Media Coverage
Colby men’s and women’s hockey teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) semifinals.
Newsweek featured research by Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dale Kocevski in a round-up of the six most “remarkable” and “surprising” James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. Kocevski is leading a study on "Little Red Dots,” a phenomenon thought to be a new class of galaxies.
A top story in Maine this week, Associate Professor of Economics James Siodla led a pioneering study with the Maine Policy Institute that explores the impacts of housing policies in the state and offers recommendations for change. The report has drawn widespread attention from the media across the state.
Artsy published an intimate feature of Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, a new exhibition co-curated by Sarah Humphreville, Lunder Curator of American Art at the Colby Museum. The article explores Abercrombie’s enduring relatable surrealism in the retrospective, which will travel to Waterville in July.
Colby's Davis AI was featured in as Fast Company article on AI literacy.
Leading health information website WebMD turned to the expertise of Gail Carlson, director of Colby's Buck Lab for Climate and Environment and assistant professor of environmental studies, for an article about how forever chemicals impact mental health. According to Carlson, "some chemicals cause neurological changes" that can be "pathways of anxiety and depression."
NBC’s News Center Maine interviewed Professor of Art and Department Chair Véronique Plesch about the South Solon Meeting House, known for its striking floor-to-ceiling frescoes painted in the 1950s by artists from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Plesch has designed a course around the structure and describes it as one of her “favorite places in the world.”
| Assistant Professor of English Onnesha Roychoudhuri performed her story “Strangers on a Train” for the popular Moth Radio Hour. The rebroadcast is about "the joy that comes from speaking up during fearful times" and was aired across a wide range of public radio stations this week in a segment titled "Saving Graces." |
Colby's Fair Shot Fund program was featured in a story by NPR about making a college education more affordable for middle-income families. In the piece, President David A. Greene commented on how the program simplifies a financial aid process that has become “overly complex.” Additionally, one parent noted that she felt “the weight come off my shoulders” after learning about the initiative.
President David A. Greene provided important commentary for a story in the Boston Globe about recent directives issued by the new administration. He noted how an increase in endowment taxes will cause "downstream harm," including to students, and that "shutting down America’s colleges to a global population would be devastating."