Media Coverage

Matt Proto, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid," was quoted in the Boston Globe article titled "After months of waiting, college officials breathe sigh of relief over decision in Harvard case." Proto said that Colby's been watching the case. “A lot of people imagine that this is a level playing field for everyone, but in fact it’s not," Proto told the Globe. Colby uses a “holistic admissions process” that incorporates factors such as “personal context, educational context,” and a student’s individual background. “We want to enroll the most talented students from all backgrounds,” Proto said.

The writings of Herb Wilson, the Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences, emeritus, was highlighted in a Mother Nature Network blog entry titled "Why do birds migrate at night?" Wilson's own blog, Maine Birds, was referenced with the answer: "Migration at night has at least three advantages. Birds do not have to worry about falcon or hawk attacks. Second, the air in the atmosphere is usually less turbulent than during the day. Lastly, the air is cooler at night."  

Steven Simon, professor of the practice of international relations, coauthored an article titled "How Trump Can Escape His Iran Jam" that appeared in Politico and was also picked up by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Simon and his coauthors have a combined 80 years experience in U.S. Middle East policy, and they concur "that the only way out of this mess—if indeed there is one—is through negotiations, however poor their current prospects. If the U.S. and Iran can’t find a way to climb down from the ladder of escalation they’re on, the situation with Iran will likely go from really bad to a lot worse."

Catherine Besteman, the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology," was interviewed Sept. 23 on "The Scott Horton Show" to "share some of her research about America’s covert proxy war in Somalia." Listen here.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson penned an op-ed in the Morning Sentinel in advance of the Sept. 20 Climate Strike. Carlson, who teaches students about activism using a "well-worn formula" that provides success making change, challenges us all to ensure that youth voices are part of policymaking. She suggests three tools toward that goal: "educate ourselves about how policies are made and establish our own track records of advocacy;" secondly, "teach our youth about civics;" and lastly "help students identify opportunities to practice and develop their organizing skills."

The Chronicle of Higher Education tells the story of Colby's role in the transformation of downtown Waterville in a video titled "A College Gives Back to the Town That Once Saved It." The four-minute video follows President David A. Greene along Main Street while he points out projects already complete and other initiatives underway. "With Greene’s leadership, the liberal arts college has pulled together the community and investors, raised millions, and embarked on a major downtown revitalization," the Chronicle reports. Watch the video to see everything that's happened in the last five years and what lies ahead.

Professor of Government Anthony Corrado was quoted in the CNBC article titled "Presidential candidate Andrew Yang will give $1,000 a month to 10 more families," following Yang's announcement at the Sept. 12 presidential debate. Corrado, a campaign finance expert, told CNBC that Yang's plans could raise legal issues. “If the payments are made from the campaign, this will certainly raise questions as to whether they are permitted under the law, but at present how the law should be applied to these payments is a gray area for which there are no direct precedents,” Corrado said.

Jennifer Coane, associate professor of psychology, was quoted in the Sept. 10 Washington Post article "Did a cashier steal 1,300 credit card numbers with a ‘photographic memory?’ Experts doubt it." Coane, who studies how memory works, told the Post that recalling the world in vivid detail would make daily functioning difficult, "You could never be able to erase anything from your mind, because everything would pile up," she said. "Coane said it’s likely the alleged thief trained himself to learn sequences of numbers with a high degree of accuracy, given how rare photographic and eidetic memory are," the Post reported.

An essay by Aaron Hanlon, assistant professor of English, appeared in Inside Higher Ed Sept. 9. His piece, titled "Centering the Humanities," discusses how "humanities centers and institutes are key to improving the image of the humanities among the public and policy makers." Hanlon argues that institutions need to better define what the humanities are and to link their work to the general public. "If we want to improve the image of the humanities among the public and policy makers, we need to focus on coherent statements and examples about what the humanities are and do," Hanlon wrote.

An Artscope magazine article titled "Masterful Collections: Maine's Universities Showcase America’s Best" calls out the Colby College Museum of Art, noting artists in its permanent collection such as John Marin, Alex Katz, and James McNeill Whistler as well as its current exhibitions, including Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry and Occupy Colby: Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy, Year 2.