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From the Frontlines of the PFAS Fight

Colby hosts a gathering of experts to discuss the current work around forever chemicals

Female college professor talking to a student

Climate Change and Human Health

Gail Carlson contributes research and expertise to the latest Maine Climate Council report and climate-action plan

female college student carrying bags of oyster at a fishing wharf

Warming to Oysters

Cait Cleaver’s research will help determine the viability of oyster restoration in Maine’s changing coastal environment

Sofia Hegstrom '26 poses for a portrait in the Perkins Arboretum.

‘A Lot of Hope for the Future’

After completing an internship at the National Geographic Society, Sofia Hegstrom '26 is ready to create a more sustainable future

A woman checks a tree swallow nesting box.

A Living Laboratory

Professors and students conduct important fieldwork on Colby’s Island Campus

A group of people, many wearing t-shirts from Colby's Center for the Arts and Humanities, sit on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

A Deep Dive into Environmental Humanities

The annual Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities brings together scholars from all over the world

A person leans over a rock to get a sample of water from a river.

The Big Importance of Tiny Particles of Dust

Geology professor Bess Koffman heads to the Yukon to learn more about high-latitude dust

A small brown-and-white bird perches on a person's hands with its wings outstretched.

A Bird in the Hand 

Colby’s Island Campus is a unique classroom for Audubon birders to learn bird banding and other research techniques

People stroll in a high-ceilinged space with many skylights.

Climate Policy in Action 

Four Colby students bring home lessons from the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany

Two Atlantic puffins swim in the ocean.

A Plethora of Puffins

Wonders await in the rich environment surrounding Colby’s Island Campus

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