Texan Nile Dixon, a computer science and sociology major, has developed a textbot that those affected by Hurricane Harvey’s devastation can access on their cellphones.
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Colby College receives $475,000 from National Science Foundation for research
The research projects include studying methods to produce chemical compounds and investigating environmental changes that caused a mass extinction 252 million years ago.
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Maine colleges defend emphasis on diversity in response to report of Trump initiative
Colby, Bates and Bowdoin have race-based admissions policies, which the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled constitutional.
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Behold the brilliance of ‘The Painter of Maine’
On view at Colby, a remarkable show of work by the great Marsden Hartley.
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Incoming Colby students get education in island life
The Wyeth family foundation’s Allen Island becomes a rugged 450-acre living laboratory.
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Former Colby president ‘Bro’ Adams takes post with Mellon Foundation
He says the appointment will allow him to continue to promote the humanities as a way to ‘help us understand our contemporary circumstances.’
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Sprawling solar array taking shape at Colby College in Waterville
The 5,300-panel solar array on Washington Street is expected to go live in the fall and provide 16 percent of the college’s electricity needs.
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Waterville planners likely to weigh final proposal for athletic facility Monday
The Colby College complex calls for Maine’s first Olympic-sized pool and could help the city bring in $1 million annually.
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Panel gets early look at plans for Colby College athletic complex
The $200 million project includes what would be the first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Maine.
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Attorney general fired by Trump speaks at Colby on criminal justice reform
Sally Yates says mandatory sentencing guidelines, often for drug offenses, have led to massive over-incarceration that is draining resources needed in other areas, including rehabilitation.