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View As seen by the sun: Rachel Hernandez’s Fellow Project An interdisciplinary research project made by 2025’s Peter Bryan ’80 Island Campus Summer Research Fellow, Rachel Hernandez. As seen by the sun is a photographic exploration of the flora on Colby College’s Island Campus: Allen Island, using cyanotypes and lumen prints made during the summer… Read more: As seen by the sun 𖤓˚࿔☀︎

Tree coring and Dendrochronology with Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies, Justin Becknell, and Shawn Fraver, Forest Ecologist and Professor at the University of Maine. Plein Air Retreat artists make the most of Allen painting and sketching outside scenes. Colby Alumni, friends, and family venture to Eastern Egg Rock and learn about puffins from… Read more: Recent Happenings On Allen! 𓇼 ˖°｡𖠰↟

Summer greetings from Allen Island! We hope you are warm and well and enjoyed the solstice a few weeks ago. ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ Here’s what our Research Fellows have been up to! Photos by Oliver Beardsley ’27. Oliver’s research project consists of using an 8×10 view camera to photograph the island and its relationships.… Read more: Happy Summer!!

Island Campus Fellows live and work on Allen Island for the summer.   Each fellow spends half time on a mentored research project. The other half of the job is supporting the Island Campus programming by greeting island visitors, serving as an educational resource, and helping to maintain the islands. This year we are delighted … Read more: Island Fellows for 2025

PORT CLYDE — The Port Clyde General Store will open this summer in leased space but hopes to be operating out of a new building at its former location come spring 2025. The St. George Planning Board heard a presentation Tuesday night Jan. 23 by Veronika Carlson, President of Linda Beans Co., about plans for… Read more: Plans for new Port Clyde General Store complex unveiled