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Prestigious Condon Medal Winner Announced at Student Awards Ceremony

The prestigious Condon Medal honors a senior who exhibits the finest qualities of citizenship. Read more about Johnson and other student award winners.

With Respect to Heritage

New Spanish courses perfect fit for expanding group of learners—heritage speakers

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Student athletes earn national recognition for dance piece on movement of athleticism

Members of the Colby community gathered on Miller Lawn to remember George Floyd after ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in his May 2020 death.

After Chauvin Verdict, A Call to Action

The Colby community gathered in the wake of the Chauvin verdict and were implored to see the case not as a victorious endpoint, but as call to action.

The discussion between Lovejoy Award Recipient Leonard Pitts Jr. and Mar Mar was live streamed in Lorimer Chapel and was available online.

Lovejoy Award Winner Leonard Pitts Jr. Urges Us to Act for the Betterment of “the Larger Human Tribe”

Leonard Pitts Jr., this year's Lovejoy Award recipient, urges us to act, not out of fear but out of a commitment for ideal of a unified America.

Bradley Borthwick, art; Alicia E. Ellis, German; Aaron Hanlon, English; Robert Lester, economics; Lindsay Mayka, government; and Arnout van der Meer, history.

Faculty Members Receive Promotion and Tenure

Newly tenured members of the faculty are hailed as terrific teachers, influential scholars, and active and benevolent participants in the Colby community.

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Nicholas Rohrman Dies at 83

Nicholas Rohrman, an experimental psychologist who reimagined and strengthened Colby’s Psychology Department, passed away Dec. 26, 2020.

Visionary Professor and Leader of Education Program Marilyn Mavrinac Dies at 93

Marilyn Mavrinac broadened Colby’s Education Program into its current liberal arts-based exploration of education and its role in society.

Colby Mourns the Death of Linda K. Cotter, Wife of Former President William R. Cotter and Tireless Advocate for Students

The Colby community is deeply saddened by the loss of Linda K. Cotter, LL.D. ’00, who graced Colby’s campus as “first lady” from 1979 to 2000. Linda Kester Cotter died Jan. 8, 2021, at her home in Concord, Mass. She was 83. Linda Cotter and President Bill Cotter on…

Harold Alfond Athletic Center Field House with runner