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2019 lovejoy recipients

Colby College’s Lovejoy Award to Honor Journalists Killed in 2018

The memory of Colby alumnus Elijah Parish Lovejoy, America’s first martyr to freedom of the press, will serve to honor the journalists who lost their lives in 2018 as they strove to bring light to some of the most important issues of our time. The special 2019 Lovejoy Award, Oct.

Colby Establishes Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence Program in Creative Writing

Colby College has announced the launch of a new writer-in-residence program that will bring accomplished writers to campus to support their work, allow them the opportunity to teach and engage with students, and offer public readings and lectures.
Brian Kim

Colby Partners with Maine Institutions to Attract $20-Million National Science Foundation Research Grant

Colby College has partnered with other Maine scientific institutions to attract $20 million in research funding to use environmental DNA in the study of lake and ocean water.
Donald Klein

Donald Klein ’47, “Father of Psychopharmacology,” Dies at 90

Psychiatrist Donald Franklin Klein ’47, known widely as “the father of psychopharmacology” for his groundbreaking work revolutionizing the understanding and treatment of psychiatric disorders ranging from panic attacks to depression to anxiety, died Aug. 7, 2019, at the age of 90 in New York, N.Y.
Ahmad Boyd

Colby College Athletics Welcomes Ahmad Boyd as Student Athlete Experience Intern

Colby College Athletics welcomes Ahmad Boyd as the new student athlete experience intern, a two-year position made possible by an NCAA Women and Ethnic Minorities Grant.
Dick Whitmore

Colby Alumni Rally to Name Position for Legendary Basketball Coach Dick Whitmore

Colby College announced today the naming of the Richard L. Whitmore Jr. Head Coach for Colby Men’s Basketball in honor of the legendary coach who led the team to 637 wins in his 40-year career.
Chenel Harris-Smith

Colby College Names Chenel Harris-Smith New Head Women’s Basketball Coach

A standout collegiate coach and decorated student athlete at Kent State has been named the new head coach of Colby women’s basketball.
Jamila Bargach

Water Activist Named 2019 Oak Human Rights Fellow at Colby College

Moroccan anthropologist and activist Jamila Bargach has been named the 2019 Oak Human Rights Fellow at Colby College.
Tenured Faculty 2019

Colby Faculty Receive Promotion and Tenure

Colby has awarded tenure to seven faculty members, acknowledging their distinctive scholarship, commitment to teaching and mentorship, and spirit of cooperation and collaboration in their service to the College and the larger community.
Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby

Climate Visas Could Be Part of Immigration Process, Students Say

Two first-year students, Andrew Ordentlich ’22 and Alex Ozols ’22, were awarded first place for their proposal to introduce climate visas to the United States at the inaugural Goldfarb Center Freedom of Expression Symposium.