Media Coverage

The Colby Museum's Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts and Village continues to generate media attention. Most recently the show was highlighted by the Boston Globe in a listing of key art activities happening throughout the region, and was also included in a story about an exhibit at the National Gallery.

Assistant Professor of Government, Nicholas Jacobs, weighed in with AI Jazeera, the largest news network in the Middle East, regarding the aversion of another government shutdown and the U.S. budget deal. Jacobs warned in the piece that the bipartisan success of Johnson’s funding bill should “not be seen as a shift to the centre for either Republicans or Democrats.”

A story in the Washington Post about birds preparing for winter included commentary from Amanda Gallinat, a visiting assistant professor of environmental studies. The article referenced her research, including a "fat score" that shows how birds "quickly store up pads of fat on their chest and under their wings" before they migrate.

The Colby Museum was highlighted in a story by Bloomberg about artist Alex Katz and the impact of his philanthropy. In the article, Jacqueline Terrassa, the Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby Museum of Art, noted how Katz’s generosity “demonstrates his commitment to supporting and encouraging artists when they are not sufficiently recognized.”

Colby was number two in the Princeton Review’s recently released “Guide to Green Colleges,” which analyzed over 500 schools with programs, policies and practices related to sustainability and the environment.

The popular website Literary Hub published a story on the role of climate fiction in raising awareness of climate change that highlighted the work of Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, associate professor of English.

Leading technology publication WIRED featured Colby's role in the ongoing research and discovery of black holes using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Dale Kocevski, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a leading member of the CEERS research team, was "stunned to find that so many galaxies in the early universe appear to be anchored to voracious supermassive black holes."

The Boston Globe did a piece on Colby's Dare Northward announcement that highlighted how the expanded campaign will prioritize the College’s "science research and technology programs, more support for financial aid, and upgrading the students’ residential experience and facilities."

Colby's leadership in creating the first data science degree at a liberal arts school in Maine was part of a story by University Business about schools creating information science curriculum. In the article, Associate Professor of Statistics Jim Scott commented that "demand for people who know how to deal with data and make sense of data has skyrocketed in the last 20 years.

As his imprisonment stretches into its seventh month, detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich has received several journalistic awards for press freedom, most recently at Colby College, where he was awarded the annual Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, the Wall Street Journal reports.