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Announcing the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity

��һ�Թ� is proud to announce a $50 million gift—the largest in our 231-year history—from Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings ’83 to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity.

Making Government Accessible

Students' New Podcast 'Decodes Politics' to Encourage Civic Engagement

A soon-to-be-released podcast by two ��һ�Թ� students aims to illuminate how elections work in Maine by talking to political insiders (including US Senator Angus King and former US Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen).
Tending to the Future

Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries

Ruth Olujobi ’25 and Victor Souza ’26 have each received a Projects for Peace prize to work on self-designed initiatives in Nigeria and Brazil.
Building Confidence

New Initiative Aims to Encourage Students to Tap Leadership Potential

The College launches a pilot workshop program designed to reach students who may not necessarily see themselves as leaders. The initiative hears from multicultural alumni in a variety of careers about their leadership journeys.
Immersive Education

Gaining Perspective: Students Reflect on Their Alternative Spring Break

While some ��һ�Թ� students spent this year’s spring break with family, friends, or teammates, others took a different path, joining various service trips across—and outside—the country.
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“As Maine Goes.” Updating a Consequential 1965 Photo Project

Chris Zhang ’25 and Museum of Art codirector Frank Goodyear are revisiting a series of sixty-year-old photographs that mobilized the environmental movement and changed Maine, and the country, for the better.
Helping Hands

Career Office Restarts Job-Prep Program for Seniors in an Uncertain Economy

Career Exploration and Development (CXD) has fired up its “Accelerator Plus” program, adding options for seniors that the office first rolled out in the pandemic.
The Healing Power of Words

Acclaimed Poet Weatherspoon ’25 Curates Poetry Week on the ��һ�Թ� Campus

The Hawthorne-Longfellow Library is currently in the midst of its annual weeklong celebration of poetry as part of National Poetry Month, which is held every April. This year the library is celebrating the work of Weatherspoon ’25, who is also curating the week’s events.
Fine Friends and Art

Every Night is a Good One for Art. But Especially “Student Night at the Museum.”

The biannual Student Night at the Museum brought out hundreds of students on a mild April evening to explore the Museum of Art with friends.
Human Thriving

Auden Schendler ’92, in a Campus Talk, Urges Students To Take Responsibility for the Environment

Schendler returned to his alma mater on Friday, April 18 to discuss modern environmentalism and his recent book, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul, published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2024.
Remembering a “Great Man”

“A Good Guy.” Professor Barbara Weiden Boyd Recalls Former Classmate Pope Francis

The recent death of Pope Francis stirred memories for Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek Barbara Weiden Boyd, who recalls the “kind, if reserved” fellow student she got to know nearly forty years ago.
Tackling Weighty Topics

��һ�Թ� Students Chair Model UN Conference in Midcoast Maine

A group of ��һ�Թ� students recently helped put together a Model United Nations Conference in Belfast, Maine, giving high schoolers from across the midcoast region the opportunity to practice drafting resolutions on important issues and hone their debating skills.
Retelling a Family Story

Student's Play Tells a Vietnamese Folktale in the Dark

As people filed into the Wish Theater to watch Oceana Hangret’s capstone theater project, they were each handed a sleeping mask. After they had settled into their seats and adjusted their masks, the theater was darkened, preparing them for a live audio performance.
A Vow to Remember

“Kwibuka Means to Never Forget:” Students Hold Remembrance for Tutsi Genocide

On Saturday, April 12, the Africa Alliance hosted a day of remembrance to observe the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda. For the student organizers, the day was also a way to give people a more holistic understanding of the country.
“The Unexpected Home Front”

Lost Wars and Their Consequences: Carnegie Fellowship Boost for ��һ�Թ�’s Elias

Government scholar Barbara Elias, an expert in counterinsurgency warfare and US foreign policy, is among a handful of researchers honored with a prestigious fellowship to explore different aspects of political polarization.