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A professor wears safety goggles in front of a whiteboard.

On the Forefront of Microplastic Research

A Colby professor and his students are part of a cutting-edge project to measure microplastics in human tissue

From the Frontlines of the PFAS Fight

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

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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

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