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Jane Phillips ’01 and Sandy Colhoun ’91
Announcements

Colby Announces New Leadership in Fundraising and Alumni Engagement

Colby President David A. Greene has appointed Associate Vice President for College Advancement Jane Phillips ’01 as vice president for College advancement and Senior Philanthropic Advisor Sandy Colhoun ’91 as chief campaign officer,
Jocelyn Thomas '16
Announcements

Colby College Establishes Pulver Science Scholars Program with $5-million Commitment

Colby College has established the Pulver Science Scholars Program, designed to create a pipeline for the most ambitious and talented students from all backgrounds to pursue research at the nation’s top biomedical laboratories.
Alumni

Alumni Attorneys Provide a Different Sort of Law Schooling

As young alums, Tom Nale ’05 and Tracy Nale ’07 are passionate about law and giving back to Colby. This Jan Plan, the siblings placed seven students in legal internships in Maine. While both Nales work with a Colby student, they also matched three interns with the District Attorney’s Office…
Sea turtle swimming in clear ocean waters
Environment and Climate

Oceans of Change

Marine Ecology Loren McClenachanElizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies For all the fish we eat and ships we sail, humans still know very little about the seas that sustain us. We know even less about how climate change is affecting those waters over…
Maine harbor with fishing boats
Environment and Climate

Trained Globally, Acting Locally

By the time they graduated, Emmie Theberge ’08 and Sophie Janeway ’17 had, between them, studied conservation policy in Ecuador, wind power legislation in Maine, human interaction with the ecology of the Gálapagos Islands, changing fisheries in Vietnam, the effect of climate change on Moroccan farmers, the environmental impact…
Two firefighters surrounded by burning forest
Environment and Climate

Where Climate Adds Fuel to the Fires

Wildland Fires Ben Hannon ’13Science, Technology, and Society Ben Hannon ’13 has seen one of the most referenced consequences of climate change up close. He’s felt the searing heat and been engulfed by the billowing smoke. He’s seen flames leap from treetop to treetop, vaulting…
Bassam Khabieh in action photographing
Humanities

Q&A/ Bassam Khabieh

Bassam Khabieh is a Syrian freelance photojournalist who for five years chronicled the siege of his home city of Douma. His photographs have been featured in some of the world’s most prestigious publications. Khabieh was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for photographic reporting requiring exceptional courage and enterprise. At…
Colby College
Announcements

Colby Announces New Financial Aid Fund for Middle-Income Families

Through one of the largest gifts toward financial aid in its history, Colby College has created a new fund aimed at making it more affordable to middle-income families. The Fair Shot Fund will ensure that talented students from families in the middle-income brackets will have access to Colby’s extraordinary educational…
Julia Endicott '18 on the Greek island of Lesvos
Humanities

No Going Back

Ground-breaking lab sends students to Balkan Route to learn about refugees—and themselves
Rainforest floor with water and moss
Environment and Climate

As Forests Return, Justin Becknell is watching

Forest Ecology Justin BecknellAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies Once a patch of tropical forest is razed, it isn’t necessarily gone forever. Trees and wildlife often return, if given a chance. As trees grow, the forest resumes its role as an air filter, drawing planet-warming carbon dioxide…