Media Coverage
The Maine Art Education Association honored Colby’s Arts Office with its annual Art Advocate of the Year award. What distinguishes Colby, the association noted, is its sustained dedication to the arts through the revitalization of downtown Waterville and the creation of community-focused spaces.
The Boston Globe published a roundup of top colleges in New England offering free tuition for the 2025-26 academic term. The article highlights Colby's generous Fair Shot Fund for prospective students with financial need, as more colleges are adopting similar programs.
Neil Gross, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about his current research on the politics of higher education. The article analyzes civic centers at campuses across the U.S. as students demand greater viewpoint diversity and civil discourse.
Scientific American interviewed Dale Kocevski, associate professor and chair of physics and astronomy, as astronomers across the globe race to solve the mystery of “Little Red Dots.” Kocevski, a leading researcher on the subject, told the publication, “I’m sure in a year or two we will probably figure out what’s going on. For now, the Little Red Dots hide in disguises no one recognizes—yet.”
For his podcast An Educated Guest, EdTech leader Todd Zipper interviewed David Watts, director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, on his career shift from IBM to Colby. They discussed how the human-centered liberal arts ecosystem is effectively positioned to solve complex AI challenges and shape the future workforce.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Colby's Lockwood Hotel number seven in Maine in its best hotels survey. The hotel also received a Gold Badge, highlighting its position in the top 20 percent of ranked hotels in the United States.
From local papers to mainstream sports outlets, Mules cross-country skiers Jack Young ’25, competing for the U.S., and Maddie Hooker ’27, skiing for Australia, earned a range of media attention, including a shout-out (at 29:00 minutes) from The Athletic's "The Sports Gossip Show," co-hosted by Colby alum Charlotte Wilder ’11. Read a feature in Young's hometown paper here.
Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government and Director of the Bram Public Policy Lab Nicholas Jacobs provided commentary for a New York Times story about Senator Susan Collins decreasing the presence of ICE in Maine, including how it supports her narrative of being a "seasoned politician, not the showman.”
Colby's significant role in building a high-performance computing hub in Waterville was highlighted in a Mainebiz story. The piece noted that the project, which has been awarded $6.2 million in federal funding and resulted from "multi-year planning with Colby College," will position the state as a "hub for advanced research and scalable innovation."
A story in centralmaine.com highlighted Colby's women's ice hockey team as it seeks its first championship in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, one of the top Division III women’s hockey leagues in the nation.