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From colors to martial arts to music, children from Waterville and surrounding cities had their initial exposure to Chinese language and culture at Colby.

For Kids’ Sake

On Mayflower Hill, summer is a season for learning—and fun

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.
Person on stage

Tech’s the Thing

Performing arts meets technology to stage a story of our times
Notre-Dame Cathedral

Colby Faculty Reflect on the Power of Notre-Dame

As flames consumed parts of the iconic medieval Notre-Dame Cathedral, Professor of History Larissa Taylor felt a deep connection to the global catastrophe and common grief.
Marion Thompson Osborne, Colby Class of 1900 (Mrs. Duncan Matheson) with speculative voiceprint. 2004-5. Mixed media (charcoal, monoprinted oil paint) on paper. 44 x 30”

Ground Breaker

Marion Osborne Matheson, Class of 1900) was the first African-American woman to graduate from Colby.
Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907

Intersection

Sometimes an iconic image is misunderstood.
Slaves, Slaveholders, and a Kentucky Community’s Struggle toward Freedom

Separate but not Equal

Different paths led slave and master to fight against the Confederacy, writes Elizabeth Leonard
Leadership: In Turbulent Times

For Turbulent Times, Lessons from History

These presidents modeled leadership, says historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Biddy Mason Speaks Up cover

Past-Place and Present Moment

Arisa White on telling a slave’s story to the next generation

Alumni Gift Expands Student Opportunities in Fine Arts, Politics

The path from Mayflower Hill to important careers in fine arts or politics just got wider.