Media Coverage

The Boston Globe’s art critic, Murray Whyte, highlighted the Colby Museum's 2022 'Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death' in an article about the Farnsworth’s latest exhibit featuring Wyeth's work.

National Geographic featured commentary from Tanya Sheehan, the Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, about early photo manipulation in politics, which dates as far back as the Lincoln presidency.

Sarah Braunstein, associate professor of English (creative writing), just had her short story “Abject Naturalism” published in The New Yorker. You can also read a Q&A she did for the magazine; listen to her narrate the story for the publication’s podcast The Writer’s Voice, or read the piece when it comes out in the July 29th print edition.

The Guardian and Salon featured research from Colby's Buck Lab for Climate and Environment and Associate Professor of English Matthew Schneider-Mayerson after the new 'Twisters' movie fails to address climate change.

Modern Art Notes, a leading podcast featuring the nation's top artists, historians, authors, and curators, interviewed Sarah Humphreville, the Lunder Curator of American Art, about the Colby Museum’s Eastman Johnson and Maine exhibition, which opened recently and is on view through Dec. 8.

Colby was well represented in a recent story on how political scholars in Maine are thinking about the current presidential race. Both Dan Shea, professor of government, and Sandy Maisel, professor of government, emeritus, provided commentary including how "we’re in uncharted waters," and there's a "palpable sense of unease hanging over the election cycle."

An article in Vox about the role of higher education institutions in the meat industry quoted Professor of History, Emeritus Paul Josephson and referenced his book Chicken: A History from Farmyard to Factory.

The Boston Globe profiled Colby alumna and former women’s hockey player Tracey Roberts ’89 about her work on Pixar’s Inside Out 2, including how she was the film’s unofficial hockey consultant.

Maine Home + Design profiled Waterville and the impressive assets that the city has to offer, including the various arts venues that Colby has recently opened. The writer also suggested in her magazine introduction that folks “not wait as long as I did to see this remarkable area of Maine.”

A feature story in the New York Times about rural studies scholars and their research included extensive commentary from Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs. The article also referenced the recent 'Rethinking Rural' conference hosted by Colby.