News

  • Group of people with musical instruments.
    Students collaborate and connect on musical production

    Introspection, innovation, and a sense of collectivism highlight the experiences of College of the Atlantic students enrolled in Futurity: A Production Monster Course, a three-credit, term-long effort culminating in the staging of a live musical.

  • First Ireland – Canada humpback resighting

    Humpback whales found in Irish waters are known to travel north and south along the eastern North Atlantic, but one whale was unexpectedly found over 3,300 km nearly due west.

  • People discussing scientific posters indoors.
    Community-based research presented at science symposium

    College of the Atlantic students share posters and academic research at the annual Acadia Science Symposium, a forum hosted by the National Park Service and the Schoodic Institute to promote networking and learning among regional scientists, educators, students, and others working in a range of fields.

  • Baskets filled with red apples.
    DNA testing sheds light on the vast, mysterious world of heirloom apples

    Portland Press Herald reports on genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future. COA professor Todd Little-Siebold and Laura Sieger ’16 are contributing to the project.

  • Historic mansion by the water
    College of the Atlantic ranks high for great professors, financial aid, environmental ethos

    COA is among the nation’s top 10 colleges and universities for great professors, strong financial aid, students who study the most, and, taking the #1 spot, schools where everyone cares about conservation, according to the Princeton Review’s Guide to the 388 Best Colleges.

  • People walking by a market.
    Mount Desert Center opens with market, apartments

    Mainebiz reports on College of the Atlantic’s new foothold in Northeast Harbor, featuring both residential and retail space, comprises apartments for 15 students, a staff/faculty residence, and, at sidewalk level, the Salt Market, a project of COA alumna Maude Kusserow ’15.

  • Woman in red dress by water
    Artist in residence deepens spirit in nature

    Performance, video, and installation artist Heather Lyon (’99) is spending a month working in and around the College of the Atlantic campus as the 2022 COA Kippy Stroud Artist in Residence.

  • Group of people in snowy landscape.
    COA adds wilderness outpost

    College of the Atlantic is adding a northern Maine wilderness center to its operations and in the process the life’s work of two alumnx is gaining permanence for future generations.

  • Gnam is Goldwater scholar

    Ornithologist and conservationist Eleanor Gnam ’23 is the recipient of a prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship.

  • Person holding a small animal.
    Love of frogs leads to Watson Fellowship

    A passion for amphibians has landed Jasper White ’22 a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. White will travel the globe for a year to research a disease that’s driving many frog populations to extinction, while also working with community-led conservation organizations to understand and address our moral obligation to threatened species.

  • Flooded area with debris and bench
    IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster

    The Guardian writes about how the world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown, but only through a “now or never” dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists, including COA professor of global environmental politics Doreen Stabinsky, have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments…

  • Two individuals in traditional attire.
    Students net $10,000 peace award

    Projects for Peace winners Taibatou Adamou ’22 and Aniruddha Jaydeokar ’23 will support a group of small business owners in Niamey with their collaborative project, Empower Women Entrepreneurs for Peace in Niger.