Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement

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Published
May 13, 2021

Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement

The graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 23, but the event is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Published
May 13, 2021

Colby College officials still deciding whether to require COVID-19 vaccinations for fall semester

Administrators at other Maine colleges — including Bowdoin College, Bates College, St. Joseph's College and College of the Atlantic — have announced they will require full vaccinations prior to the fall semester.
Published
April 30, 2021

Six Colby College female athletic coaches allege pay inequalities with male counterparts

The coaches have filed a discrimination complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission, detailing examples of what they see as violations of state and federal discrimination laws.
Published
April 16, 2021

Colby announces $2.8 million anonymous donation for in-state student aid

Colby College has received a $2.8 million anonymous donation to be used for financial aid for students from Maine.
Published
April 2, 2021

Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
Published
February 9, 2021

Colby College receives $3.35 million to go toward performing arts center

The $80 million Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is expected to open in the fall of 2023 on the Mayflower Hill campus.
Published
January 28, 2021

Colby College announces Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Colby officials believe this is the first and only institute of its kind at a small U.S. liberal arts school.
Published
January 28, 2021

Hotel opening, $11.2 million revitalization project among plans for this year in downtown Waterville

The Lockwood Hotel completion by Colby College is just one of many projects expected to occur this year in downtown Waterville, including the completion and opening of the Arts Collaborative across Main Street from the hotel.
Published
December 18, 2020

Colby, Unity colleges provide freezer storage to Maine CDC for Pfizer vaccine

The two institutions are among several that have offered assistance to Maine CDC, loaning freezers to that state that can store 10,000 or more doses of the vaccine.
Published
December 16, 2020

Colby outlook predicts Maine economic recovery by 2022, if U.S. can control coronavirus

The annual report warns that economic recovery relies on controlling the pandemic, an effective vaccination campaign and financial relief from the federal government.