Media Coverage

The Portland Press Herald showcased Ghetto Gastro’s campus takeover, as the globally known culinary collective interacted with students and shared their experience of using multiple art forms to build community and dialogue around Black culture and of growing up in the Bronx.

A Boston Globe story about climate change disrupting tourism included commentary by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson. In the article, Carlson said she hopes the summer’s highly publicized extreme weather “prompts action, or at least awareness, among those who never thought seriously about climate change.”

Talking Biz News, the Portland Press Herald, WGME-TV, and WABI-TV published feature stories ahead of Colby’s 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism event honoring the recipient, Evan Gershkovich.

As Mainers grappled with the financial impacts of a potential government shutdown, Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs weighed in with the Portland Press Herald, while America braced for impact.

A national writer from the Washington Post devoted his entire column to recent research by Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs. The topic of the piece was secession and the various factors driving its support, including the divisions and differences between states.

A story by Government Technology featured the work that Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship are doing to prepare students for using AI in a wide range of career fields. The article referenced the College’s focus on getting “more students interested in AI technologies and related career paths in order to build AI literacy as early as possible.”

In CNET, a leading global technology publication, Alison Bates, assistant professor of environmental studies at Colby, explained state policies around power purchase agreements and utilities regulation among energy systems in the U.S.

The Kennebec Journal promoted a talk by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Crawford Professor of Religious Studies at Colby, on the role of Indian art, literature, and film as a glue for global connections ahead of the 37th annual Camden Conference, “INDIA: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home.”

NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report aired two feature segments on Colby and the resurgence of Waterville. While the stories included a range of interviews, the first segment featured President David A. Greene, who talked about investing in the city, not for profit, but "to help stimulate something better for the community."   The second piece focused on the role of the arts, and highlighted the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, noting that it is a “complex you might expect in a top 10 city,” and will help establish the area "as the arts capital of northern New England."

The Portland Press Herald, Maine’s leading newspaper, featured Colby’s Happy Days Childcare and Learning Center as an example of how employers are stepping up to find effective solutions that will attract and retain working parents amid the ongoing child care crisis.