News

  • Community-driven agriculture is Project for Peace focus

    Valentina Dereani ’27 will spend her summer helping to build a community seed bank in Kenya as one of this year’s Projects for Peace awardees.

  • Working towards a zero-waste campus

    Two College of the Atlantic students have been appointed as Zero Waste Fellows with the Post Landfill Action Network’s Atlas Zero Waste Project to develop a Zero Waste Strategic Vision for COA.

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    Dr. Sylvia Torti named 8th president of COA

    The College of the Atlantic Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that accomplished writer, ecologist, and innovative academic leader Dr. Sylvia Torti will succeed president Darron Collins, PhD ’92 at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

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    Project supports climate change resilience

    A long-term, community-engaged science project to grow resilience against climate change along Maine’s working waterfront has received $200,000 in grant funding from the Maine Community Foundation. The project engages multiple College of the Atlantic faculty members, students, and community stakeholders.

  • A vision of abundant sustainability at College of the Atlantic

    College of the Atlantic Sharpe-McNally Chair of Green and Socially Responsible Business Jay Friedlander speaks about his innovative approach to education to PUPN Magazine.

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    COA purchases bike shop building, business to continue

    The Mount Desert Islander reports on College of the Atlantic’s acquisition of the buildings at 141 Cottage St., including the space housing Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop and seven apartments.

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    New community solar farm transforms abandoned gravel pit

    College of the Atlantic is among a group of towns, school districts, and other organizations purchasing long-term renewable energy from the 14,000+ panel facility, which will help the school meet its goals of being fossil fuel free by 2030, as WABI TV5 reports.

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    Commencement speaker announced

    Indigenous scholar Dr. Yuria Celidwen will present the keynote address at College of the Atlantic’s 51st commencement ceremony.

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    Arts program brings fresh faces to campus

    Artists Pamela Moulton and Serubiri Moses will spend time with students and share their work as part of the expanded College of the Atlantic Kippy Stroud Artists-in-Residence program.

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    COA launches energy upgrade program

    Great Cranberry Island homeowners are eligible for free energy audits and assistance making efficiency improvements following the award of a $200,000 Buildings Upgrade Prize to the College of the Atlantic Community Energy Center from the US Department of Energy.

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    Engaging and learning as a science fellow

    College of the Atlantic earth science professor Sarah Hall is spending a year in Washington, DC and at conferences around the US as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the United States Geological Survey.

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    I have Alzheimer’s disease. This is what I need from you

    COA human rights educator Steve Wessler shares his Alzheimers diagnosis with the Boston Globe and urges the community to break the stigma.