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COA Begins Major Repairs on Historic Turrets
BAR HARBOR, ME—The Turrets, College of the Atlantic’s iconic building, is in sore need of repair. The 1895 national historic landmark is one of the few “cottages” of the golden era of Mount Desert Island remaining on the Bar Harbor shore. But the very turrets for which the building is ...
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COA Divests From Fossil Fuels
BAR HARBOR, ME—At a special meeting of College of the Atlantic’s Board of Trustees on Monday, March 11, the trustees accepted a student proposal to divest the college from all fossil fuel-related investments. The divestment of all stocks goes into effect immediately. As of March 12, COA is divested from ...
COA Student Creates Art from Marine Debris
When College of the Atlantic student Phinn Onens helped to necropsy a leatherback turtle last summer, what he found changed his academic trajectory. Onens, a senior at COA, was devastated by the cache of plastic in the turtle’s stomach. Having studied marine conservation and education, he sought a visceral way ...
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Lili Pew Joins COA Board
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic is pleased to announce the addition of Hancock County real estate specialist and cycling enthusiast Lili Pew to its board of trustees. “Lili brings so much expertise from so many places and all that insight will be tremendously valuable for helping steer College of ...
COA presents talk on Citizen Scientists
From Maine’s coastal islands to the rainforests of Peru, everyday citizens are working together to gather data and share insights, creating communities of like-minded nature enthusiasts who are solving environmental problems, protecting critical habitats and sharing their discoveries—and their passions—with the world. These citizen scientists are the subject of a ...
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COA’s Nancy Andrews Featured on BBC for Work on ICU-Related PTSD
Nancy Andrews, College of the Atlantic faculty member in film and video, continues to focus on issues of medically related delirium, through interviews, discussions, presentations, and artwork. On Feb. 27, Andrews was featured as part of the BBC program Newsday, broadcast throughout the world, speaking about her experiences of post-traumatic ...
COA Offers Talk on Reducing Religious Conflicts
Can dialog reduce conflict? That is the question human rights advocate Steve Wessler asks frequently as he seeks to make connections between opposing groups in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, and the United States. At 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, he will talk to College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum ...
“Almost, Maine” performed at COA
Under a wintery sky flickering with the northern lights, the people of Almost, Maine, fall in and out of love in unexpected ways in the romantic comedy written by Aroostook County native John Cariani. The play “Almost, Maine” is being produced by students at College of the Atlantic, directed by ...
March 2 Contra Dance at COA
College of the Atlantic hosts the Big Moose Contra Band with caller Chrissy Fowler on Saturday, March 2. The dance, held in Gates Community Center, begins with a family dance at 6:30 p.m. At 8 p.m. the dances become more complicated for a more traditional experience. The family portion focuses ...
4-D City at COA’s Blum Gallery
College of the Atlantic’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery will be transformed into an urban geometry come Monday, March 4 through an installation created by COA third-year student Zuri Camille de Souza, as part of an independent study. The exhibit, “Four-Dimensional City: exploring urban space through installation,” runs Monday, March 4 ...
Nests of Endangered Species Featured in Dorr Museum Exhibit
BAR HARBOR—College of the Atlantic’s George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History presents a collection of photographs of shorebirds and their nests through Feb. 28. The exhibit, “On the Shoreline: A Visual Account of Endangered Species Protection,” is a collection of personal photographs taken by Allyson Stein, a COA senior. ...
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Students Dedicate Bike Journey to Heart Research
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic students Phinn Onens and Rebecca Hamilton are pedaling for a cure this spring. In March, they’ll be flying out to San Diego with bikes, and heading back east through Arizona, Texas, and the south, touching the Atlantic Ocean in Florida. As they do, they ...
Reverie – A Music and Art Extravaganza at COA
Bar Harbor-On Saturday, Feb. 23, College of the Atlantic students are transforming Gates Community Center into an art center and offering a special treat. The students are presenting Reverie, decorating the space with rugs and pillows, placing art on the walls, screening films, offering finger food, performing music—and more. The ...
Cello-Guitar Duo Tall Heights to performs at COA
BAR HARBOR, Maine — On Tuesday, Feb. 26, College of the Atlantic presents the cello and guitar duo Tall Heights. The concert will be in the college’s Turrets Great Hall at 8 p.m. The musicians, Tim Harrington and Paul Wright, have been performing throughout New England, as well as in ...
COA presents new Enterprise applicants
BAR HARBOR, Maine — College of the Atlantic students are pitching their ideas for the college’s Sustainable Enterprise Incubator, also known as the Hatchery. The presentations will be a special Human Ecology Forum at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in McCormick Lecture Hall. To be accepted into the term-long ...
Talk on Mexico’s Zapatista Movement comes to COA
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Human rights workers Claudia Torres will be talking about the work being done in Mexico to counter repression. Torres will be talking to College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum on Friday, Feb. 22, at 4:10 p.m. in the McCormick Lecture Hall. Her talk, “Clearing the ...
Visiting Fulbright Scholar Nicole Rodrigues Vicente speaks on Brazil’s forests and small farms
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Visiting Fulbright Scholar Nicole Rodrigues Vicente will be talking about her work regarding small-scale sustainable farming systems and its impact on forest resources management to a Human Ecology Forum at College of the Atlantic. The talk, “Forest Biodiversity Conservation through the Eyes of a Human Ecological ...
At COA UK Journalist Talks on Global “Land-Grabbers”
BAR HARBOR, Maine — An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world, says journalist Fred Pearce. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land throughout the world. ...
Peace Corps Volunteer Speaks on Rwanda at COA
BAR HARBOR, ME—The impact of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda had immense consequences that continue to be felt. Among the impacted institutions was the entire education system. Allister Stanton, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Rwanda and a current MPhil student at College of the Atlantic, will be talking about ...
Brazilian Anthropologist Talks at COA
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic hosts anthropologist Jeremy Campbell speaking on “The Land Question in Amazonia: Mapping, Tenure Reform, and Environmental Futures in Brazil.” The talk will be on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 4:10 p.m. in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. Campbell is a political and environmental anthropologist whose ...
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