Media Coverage
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.
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." |
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."
The Portland Press Herald published a special feature on Keepers of the Light, a collaboration between Associate Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance Annie Kloppenberg and Portland Ballet. The performance, which includes a cohort of Colby student dancers and musicians, made its way to the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts this weekend and was also highlighted in the Boston Globe’s ‘Things to Do’ section.
Associate Professor of Biology Tasha Dunn was quoted in the Boston Globe on the likelihood of aftershocks from the Maine-centered earthquake that was felt all around New England last week.
Government Technology published a feature story about a new program from Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence called “Mule Chat.” The article also highlighted the College's focus on applying the tenets of a liberal arts education, including critical thinking, for understanding and using AI.
An article in the New York Times on building back Los Angeles after the devastating wildfires referenced research from Associate Professor of Economics James Siodla, who analyzed how the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shaped the city's development. “Cities change very, very slowly,” Siodla said in the article.