Media Coverage

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.

Amanda Stent, director of Colby's Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, provided insights for CIO Magazine on minimizing the climate impact of AI initiatives. Stent suggested how the AI race sometimes eclipses the cost to the environment, with some companies saying they want to be sustainable, but also prioritizing “the excellence of their AI."

Culture and entertainment publication Paste highlighted the Lockwood Hotel and Waterville in a story about great ways to experience New England. The story referenced the hotel and area as the quintessential New England escape, noting that the “inland college town has become a hub for art and culture.”

Status Pending, a new collection of poetry by Professor of English and Creative Writing Adrian Blevins, received a positive review by the Portland Press Herald, which noted that while the “subject matter is serious, the language is often playful."

Colby College's recent Rural Voter Survey was featured in USA Today. The poll, which explored how rural Americans feel about the upcoming presidential election, provided insightful data and complements research in the new book The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America by Assistant Professor of Government, Nick Jacobs, and Professor of Government, Dan Shea.

Colby’s new data science major was included in a story by Inside Higher Ed on the growing popularity of the degree. In the article, Associate Professor of Statistics Jim Scott noted that while a growing statistics program may not be an obvious fit at Colby, it’s the College’s “liberal arts focus that makes it a place where data science can thrive.”

In a Financial Times article about how Apple is moving to bring generative AI to its iPhones, Amanda Stent, director of Colby's Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, spoke about the company’s language model Ferret and what makes the technology “so exciting.”

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Elizabeth McGrath was featured in several science publications, including SciTechDaily, for her role in a discovery on how early galaxies look more like noodles. "We're very excited about these early trends," said McGrath, who is working with other researchers on analyzing data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.