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Lincoln Peirce '85 poses for a photo in his home office in Portland, Maine.

The Comic Strip Big Nate and its Colby Connection

Lincoln Peirce, who draws the strip, got his start at the Colby Echo

A person holding a camera crouches on snow during a ski race.

Documenting a Triumphant Ski Story 

Torsten Brinkema ’22 makes a documentary film about an Olympic champion

Brendan Leonard '16 poses in New York City

A Library of Standing Ovations

In his work at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Brendan Leonard ’16 is creating access to the best of Broadway

Why this Colby Graduate Preaches the Power of Self-Compassion

Christopher Germer ’74 has taught thousands of people not to be so hard on themselves

Colby College Receives the Largest Gift in Its History

Funding will create a solutions-oriented science and technology model in the liberal arts while enhancing the science ecosystem across the state of Maine

Portrait of a female administrator

The Doctor is Always In: AI in Medicine

Sara Hoffman ’18 is director of AI initiatives at Harvard Medical School

Portrait of a young Dominican American woman

The Capacity to Give Back

Hailey Guzman-German ’24 is ready to take on her Fulbright Fellowship in Mexico

Portrait of a woman outdoors

‘Kids are Just as Smart as Grown Ups’

Kathryn Hulick ’04 tackles big topics, including AI and fusion energy, in her books for young readers

Two male baseball players

Brady O’Brien ’24 Signs Pro Baseball Contract

After a stellar career at Colby and one year with the University of Richmond, O’Brien joins the Seattle Mariners organization as an undrafted free agent

Laurel Coppock

Finding the Funny

Laurel Coppock '99 is an accomplished comedy actress—and she’s best known as Toyota’s receptionist, Jan