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A female red-winged blackbird, a song sparrow, a female mallard duck with ducklings, a laughing gull, and a male red-winged blackbird were spotted earlier this summer on Allen Island.
Environment and Climate

Understanding the Mysteries of Bird Migration

With the installation of a new tracking system, Colby’s Island Campus is now part of an international research network that monitors birds, bats, and insects

Mary Kay Whitmore
Campus and Community

Remembering Mary Kay Whitmore, 1944-2023

‘Colby basketball had no greater friend than Mary Kay Whitmore,’ a champion in all walks of life

Professor of French Valérie Dionne
Humanities

Amplifying Other Voices  

Valérie Dionne reflects on her years as the director of the Oak Institute for Human Rights

Jaslynn Devora '26, an environmental science major, examines an ant she collected on Round Top Mountain in the Kennebec Highlands.
Natural Sciences

The Mighty Ant

This summer, Colby students are helping biologist Chris Moore better understand ‘the most successful animals to have ever lived’

Jim Condron ’92
Arts

Artist, Writer, and Thinker

The narrative sculptures of Jim Condron ’92 harken back to his Colby days

Law books at the Penobscot County Law Library
Alumni

How a 19th-Century Colby Graduate is Making a Difference Today

Attorney Hugh Chaplin, Class of 1880, wanted to help his county law library. It took almost a century to make it happen.

Shannon Haines at Summer Luncheon
Arts

Colby Museum’s Summer Luncheon Celebrates Community

More than 550 museum friends attended the annual gathering

Jeannine Anderson singing
Humanities

Arisa White’s Powerful New Opera

The associate professor of English previews her work-in-progress in preparation for its premiere at the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts in 2025

Jon Weiss with students
Humanities

The True Frenchman

The longtime director of Colby in Dijon, Jon Weiss fails only retirement

CEERS image of distant black holes
Natural Sciences

JWST Detects Most Distant, Active Supermassive Black Hole to Date

Colby astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope also detected other distant black holes and early galaxies for the first time