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Robert Gastaldo — Whipple Coddington Professor of Geology, Emeritus, poses for a portrait at his home in Harpswell.

An Ancient Tree Leads to New Understanding

A tree fossil that Colby researchers helped interpret enriches our perspective of a mysterious period in Earth’s past

Loren Walensky and Tommy DeAngelis in lab

Twenty Years of Colby Students and Cancer Research

Pediatric oncologist Dr. Loren Walensky isn’t a Colby alum, but since 2005 he’s hosted students and young alumni in his award-winning Dana-Farber lab

Yannik Buchi in Long Island City

He Discovered Software Engineering and Found Himself

Yannik Büchi ’17 double majored in French and biology, and today he’s a full-stack software developer at real estate startup Upright

Composite of tenured faculty

Tenure Awarded to Five Faculty Members

Hailing from the Natural Sciences Division, the professors are also named Haynesville Project Fellows

Scholarship Stories from 2023

Our faculty’s research had a broad impact across disciplines during the past year

Finding Direction through Sea Change

Colby’s partnership with the Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences helps students plot their career course

Zhazira Koldasbay ’26 and Das Thamattoor

Saving the World with Science and Technology

Now in its fourth year, the Pulver Science Scholars Program paves the way for the next generation of scientific innovators

Nora Youngs at chalkboard

$2.4-Million Gift Brings Continued Support to Tenured Faculty

The Haynesville Project’s transformative grants for faculty research are extended through 2027

Urgent Work on the Impact of Wildfire Emissions

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Greg Drozd studies soot from wildfires at the molecular level to measure the impact on our climate

Christian Okyere ’26

More Than the Sum of its Parts

A unique summer camp aimed at Waterville children unexpectedly benefits Colby students