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Prominent Centers of Thought, Impact, and Action

At Colby, important voices
speak to the issues that are shaping the future.

When conversations that shape the future happen, you’ll have a front-row seat.

The Island Campus

As the steward of Allen and Benner islands, Colby has a significant presence on the coast of Maine for a wide range of academic programs and activities. These islands offer undisturbed environments ideal for conducting interdisciplinary experiences—from sculpture and cinema to bird research and long-term climate monitoring.

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Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence

The first of its kind at any liberal arts college, the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) will provide new pathways for talented students and faculty to research, create, and apply AI and machine learning across disciplines.

Colby Faculty on AI

Lunder Institute for American Art

The Lunder Institute creates a unique space for scholarship, creative works, dialogue, and mentorship. Anchored by the remarkable Lunder Collection, it facilitates global institutional exchange and trains future leaders in the field of American art.

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Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship

The Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship offers a comprehensive suite of training and practical opportunities aimed at preparing Colby students to be effective innovators and entrepreneurs—whether they are creating dynamic new business ventures or improving existing organizations or programs.

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DavisConnects

Your Colby education is a gathering of knowledge, relationships, and experiences. DavisConnects ties it all together, providing every Colby student access to a global experience, internship, and research opportunity, regardless of their financial circumstances or personal networks.

Creative thinkers. Digital pioneers.
Ready for the coming world.

Our students are fluent in the language of the future.

Programs such as Colby’s data science major add expertise with computer skills, increasingly important as the global marketplace becomes ever more automated.
Our innovative “CS + X” program allows you to combine disciplinary study with computer knowledge specific to your chosen field.
Computational biology enables deep knowledge of the exploding field of bioinformatics.
The Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence will prepare you for a future where AI is transforming industries, careers, and modes of discovery, creativity, and scholarship.
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The Buck Lab for Climate and Environment

The Buck Lab supports broad initiatives at Colby focused on climate change and other environmental issues, including research, experiential learning opportunities in the classroom and in the field, internships, community engagement, professional development, and career networking.

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The Linde Packman Lab for Biosciences Innovation

The Linde Packman Lab prepares Colby students to become the next generation of science leaders and innovators. The lab connects students with opportunities, programs, and funding to ensure transformative science experiences, on campus and around the world.

Bram Public Policy Lab

The Bram Public Policy Lab at Colby College supports interdisciplinary research, immersive learning, and direct collaboration with policymakers, thought-leaders, and lawmakers throughout the country, and especially in the state of Maine.

Lyons Art Lab

Colby’s Lyons Arts Lab inspires, celebrates, and elevates student work in the arts. It supports students at multiple stages of a creative process—from an idea’s inception to a project’s completion. Support from the lab allows students to liberate creative thought and action, with learning, making, and connection-building at its center.

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Center for the Arts and Humanities

The Center for the Arts and Humanities fuels an annual campus-wide discussion of an interdisciplinary humanities topic, runs experiential learning labs, and hosts an annual colloquium series.

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Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs

The Goldfarb Center inspires active citizenship and brings students, faculty, and staff together to explore creative, interdisciplinary approaches to complex challenges.