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Alumni

Making History Happen

Andy Estrada ’12 went from Colby to the White House to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Assistant Professor of History Sarah Duff

Humanities

Taking a Closer Look at the History of Africa, Through the Lens of Childhood and Youth

Assistant Professor Sarah Duff could have used a textbook on childhood and youth in African history, so she wrote one

Announcements

Political Analyst Amy Walter and Broadcast Journalist Amna Nawaz to Speak During Commencement Weekend

Nationally renowned artist Daniel Minter, award-winning arts advocate Marcia Minter, civil rights leader Gerald Talbot, and pediatric oncologist Loren Walensky will also be honored

Adaobi Nebuwa, a student studying computer science, puts on a virtual reality headset

Access and Opportunity

Elevating the Role of Undergraduates

Adaobi Nebuwa ’24, a computer science neophyte when she got to Colby, now plays a pivotal role in one CS professor’s lab

Announcements

Colby Participates in First-of-its-Kind National Network to Help Students in Rural Areas go to College

Colby is participating in the new STARS College Network to help students from small-town and rural America enroll in, succeed at, and graduate from college.

Tina Goudreau Collison RIT Sign Language Lexicon

Alumni

Innovative Sign Language Makes Chemistry Accessible

Tina Goudreau Collison ’98 fundamentally shifts chemistry education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students

Alumni

Catching up with Brian O’Halloran ’93

As baseball begins again, the general manager of the Boston Red Sox is excited about the rule changes and the season ahead

Access and Opportunity

Gabriel Rivas Orellana ’23 Named Colby Global Fellow

Colby’s “internal Watson” offers a second chance at a transformative post-graduate global experience

Announcements

Class of 2027 Admitted to Colby

The College offers admission to its most diverse and academically talented class of first-year students

Artificial Intelligence

A Vital Element of AI? Empathy

How one Colby graduate is putting humanity into AI technology