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Announcements

Judge Esther Salas to Receive Colby’s Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award

The award honors a judge who embodies qualities of integrity, compassion, humanity, and judicial craftsmanship

Students see what they can find in tidepools on Allen Island.
Natural Sciences

Finding Life at the Rocky Edge of the Sea

Students in Allison Barner’s course Marine Biology of Coastal Maine get an up-close look at the intertidal zone

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Arts

American Art in Flux

A Lunder Institute convening highlights the changing and challenging nature of American art

Sofia Hegstrom '26 poses for a portrait in the Perkins Arboretum.
Access and Opportunity

‘A Lot of Hope for the Future’

After completing an internship at the National Geographic Society, Sofia Hegstrom '26 is ready to create a more sustainable future

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Social Sciences

The State of Civic Health in Maine

Overall, we’re engaged and committed, but there are areas of concern, according to a landmark new report by the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs

Students talk to an alum at a Colby event.
Campus and Community

Kindling a Passion for Innovation

Bill Carr ’89, a 15-year veteran of Amazon, returned to campus to share lessons about entrepreneurship

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Arts

Alex Katz Honored at White House Ceremony

Long affiliated with Colby, the painter received the nation’s highest honor for artists

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Announcements

Faculty Expands with 10 New Professors

They bring experience and expertise in wide-ranging disciplines to augment Colby’s singular curriculum

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Social Sciences

Toward a New Understanding of the Two World Wars

Raffael Scheck reframes the Spring 1940 Western Campaign using firsthand accounts from citizens and soldiers

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Natural Sciences

Learning to Work in a Lab

A new 100-level biology course prepares students to conduct research in top-level labs at Colby and beyond