Colby College

Mo Willems, the author, illustrator and animator of children’s books, will deliver the commencement address at Colby College’s graduation ceremony.

The exhibitions are a collaboration between the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Colby College Museum of Art and the Brandywine Museum of Art in Pennsylvania.

The Waterville liberal arts college set an original goal of $750 million for its historic Dare Northward campaign, but later raised the target to $1 billion.

The Levine's Discovery Headquarters is set to open in fall 2027 in a renovated building on the school's Waterville campus.

The site of a general store destroyed by fire in 2023 will be rebuilt as a restaurant and collaborative facility. An inn will be repurposed as a research facility and student housing.

Companies from early-stage startups to established manufacturers are 3D printing a range of parts and products.

An overall $500 million investment includes a $300 million, 200,000-square-foot science complex with labs, classrooms, specialized equipment and computing infrastructure. 

Investments and campus initiatives contributed more than $2.5 billion to Maine’s economy in the past six years, according to an independent study commissioned by the Waterville liberal arts college.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms in Maine.

David Watts "brings the mindset of a teacher and the heart of an academic," according to Colby College President David A. Greene.