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Equal Exchange

Faculty and students team up to level the academic playing field

Award-winning artist, designer, and environmentalist Maya Lin.

Colby’s Lunder Institute Appoints Artist Maya Lin to Yearlong Fellowship

In acknowledgment of her achievements as an artist who has re-envisioned monuments and whose practice actively contributes to a deeper understanding of human impacts on the environment, the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College has appointed renowned artist Maya Lin as a senior fellow for the…

Natural Sciences

Physicist Duncan Tate to Develop New Techniques for Plasma Physics Experiments

National Science Foundation grant to fund cutting-edge Colby research on ultracold plasmas

Campus and Community

Reeb Honored as New England College Coach of the Year by USPTA

Colby Head Tennis Coach Adam Reeb has been named College Coach of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association, New England Division. The honor was announced this week, recognizing Reeb’s accomplishments in his first two years at Colby, including national rankings for both men’s and women’s teams, and…

Will Johnson ’22 at Colby men's soccer game being hugged by teammate

Campus and Community

Pathfinder

Will Johnson blazes a trail

Campus and Community

Sue McDougal, Stalwart Supporter of International Students, Bids Mayflower Hill Goodbye

For more than two decades, Sue McDougal, director of international student programs and associate director of the Pugh Center, has been a pillar of support for Colby’s international students, hailing from all around the globe. Now, after 23 years on Mayflower Hill, McDougal is retiring from the College Aug.

Social Sciences

The Art and Science of Polling

Professor of Government and chair of the Government Department Dan Shea and his colleagues Assistant Professor of Government Carrie LeVan and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Nicholas Jacobs have been carrying out a series of public opinion polls in Maine and across the country on the upcoming election…

A photo of Bess Koffman in her lab at Colby College.

Announcements

Koffman Awarded NSF Grant to Develop a New Approach to “Fingerprinting” Atmospheric Dust

A team of scientists led by Assistant Professor of Geology Bess Koffman has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to develop a new approach for “fingerprinting” atmospheric dust in ice cores using geochemical processes.

Announcements

Lomax Named Colby’s First Director of Recreation Services

Tiffany Lomax has been named the College’s first director of recreation services. Lomax, who currently serves as associate director of wellness, recreation, and campus events at Delaware State University, will assume her role in August. Lomax will be responsible for launching an integrated program—including intramural and club sports—a multi-layered fitness…

Humanities

Spinning the Passion Story

Colby scholars find 13th-century Christians altered central Biblical story to their own ends