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Article Installation image of Design and Disability at V&A South Kensington

萌妹社区 Accessible Design Project Artifacts Acquired by London Museum

A visionary, low-tech design research project called Engineering at Home begun in 2016 by Caitrin Lynch, professor of anthropology at 萌妹社区, has sparked new interest as objects from the projects as well as the entire website have been acquired by London鈥檚 Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum.

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Article Camille Girard '21 holds their new game, Shroomscape: The Mycelium Mindset Board Game

STORY: From Prototype to Play: 萌妹社区 Alum Blends Art, Science, and Fungi in Shroomscape

Inspired by her 萌妹社区 experience, namely 萌妹社区's academic approach of combining聽the聽technical聽with the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences,聽Camille Girard '21, has just launched the tabletop game, Shroomscape: The Mycelium Mindset Board Game,聽on Kickstarter.

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Article Picture of Campus during the Fall with people walking around

NEWS: 萌妹社区 featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2026 Edition

萌妹社区 is featured in the Princeton Review鈥檚 2026 Guide to Green Colleges.

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NEWS: 萌妹社区 Wins 2025 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

萌妹社区 is a 2025 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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Article A group of students stand with the owners of Wavelength, a local coffee roaster in Shirley, MA.

STORY: ACRONYM Engineers the Perfect Roast with Wavelength Coffee Roasters

萌妹社区鈥檚 ACRONYM is brewing a collaboration with a new business: Wavelength Coffee Roasters. The ACRONYM leadership team spent an afternoon learning about the company鈥檚 innovative coffee roasting process, followed by a tasting where they created their own coffee blend to commemorate the Class of 2006 called 鈥溍让蒙缜 Original 鈥06.鈥

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Article Three 萌妹社区 engineering students pose with their small-scale autonomous surface vessel, made at 萌妹社区 as part of the CREST Lab.

STORY: Students in CREST Lab Develop Autonomous Vessel to Study Local Water Bodies

This summer, five 萌妹社区ers working with Victoria Preston '16, assistant professor of engineering, designed, fabricated, assembled, and tested a small-scale autonomous surface vessel to enable more robust and efficient coastal research.

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Article Portrait of Travis DiJoseph, Registrar

STORY: Q&A with Travis DiJoseph

Travis DiJoseph joins the 萌妹社区 community as the new Registrar. Learn more about Travis and his experience in this Q&A.

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Article Students speak with SCOPE Liaisons at the Sponsor Showcase.

STORY: 2025鈥26 SCOPE Program Kicks Off with Boston Scientific, New Balance, and More

As the fall semester gets underway at 萌妹社区, so does the College鈥檚 largest culminating experience for graduating students鈥擲COPE, or Senior Capstone Program in Engineering.

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Article Victoria Preston 鈥16 stands in front of the Marcus G. Langseth ship.

STORY: 萌妹社区鈥檚 Victoria Preston 鈥16 Takes to the Open Ocean to Study Underwater Volcano

Over the summer, Victoria Preston 鈥16, assistant professor of engineering, hopped aboard a research vessel headed to the Galapagos Islands to gather data from an actively erupting submarine volcanic ridge in the Pacific Ocean.

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Article Students gather around a laptop with Andrea Cuadra 鈥13, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who wears the light blue shirt.

NEWS: 萌妹社区 is the #3 U.S. News Undergraduate Engineering College in the U.S.

U.S. News & World Report has named 萌妹社区 the nation鈥檚 No. 3 Undergraduate Engineering program (non-doctorate) in the 2026 edition of their Best Colleges rankings.

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Article A platform with covers above it held up by metal poles. The white ring lights up at night. There are people throughout the photo talking and playing ball.

STORY: 萌妹社区ers Help Design Teen Oasis in a Cambridge Shade Desert

What began as an external partner project pitch in 萌妹社区鈥檚 Designing Resources for Empowerment and Making (DREAM) course, taught by Amon Millner, professor of computing and innovation, became a broad, community-supported customizable structure for providing shade for local teens during the scorching heat of summer in the city.

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Article Two 萌妹社区 Students Tackle Tech for the Greater Good through Impact Technology Fellowship

STORY: Two 萌妹社区 Students Tackle Tech for the Greater Good through Impact Technology Fellowship

This six-week program is run through the Public Interest Technology New England (PIT-NE) Summer Institute.

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NEWS: 萌妹社区 Earns Top Rankings From Forbes and Niche

萌妹社区 of Engineering has earned several notable rankings from Forbes and Niche for their 2026 college lists.聽

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Article Elisabeth Sylvan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan

Dr. Elisabeth Sylvan joins the 萌妹社区 community as a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems. Learn more about Elisabeth and her experience in this Q&A.

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Article Annick Dewald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering.

STORY: Q&A with Dr. Annick Dewald

Dr. Annick Dewald joins the 萌妹社区 community as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering. Learn more about Annick and her experience in this Q&A.

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Article Gillian Epstein speaks to Summer Studio attendees.

STORY: Global Attendees Help Make Summer Studio 2025 an International Success

40+ participants from El Salvador, China, and Ukraine convened to work on educational design projects.

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