Worried about rising costs, Bates College plans budget cuts

College says its finances remain strong, but 'serious challenges' are looming.

With new downtown facility, Waterville poised to become arts destination

The $18 Million Paul J. Schupf Art Center is Colby College's latest investment in the arts and the city.

It’s official: Paul J. Schupf Art Center opens to public

The opening of the $18 million center, which included a preview reception Friday and a "Joy to the Ville" opening day event on Saturday in Waterville, drew a supportive crowd despite a major snowstorm across central Maine.

Colby names artist Paula Wilson Lunder Institute senior fellow

With downtown Waterville work done, Collins said it highlights a city known for ‘ambition and perseverance’

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was joined by fellow U.S. Sen. Angus King and others for a ceremony Friday marking the conclusion of the $11.2 million downtown revitalization effort.

College students worry about decreasing diversity if affirmative action is overturned

They say their schools would lose an important tool for giving opportunities to marginalized groups and bringing people from different backgrounds together.

And for its next course, Colby College puts focus on food

The college's Center for the Arts and Humanities chose 'Food for Thought' as its theme this academic year, so students will explore food-related issues from multiple perspectives in 16 classes.

With construction nearing an end, $18 million downtown Waterville art center to debut Dec. 17

The Paul J. Schupf Art Center is scheduled to open about a week before Christmas and one Colby College official said Tuesday that it's "going to bring people into the heart of downtown all the time."

Colby students, residents help clean up Waterville’s South End

About 20 Colby College students in the college's civic engagement program on Saturday helped clean up litter, furniture, tires and other trash around the South End of Waterville as part of an effort by the South End Neighborhood Association.

Colby College to honor two Ukrainian photojournalists with Lovejoy Award

This year's award recipients are Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka, who covered the Russian siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol earlier this year and countered Russian claims that civilians were not being targeted.