{"id":569,"date":"2025-09-10T19:22:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=569"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:01:42","slug":"major-investment-in-science-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"Major Investment in Science in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a094acc9cf3e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a094acc9cf3e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-10-Colby-College.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colby College campus. Photo credit: Colby College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely with <strong>Colby College<\/strong> for 15 years to introduce students to cutting-edge research in the marine and environmental sciences,\u201d said <strong>Deborah Bronk<\/strong>, president and CEO of <strong>Bigelow Laboratory<\/strong>. \u201cThis bold step forward will strengthen Maine\u2019s leadership in science and technology, and we are excited about the impact it will have across our state and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us in celebrating this major new investment in science at Colby College!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about one way we\u2019re partnering with Colby: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-06-30.html\">https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-06-30.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/news.colby.edu\/story\/colby-college-receives-the-largest-gift-in-its-history\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely with Colby College for 15 years to introduce students to cutting-edge research in the marine and environmental sciences,\u201d said Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory. \u201cThis bold step forward will strengthen Maine\u2019s leadership in science and technology, and we are excited about the impact it will have across our state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[83,18,54],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-innovation","tag-maine","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}