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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.

  • Book cover on AI and collaboration
    Book suggests new vision for artificial intelligience

    Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth?, by College of the Atlantic philosophy professor Gray Cox, calls for a radical rethinking of how we conceive of AI.

  • Performance art, pottery influence experiential exploration

    An unconventional senior project has College of the Atlantic student Simone E Le Page counting grains of rice, creating clay pots just to break them, and walking campus backwards as they consider time, success and failure, and breaking the bonds of an alienating world.

  • All-hands effort studies mountaintop mammals

    Vertebrate ecologist Dr. Brittany Slabach ’09 is using her Second Century Stewardship to collaborate with COA students, faculty, and alumnx on a study that examines how recreational trail use and sub-alpine management affects mountaintop mammal communities in Acadia National Park.

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    COA cited as region’s top ranked college for economic diversity among students

    The Quietside Journal details how College of the Atlantic has the highest ranking among major colleges in northern New England for having the greatest economic diversity among its students, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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    Maine educator preparation programs honored with 2023 Excellence Awards

    Maine public and independent higher education institutions that prepare students for teaching careers, including College of the Atlantic, are honored with Excellence Awards by the New England Board of Higher Education.

  • Person sculpting pottery by window
    Alum awarded for ceramics work

    Through her work as a ceramicist and cultural producer, 2023 Jorum Craft Award recipient Eleanor White ’22 aims to nurture multispecies relationality with participatory art interventions.

  • Solar panels on a sunny day
    College of the Atlantic, Colby snag top two spots on green colleges list

    For the eighth year in a row, College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor ranks No. 1 nationally in the Princeton Review’s “Guide to Green Colleges.”

  • Whale breaching in ocean waters.
    Adopt a whale for the perfect holiday gift

    College of the Atlantic Allied Whale’s adoption program supports critical research and conservation efforts for majestic, endangered humpback and fin whales and provides novel, eco-friendly gifts for young marine aficionados.