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Habitat for Humanity Trip Featured on The Wire

Nine Olin students who chose to participate in Alternative Spring Break: Anusha Datar, Michael Costello, Raquel Dunoff, Abigail Fry, Mark Goldwater, Liz Leadley, Kerry McConnaughay, Grace Montagnino and Ashlee Talbot headed down to Virginia to begin a five day session working and building homes for Habitat for Humanity. To hear more about their experience check out this article in The Wire and see photos from their trip on instagram. #TheWireatOlin

Professor Caitryn Lynch - TEDx Talk

Professor Caitrin Lynch’s TEDx talk explores how engineers who incorporate the tools of cultural anthropology in their work create product and system designs that don’t just solve problems—they can result in designs that enhance people’s lives. The talk is now available on YouTube, watch here.

 

March Means Giving Day at Olin

Join us to Celebrate Olin’s 2nd Giving Day
This Thursday, March 29 marks Olin’s 2nd annual Giving Day! We are thrilled to announce that over $65,000 has been received so far from alumni, parents, staff, and friends of Olin this month. We have already seen many donors step up with new and increased donations from last fiscal year helping us unlock over $30,000 of the $50,000 in matching challenge funds for Olin programs so far. This week we invite you to join DFAR to celebrate Giving Day with a preview at ACRONYM on Wednesday 3/28 were there will be yummy baked goods, free coffee and tea (of course), photo ops and hang out with the DFAR team! Also, be sure to sport your Olin gear to show your Olin Pride and fill up on some Olin treats at lunch on Thursday 3/29 Giving Day!
To see how the six crowdfunding projects are progressing toward their goals check out our project page today. We will be doing updates in the Dining Hall as well this week so keep an eye out. Thanks to everyone in the community who has helped make Giving Day happen!  

 

Save the Date – BOW World Health Day – April 3

The April 3 event will begin at 11:00 am and end around 8:30 pm and will feature speakers such as Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl, co-founders of Partners in Health, Doug Rauch, founder and president of Daily Table, Dr. Kerry Healey, president of Babson College, Dr. Paula Johnson, president of Wellesley College and our very own President Miller. Register Today.

GCSP Soiree – Thursday, April 12

The GCSP Steering Committee – Alison Wood, Matt Brucker, Abigail Fry, Linnea Laux, Gretchen Rice  – would like to cordially invite you to join us in celebrating our 2018 Grand Challenge Scholars! The annual soiree will be on Thursday April 12, 6-7:30pm in the library. Join us for food and fun and to learn about the work these seniors have been doing in pursuit of their passions in the context of the grand challenges of the 21st century. We would love to see you there!

From the Collaboratory

This week, we’ll welcome:

  • Monday: Webb Institute (NY)
  • Tuesday: Regis College (MA)
  • Thursday: The National Service of Industrial Apprenticeship of Santa Catarina State (Brazil)
  • Thursday: Badge Portfolios and Alternative Credentialing Explorers (multi-state)
  • Friday: Massachusetts Institute of technology – MIT (MA)

Next week, we’ll host the following:

  • Monday: Hopkins School (CT)

Upcoming visits include Leeward Community College (Hawaii);  Scarsdale Public Schools K-12 (NY); Amherst College (MA); Byram Hills Central School District K-12 (NY); Georgia Institute of Technology (GA); and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China).

If you’d like to get involved with these visitors or with the Collaboratory in general, please contact Sharon Breitbart or Kristin Casasanto. @OCCOLLABORATORY
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