Media Coverage

In a special Q&A feature story by Politico, Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs and Professor of Government Dan Shea were interviewed about the key findings of their trending book The Rural Voter, including how Democrats need “authentically rural” candidates if they’re going to win in rural areas in 2024 and beyond.

PRINT and Art Daily highlighted the Colby Museum's new exhibition and Special Collections archive of the popular arts publication Esopus. In the piece, the magazine’s founder Tod Lippy referenced  Colby’s “fantastic Special Collections,” and how he hopes the archive will inspire all kinds of creative activity.

Professor of Government Daniel Shea worked with U.S. News & World Report on a story about older citizens and voting. He noted that voters undergo a cost-benefit calculation about the value of voting and how for older Americans the cost is lower because they’re aware of current events, have time, and “know how the voting process works.”

Provost and Dean of Faculty Margaret McFadden contributed to a story in Forbes about how the number of undergraduates pursuing more than one major is on the rise. In the article, she noted that an unusually high number of Colby students—39 percent—pursue an additional major, and she also provided a great example of how a second focus helped one graduate secure a job.

The Colby Museum’s “Dawn’s Wedding Chapel II” by Louise Nevelson, was featured in a roundup of Maine art installations that represent heartfelt sentiment ahead of Valentine's Day.

Local media covered the debut of the Gordon Center’s first original work, ‘Of This Place,’ directed by Matthew Cumbie, Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance. The two-night sold-out performance included full-circle involvement from Colby and the Waterville community

Media outlets such as Forbes, Maine Public, Portland Press Herald, and Maine Biz covered Colby’s reception of a $50 million financial aid donation from the Lunder Foundation, marking one of the largest gifts in Colby’s history.

New research from a team of scientists led by Robert Gastaldo, the Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology, emeritus, received worldwide attention. The discovery of fossils of 350-million-year-old trees that were unlike anything we’ve ever seen was covered by hundreds of leading media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, and Newsweek.

The Portland Press Herald did a feature story on Colby hockey player Jayden Grier ’26, whose father, Mike Grier, was a former NHL player and now serves as general manager for the San Jose Sharks. In the story, Jayden Grier said that he’s “had a good start to the year," and that he wants “this team to be remembered—I want to help put banners up here.

A story about colleges better engaging with their hometowns included commentary from President David A. Greene about Colby’s work with Waterville. In the article, he noted that higher ed has been losing the trust of the public because it “often seems more apart from their communities than a part of their communities," and that building trust is key to successfully working together.