Colby has received a $150-million lead commitment, the largest gift in Colby’s history, for a new science complex that will catalyze a half-billion dollars of investment in science and technology.

Véronique Plesch, the James M. Gillespie Professor of Art, was a guest on "Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast," created and hosted by Noah Charney ’02, discussing a work by a 17th-century painter.

Goldfarb Family Distinguished Associate Professor of American Government Nicholas Jacobs was heard around the country in a story on @[urn:li:organization:6577:NPR]’s Morning Edition discussing how Democrats are planning to win rural voters.

At Colby, students studying the sciences, including those in Assistant Professor of Biology Christina Cota’s classes and lab, learn how research works, how to form and test a hypothesis, and how to manage issues and problems that may arise in the process.

Bishal Khadka ’26 is a winner of a 2025 Davis Projects for Peace Summer Grant. The global program awards undergraduate students $10,000 each to create and carry out projects anywhere in the world that solve a community-based conflict and foster peace.

Professor of Anthropology Winifred Tate and Lecturer of Anthropology Suzanne Menair have received a grant to support a two-year ethnographic and oral history research project to collect and make available stories of workers in two Maine counties.

.@Dance_Magazine highlighted the work of Ben Baker, assistant professor of philosophy, in an article about how recent innovations in AI-assisted motion-capture technology might impact dance artists.

As the fall semester gives way to Thanksgiving break, we pause to appreciate some of the photographic highlights from Mayflower Hill and beyond.

An embroidered baptismal ensemble from the family of Emily Tolman ’16 is now part of the Maine State Museum’s permanent collection, where the heirloom will help tell the story of the state’s rich Franco-American heritage.

Felix Baldauf-Lenschen ‘14 cofounded the biotechnology company Altis Labs, which is known for having one of the world’s largest cancer-imaging databases.

.@insidehighered podcast The Key published a feature about the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence with Davis AI Director David Watts and Research and Teaching Scientist Michael Yankoski discussing the institute’s pioneering approach.

Two years after a fire ripped through downtown Port Clyde in midcoast Maine, Colby has completed a deal that will help revitalize the community’s historic waterfront and create a home for the College's new Center for Resilience and Economic Impact.

Daniel Juzych ’26 has been selected for the Rhodes Scholarship (@rhodes_trust), considered the most prestigious international scholarship for American college graduates.

One of the fast-growing programs at Colby, science, technology, and society, is an interdisciplinary field that considers the social, cultural, and historical dimensions of science and technology. Learn how STS prepares students for a variety of careers.

Colby student Daniel Juzych '26 was highlighted in a @BostonGlobe story about the number of New England schools that produced Rhodes Scholars this year.

In a @NatGeo article, Megan Cook, the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Associate Professor of Literature, was interviewed about “dirtbag medievalism,” an interpretive lens and term she developed, which is getting broad recognition.

The Colby football team’s successful season, including winning the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin rivalry, was featured in a story by @PressHerald. The piece noted that the season was "years in the making."

Lincoln Peirce ’85, creator of the long-running strip 'Big Nate,' got his start at the 'Colby Echo.' The comic strip, which is carried in more than 400 newspapers worldwide, has spawned a series of books for young readers.

Torsten Brinkema ’22 is making a documentary about Olympic gold medalist cross-country ski racer Jessie Diggins, the most decorated American cross-country skier of all time.

The internationally renowned architectural firm @SOM_Design has been selected to design Colby’s new science complex project, which is expected to open in 2030.

Associate Professor and Chair of Biology Dave Angelini was interviewed on the public radio program @TheWorld for his expertise in evolutionary biology after researchers discovered a new type of ant capable of giving birth to an entirely different species.