BAR HARBOR — A Rolex watch given by actor Paul Newman to College of the Atlantic alumnus James Cox ’87 sells for a whopping $17.8 million at auction.
Kathleen—Kate—Donohoe (’91) has strong childhood memories of passing through the New Jersey Meadowlands, a region rife with stories about the dumping of illegal chemicals and Mafia victims. “We would hold our noses driving through,” she says. “Still, I thought it was beautiful. I wanted to run away from home, get a boat, find an estuary, and disappear into it.”
Allure magazine bestows the “Best Mom of the Year Award” on Virginia Mellen ’12, after she shaves off her her hair to show her 15-month-old son that there is no particular way a woman is supposed to look.
As deputy chief of interpretation at Acadia National Park, Christie Denzel Anastasia ’92, seeks to ensure that every visitor intersecting with the park has the best experience possible. What this means is that Christie spends a lot of time behind a computer so that the seventy-odd rangers, volunteers, interns, and partnership program staff she oversees can be outside, doing their jobs.
An expedition to unexplored ocean depths by a team of scientists, including Conservation International Executive Vice President Greg Stone ’82, aims to produce valuable information regarding deep-sea ecology.
A total of 100 new students, hailing from 18 countries and 22 states, will be welcomed to the COA community during the annual convocation ceremony. Scores of students, staff, faculty and alumni will swim from the Bar Island sandbar to the COA pier in the morning, continuing a much-loved, yearly tradition.
USA Today asks, “Is urine diversion far-fetched?” No more than our separation of aluminum, glass and paper from landfill-bound trash, according to Rich Earth Institute co-founder Abraham Noe-Hays ’00.
Alex Borowicz ’14, Antarctic field guide and PhD student in ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University, New York, speaks about his love of the creatures and vistas of the South Pole.
Audubon guide Gabriel Willow ’00 offers New Yorkers and visitors a sense of the natural wonders of Manhattan and its islands.
Ten women stand tight in a pack on an indoor track. They are ready for battle. This is roller derby, contact sport on skates.
Ten women stand tight in a pack on an indoor track. They are ready for battle. This is roller derby, contact sport on skates.
I had a great suggestion from Trustee Emeritus Bill Newlin to put together a short photo essay on what the island and campus look like under these conditions.
Enjoy!