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A rendering of the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts

Colby Officially Breaks Ground on Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts

Largest academic building project In Colby’s history will play an important role in Central Maine’s burgeoning cultural ecosystem

New Colby faculty

Colby Welcomes New Tenure-Track Faculty

Introducing 10 tenure-track faculty who bring exceptional credentials, interdisciplinary backgrounds, and tremendous promise to Colby's academic landscape.

New Students 2021

Class of 2025 Arrives at Colby and Sets High Bar

In a time of unprecedented change and uncertainty across higher education, Colby enrolled the largest class in the College’s history with 668 first-year students.

Amanda Stent

Amanda Stent Named Inaugural Director of Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Leading AI authority brings exceptional experience from Bloomberg, Yahoo, and AT&T Labs

Jane Powers

Jane Powers ’86 Elected Vice Chair of Colby Board of Trustees

Fenway Health’s Chief of Staff and Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Jane Powers ’86 has been elected vice chair of Colby Board of Trustees.

Matt Proto

Colby Names Matthew Proto Chief Institutional Advancement Officer

Matthew Proto, who joined the College in 2015, will assume responsibility for leading admissions, advancement, communications, and first-year financial aid.

Miller Library

Colby Expands Opportunities for Lower-Income Students by 72 Percent

A progress report by the American Talent Initiative indicates that despite the pandemic, Colby has shown a 72-percent growth rate in Pell grant enrollments.

Emmanuel Sogunle ’21

Emmanuel Sogunle ’21 Receives Franko-Maisel Prize for Public Policy

Emmanuel Sogunle, who believes policy is the most effective tool to achieve educational equity, has been awarded the Franko-Maisel Prize for Public Policy.

Assistant Professor of Geology Bess Koffman in her lab at Colby.

Colby-Bigelow Partnership Awarded Research Grant to Study Volcanic Ash in Pacific Marine Ecosystem

A $600,000 grant will allow geologist Bess Koffman and Bigelow researchers to investigate how volcanic ash supports ecosystems in Pacific Ocean.

Olga Sadovskaya

Russian Human Rights Lawyer Named 2021 Oak Human Rights Fellow

Olga Sadovskaya, a Russian human rights lawyer and vice chair of the Committee Against Torture, will join the Colby community for the fall semester.