:32 -0400

Ridgefield resident Nicholas Donofrio, a senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and former IBM executive, will address the Class of 2012 at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering's Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 20, at 3:00 ...

Southbridge Resident Rebecca Belisle Awarded NSF Fellowship for 2012-2013 Academic Year

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:01:50 -0400

A total of nine Olin College of Engineering students and alumni received recognition from the 2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The fellowship, which is part of a federally sponsored program, provides up ...

Clayton Gimenez Awarded NSF Fellowship for 2012-2013 Academic Year

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:48:13 -0400

Olin College Junior Named to KPCB Engineering Fellows Program

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:28:21 -0500

Chosen from a pool of nearly 1,000 applications from over 100 universities, Olin College junior Margaret Ann Seger has been selected as one of just two female Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Engineering Fellows for 2012. The newly laun...

Sophomore Elizabeth Threlkeld is First Olin Student to Receive a Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:34:44 -0400

Elizabeth Threlkeld, a sophomore at Olin College of Engineering, has been named a Goldwater Scholar for the 2011-12 academic year. The Goldwater scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engine...

Margaret-Ann Seger Places in Top Three at Stanford Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Competition

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:51:56 -0400

Margaret-Ann Seger from Hillsboro, OR, now a sophomore studying Engineering with a concentration in Computing at Olin College of Engineering, and her classmates didn't expect their dotcom class project "Spot" to turn into a business, but it looks ...

Mass High Tech Names Olin College Graduate, Mikell Taylor '06, to its 2011 "Women to Watch" List

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:27:06 -0500

Mass High Tech, the journal of the New England high technology industry, has named Olin College graduate Mikell Taylor '06, currently a Systems Engineer at Bluefin Robotics Corporation in Quincy, Mass., as one of its 2011 "MHT Women to Watch."