Media Coverage

Atmospheric scientist James Fleming, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Emeritus, was featured in Forbes, for his expertise on cloud seeding.

An article in Vox about OpenAI’s new GPT storefront included commentary from Amanda Stent, director of Colby’s Davis Institute for AI, who said that “companies that haven’t figured out how to embed their chatbots in other verticals are going to die.”

In a story by the Boston Globe about tourism and Antarctica, Assistant Professor of Geology Bess Koffman commented that despite various measures to mitigate damage, the increasing number of visitors to the continent is having “real, tangible impacts on the ecosystem.”

The Daily Yonder published a comprehensive review of ‘The Rural Voter,’ a new book by Colby Government faculty Nicholas Jacobs and Dan Shea.

An article in Down East magazine about colleges and universities in Maine building sustainable residential halls highlighted Colby’s new Johnson Pond Houses, noting that they are “capable of generating as much energy as they consume annually.”

The Boston Globe's article on Maine barring former president Donald Trump from the state’s Republican primary election included commentary from Assistant Professor of Government Nicholas Jacobs, who noted that for some the decision “amounts to constitutional hardball” and is “fueling a longstanding narrative of ‘the two Maines.’”

In Maine’s leading newspaper, the Portland Press Herald, Colby's Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies David Freidenreich was featured in an article about how bagels, the once quintessential Jewish bread, are the “new holiday tradition” in Maine. “Bagels are so American at this point that many people have no idea there was a Jewish connection,” said Freidenreich.

That was a quote from Amanda Stent, director of Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, in this story about how organizations that are implementing AI will be looking for employees who have especially strong enterprise skills.

Gail Carlson, director of Colby’s Buck Lab for Climate and Environment and assistant professor of environmental studies, provided extensive commentary in this article about the PFAS crisis in Maine.

That was the opening line about the Colby Museum's Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition from an art critic at the Boston Globe in a story about five art experiences in 2023 that were still "smouldering away" in the back of his mind.