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John Lyons and Susannah Gray
Announcements

Colby Announces Lyons Arts Lab

Multidisciplinary incubator will bring to life student concepts and content

UM Ross Dean Sharon Matusik
Alumni

Sharon Matusik ’86 Blazes Trail to the Top

How a first-generation student wound up at the head of one of the best business schools in the country

American painter Jamie Wyeth, D.F.A. ’22 poses for a portrait in a gallery at the Colby College Museum of Art
Arts

Jamie Wyeth Talks Life and Death

The artist visits Colby to reflect on his father’s Funeral Group drawings

Debra Spark
Humanities

Debra Spark’s Latest Book Project Rises to the Occasion

The English professor co-edits Breaking Bread, an anthology of essays about food, with proceeds helping to address Maine’s hunger problem

Andrea Tilden
Announcements

President Greene Offers a Message of Love for Class of 2026

At convocation, first-year students are urged be mindful of their time and to be kind to each other

Members of the Class of 2026
Announcements

Colby Welcomes the Class of 2026 to Mayflower Hill

The largest class of first-year students arrives during a time of promise and possibility

Matt Russ
Arts

Plein-air Painter Matthew Russ ’96 Finds Solace in the Natural World

He goes far afield to find remote locations, where he connects with nature—and collectors

Studying images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Natural Sciences

James Webb Space Telescope Promises New Science

Colby astronomers share their first JWST images and glimpse the scientific possibilities ahead

Sam Onche
Arts

Face to Face with Sam Onche

His African heritage and today’s Black-American culture merge in this Nigerian painter’s colorful portraits

Stacy Doore
Natural Sciences

Computer Science Collaboration Earns National Prize

U.S. Department of Transportation recognizes Stacy Doore’s autonomous vehicle research