Oversight will be vital as artificial intelligence systems are marketed to millions, turning citizens and their deliberative powers into products any businesses and politicians can purchase, according to COA professor Gray Cox, author of the forthcoming book, “Smarter Planet vs. Wiser Earth? How Dialogue Can Transform Artificial Intelligence into Collaborative Wisdom.”
College of the Atlantic’s environmental activism group Earth in Brackets and Mount Desert Island High School’s Eco Team join up to bring the annual Fridays for Future strike to Bar Harbor.
Humpback whales found in European waters are known to travel north and south along the eastern North Atlantic, but one was unexpectedly found over 2,050 miles nearly due west off the coast of Newfoundland, says College of the Atlantic Allied Whale Photo ID Director Lindsey Jones MPhil ’18.
Decolonial scholar and nonfiction writer Julietta Singh will deliver the keynote address at College of the Atlantic’s 50th commencement ceremony and will receive an honorary Master of Philosophy degree along with Native American Passamaquoddy historian, storyteller, and community leader Donald Soctomah.
Introspection, innovation, and a sense of collectivism highlight the experiences of College of the Atlantic students enrolled inFuturity: A Production Monster Course, a three-credit, term-long effort culminating in the staging of a live musical.
Experiential programs for children and high school students, the annual College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, and weekly Coffee & Conversation salons are on tap for COA campus this summer.
Whales face a perilous situation as rapidly rising water temperatures affect their food sources, habitats, and migration patterns, College of the Atlantic Steven K. Katona Chair in Marine Sciences Dr. Sean Todd tells National Public Radio as part of their series, From Miami To Maine: Adapting To a Changing Climate.
As universities and other institutions grapple with ways to fight climate change, College of the Atlantic is nudging its students to reach outside the school’s boundaries and start changing the real world.
Students in the class History of Agriculture: Apples record local agricultural history by documenting relict apple trees scattered around Hancock County.
Participants in the Great West course: from left, Arianna Rambach ’16, Anneke Hart ’16, Meaghan Lyon ’16, Kristin Ober ’16, faculty member Ken Cline, Chris Phillips ’15, Erickson Smith ’15, Zinta Rutins ’15, Madeleine Motley ’16.
Students participate in a clam flat survey in Frenchman Bay.
