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Duo pianists performing at Olin College

Duo pianists performing at Olin College
Duo pianists Jongsun Lee and Hyunjung Kim will perform a program of classic and contemporary works at Olin College on Monday, July 30, at 3:30 pm. The concert, part of the Ann Schaffner Concert Series at Olin, will feature four-hand piano music by Mozart, Brahms, Piazzolla and Hyeun-Mi Won, along with the world premiere of...
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New course engineers interest in sustainability

New course engineers interest in sustainability
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Seventeen students from Olin College of Engineering have spent the semester studying the lifecycle of clothing in Professor Caitrin Lynch’s new “Dirt to Shirt” course. The students, all in their first year of college, have learned to look at their clothes through a different lens and consider the future...
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Children STEAM forward at Needham Library

Children STEAM forward at Needham Library
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Children in Grades 1-6 have been STEAMing away in the new STEAM Powered Creation Station at the Needham Free Public Library. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, and is being taught in Needham elementary schools. The Needham Free Public Library partnered with Olin College, The Needham Science Center and Needham...
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Conductorless Orchestra to play Powers Hall

Conductorless Orchestra to play Powers Hall
The Olin Conductorless Orchestra, the nation’s only collegiate ensemble to perform without a conductor, will offer a free public concert in Needham Saturday, December 17, from 8 – 10 p.m. The concert will take place in Powers Hall in Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave.   The orchestra will perform music for the theater by Mozart, Gershwin...
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