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Discovering New Ways to Understand the World 

Assistant Professor Aleja Ortiz has received a prestigious grant to study atolls

Tahiya Chowdhury, assistant professor of computer science, poses for a portrait.

How AI is Helping Solve the Problem of Marine Debris

A Colby professor and her team design a sustainable marine debris cleanup framework

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How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Higher Education?

The Davis Institute for AI will host experts from liberal arts colleges to answer that question

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Let’s Talk about Artificial Intelligence

At the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, conversations about the consequential technology abound

Michael Yankoski, postdoctoral fellow for the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, teaches a class at the Davis Science Center.

Learning From a Simulated World

Michael Yankoski, a postdoctoral fellow at the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, wants to use AI to help solve complex human problems

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Colby Receives Major Gift to Establish the McVey Center for Computational and Data Sciences

New center will embed computational and data sciences across the curriculum and be distinctive among the liberal arts

Scholarship Stories from 2023

Our faculty’s research had a broad impact across disciplines during the past year

Katherine Stubbs

AI and the English Major

Three Colby professors on why the study of English is more relevant in the face of new technology

Colby AI Entrepreneurs Win Maine Startup Challenge

With their ScholarSheets idea, Desmond Frimpong, Miz Insigne, and Peggy Jones envision a simpler way for international students to apply for scholarships

AI for Everyone

The Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence has built an infectious culture of cross-campus collaboration aimed at improving the human condition