Colby College

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. brnw.ch/21wVB8K

The Class of 2026 marked their time at Colby with pomp, circumstance, and a lot of laughter during the College’s 205th Commencement. Read more: brnw.ch/21x2MN0 #Colby2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Rewatch the ceremony here: brnw.ch/21x2ME3 #Colby2026

Join us at 10 a.m. EDT for Colby’s 205th Commencement with speaker Mo Willems. Watch live here: brnw.ch/21x2MiB #Colby2026

Love and kindness were the themes of the day at Colby’s baccalaureate ceremony. The Class of 2026, the largest graduating class in the College’s history, was urged to move forward with humility and curiosity. Read more: brnw.ch/21x2LCE #Colby2026

Unforgettable moments from Colby’s 205th Baccalaureate. Rewatch the ceremony here: brnw.ch/21x2Lta #Colby2026

Join us at 10 a.m. EDT for Colby’s 205th Baccalaureate with speaker Esther Salas. Watch live here: brnw.ch/21x2L3g #Colby2026

The Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence Zach Peckham and 23 student editors banded together to create 'The Colby Review,' a brand-new, student-led literary journal that includes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by emerging writers. brnw.ch/21x2JV7

Dan Cohen, a professor of philosophy and winner of the 2026 Charles Bassett Teaching Award, presented graduating seniors with a freewheeling tour de force during the annual Last Lecture. brnw.ch/21x2HJE

The 17 senior studio art majors, whose work is on display for the 'Senior Art Exhibition 2026,' have spent the last year immersing themselves in their disciplines spanning painting, photography, printmaking, digital media, and sculpture. brnw.ch/21x2Dgq

Lifestyle travel magazine @CNTraveler featured Waterville as a prime destination for the arts in midcoast Maine, highlighting Greene Block + Studios, the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, the Lockwood Hotel, and the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts. brnw.ch/21x2z4I

Portraits of Colby seniors are featured alongside those of world-renowned figures in the exhibition 'RESONANCE for the Class of 2026,' by acclaimed photographer Beowulf Sheehan. brnw.ch/21x2wNE

Ryan Moore ’27 has been awarded a prestigious Davis Projects for Peace grant, which will be used to build predator-proof yak corrals, believed to be the best way to mitigate conflict in Nepal between farmers, herders, and the area’s elusive snow leopards. brnw.ch/21x2uCk

Lillian Ranco ’26 won the Franko-Maisel Prize for Public Policy, awarded by the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs. Ranco will use the $10,000 prize toward tuition at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. brnw.ch/21x2qcZ

The @PressHerald featured the Colby Museum of Art in a preview of must-see exhibitions across Maine this summer. "By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth" opoens June 12 at the museum’s downtown location in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. brnw.ch/21x2kZd

Students in Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Bess Koffman’s Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future course recently shared their tree-coring skills and climate knowledge with young students from the Kennebec Montessori School in Fairfield. brnw.ch/21x2jEQ

Colby pride was on full display at the 18th annual Colby Student Awards, which recognized students for outstanding academic achievement, leadership, creativity, and community impact. Thirty-one academic departments honored more than 100 students. brnw.ch/21x2hM2

Carissa Cassidy ’26 is a dual-sport athlete and Economics major who capped a stellar collegiate career by winning her second consecutive All-American award in Slalom.

Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Associate Professor of American Government, was quoted in a @nytimes article on Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoing a first-in-the-nation statewide moratorium on the construction of large-scale data centers. brnw.ch/21x28z9

Jacob Tjaden ’26 competed against the nation’s top STEM scholars in order to win the prestigious @NSF fellowship, widely considered the gold standard for early-career STEM students in the United States. brnw.ch/21x275Y

Colby hosted its own Big Night, part of Maine Big Night, a nonprofit community science project established to help amphibians from becoming roadkill. Students, professors, and Waterville community members, gathered to escort amphibians they saw to safety. brnw.ch/21x25vh