College of the Atlantic News

From the 2,500 participants in the 2009 Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in October a ' a professional gathering on marine mammals worldwide a ' 20 presentations came from College of the Atlantic.

Michael J. Good a ' As old man winter pulls us farther from the warmth of the summer sun, there is time to reflect on the people, organizations and birds, that made our 11th Acadia Birding Festival earlier this year an islandwide success.

Members of the COA delegation to the UNFCCC meetings in Copenhagen include : top row a ' Lindsay Britton, Richard Van Kampen, Lauren Nutter, Emily Postman, Taj Schottland, Noah Hodgetts, Geena Berry; bottom row a ' Juan Soriano, Annick Bickson, Neil Oculi, Oliver Bruce, Brooke Welty, Samuli Sinisalo, and faculty member Ken Cline.

Please join the Jesup Library Board of Directors and staff in honoring retiring Library Director Nancy Howland at the library from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Nov.

Over 10,000 negotiators - and many more journalists, activists, and the like - are expected to arrive in Copenhagen this December for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP15.

Getting environmental policies enacted is often a tough negotiating process. Fred Benson, who spent nearly 40 years engaged in national and international government affairs, will be talking about these challenges in a talk titled, "Environmental Sensitivity and International Trade: oil and water or salad dressing?" The talk will be at College of ...

John Cooper and Alan Fernald composed the music for the ecology concert, Nov.11 at the Gates Center.

The Zapatista communities of southern Mexico have been reinventing society for nearly 15 years in an attempt to create democratic, equitable, sustainable communities.

Pen and ink drawing by Grace Cherubino. Enlarge... Bar Harbor a ' Grace Cherubino, a third-year student at College of the Atlantic, presents a show called "Two-Dimensional Documentary" at the college's Ethel H. Blum Gallery.

A touring company of actors will reenact the Lincoln/Douglas debates at the Gates Center in Bar Harbor on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov.

The YWCA MDI will hold its Early Bird Holiday Auction online through Oct. 31. There are 250 items for you to bid on; for more information, visit ywcamdi.cmarket.com . There will be a talk at McCormick Lecture Hall at College of the Atlantica s McCormick Hall on Nov.

The New England Board of Higher Education this month made public its annual Higher Education Excellence Awards.

Preparations are being made for COA's march to draw attention to climate change in Bar Harbor, Oct.

Egret needs a home. Egret is no flighty bird, but an active, playful, even show-offy two-year-old humpback whale.

The Lompoc CafA© in downtown Bar Harbor is offering "A Toast to Climate ," Saturday, Oct.

Dru Colbert's head is filled with sea serpents, steamer trunks, shipwrecks, dragonflies, jellyfish, seaweed, magic lanterns, aliens, skeletons, flaming torches, birds, whales and porpoises, creatures that are half fish and half human, memories, dreams, visions, historical artifacts, newspaper clippings, stained-glass inscriptions, and junkyard ...

OTTER CREEK : You just never know. Even when you're all prepared to expect the unexpected, Dru Colbert surprises you.

BAR HARBOR : The work of some of the world's best contemporary artists will be on screen on Tuesday, Oct.

BAR HARBOR : Dru Colbert's head is filled with sea serpents, steamer trunks, shipwrecks, dragonflies, jellyfish, seaweed, magic lanterns, aliens, skeletons, flaming torches, birds, whales and porpoises, creatures that are half fish and half human, memories, dreams, visions, historical artifacts, newspaper clippings, stained-glass inscriptions, and ...

MDI : Improvements to a number of Island Explorer bus stops are in the works. The Mount Desert Island League of Towns this week heard from transportation consultation Tom Crikelair, who helped design the Island Explorer system.