Natural Sciences Archives - Page 10 of 17

Media Stories from 2021

Colby's innovative initiatives received substantial national media attention this year

Students Build 3D Chess Set for Virtual Reality Studies

Do people reason and learn in immersive virtual environments in different ways than in the real world?

Photo of Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Hong Zhang and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ying Li

Humanities Database Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence

A cross-disciplinary team creates an online platform for analyzing Chinese magazines

Predicting Changing Landscapes

Interactive teaching tools augment our comprehension of geomorphology, the study of the science of sand

Charred Fossils Provide Clues about Early Terrestrialization

Paleobotanist Ian Glasspool investigates wildfires to elucidate Earth’s ancient history

Inaugural United Nations Millennium Fellows Poised to Tackle Global Challenges

Nine student leaders selected for their dedication to social-impact efforts

Cows at Wolfe’s Neck Center in Freeport, Maine. Wolfe’s Neck is an outreach dairy partner of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences as part of a new $10-million USDA grant.

USDA Grants $10 Million Toward Research into Sustainable Milk Production

The five-year grant will support a research team, led by Nichole Price with Colby and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, to tests algal feed additives.

Evan Randles, assistant professor of mathematics

Breaking the Bell Curve

Professor and student push limits of foundational math theorem

Amanda Stent Named Inaugural Director of Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Leading AI authority brings exceptional experience from Bloomberg, Yahoo, and AT&T Labs

Carol Lipschultz ’20 and Martin Schnermann ’02 at the National Cancer Institute

Bright Futures in Cancer Research

At NCI, young Colbians contribute interdisciplinary scientific thinking