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Maine brewer celebrates COA Allied Whale
Maine Beer Company is celebrating a 15-year partnership with College of the Atlantic Allied Whale with a $20,000 challenge grant in support of eastern Maine marine mammal rescue operations.
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What are fractals and how can they help us understand the world?
Fractals help us make sense of complexity and chaos—and maybe even quantum weirdness, says COA professor of physics and mathematics David Feldman to New Scientist.
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COA celebrates 51st Commencement
The College of the Atlantic Class of 2024 are supported by approximately 700 friends and family from near and far, alumni, trustees, faculty, staff, and students.
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COA professor named mentor of the year
College of the Atlantic W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology and Natural History Dr. John Anderson has been chosen by the Council on Undergraduate Research for their annual Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award.
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Commencement to include student perspectives
From fiber arts to fisheries management, international politics to group facilitation, the interests of this year’s student commencement speakers represent the variety and depth of human ecology.
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COA Summer Institute focuses on democracy
The 2024 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute: Questions of Democracy will examine democracy in the United States during what many consider to be one of the most consequential years of our times.
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Passions for climate justice and art lead to Watson Fellowship
Thomas J. Watson Fellow Emiliana Reinoso ’24 will spend a year investigating how communities on the frontlines of climate change use art to connect stories and bring attention to the ravages of a rapidly shifting environment.
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Using art and science to understand birds and climate change
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship awardee Wriley Hodge ’24 will spend a year following the migration of Arctic terns and studying the human communities they impact.
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COA professor named Fulbright Specialist
College of the Atlantic Charles Eliot Chair in Ecological Planning, Policy, and Design Dr. Brook Muller is honored for his community resilience and building conservation efforts in the UNESCO-protected al-Khalifa neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt.
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COA students published in biomedical journal
Raheem Khadour ’25 and Adel Misherghi ’23 are contributing authors on two scientific papers featured in The Journal of Immunology and published in collaboration with The Jackson Laboratory.
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Interdisciplinary exploration into the physics of perception lands Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Is the dress blue and black… or white and gold? This question might very well be answered by mathematician and artist Noelle Stringer ’25, who has been named a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar.
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In Maine, the new school of res-hall design prioritizes sustainability, style, and amenities
College of the Atlantic is among those Maine colleges focused on the environmental aspect of student residences, according to Down East Magazine.