Media Coverage

The podcast Camp Wire talked to Professor of Mathematics Scott Taylor (episode 63) about his innovative summer day camp—Sum Camp—that combines math, the arts, movement, and games to help instill a basic sense of numeracy in area public school elementary children who struggle with math.

In an expansive feature, Down East magazine highlighted the revitalization of downtown Waterville and its impacts on the community. Pointing to Colby’s downtown residence hall, students are now “spending money downtown” and “they’re engaged in the community, doing civic work as part of their academic requirements,” said Brian Clark, vice president of planning at Colby.

Colby’s efforts surrounding the revitalization of Waterville were highlighted in a story by the Financial Times about an insider’s guide to Maine. The article noted how the College has “completely reinvigorated this area” and that “the Colby Art Museum is truly world-class.”

The soon-to-open Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts was a front-page story in Maine newspapers this past week. In the article, President David A. Greene highlighted the “highly flexible spaces … for all different types of arts disciplines” and a design that presents a “welcoming and creative space,” while Brian Clark, vice president of planning and strategy, noted that “there’s nothing like this in New England.”

Maine’s U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts Maria Rosario Jackson joined President David A. Greene for a tour of the downtown Paul J. Schupf Art Center and newly opened Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, the Portland Press Herald reported.

Jacqueline Terrassa, the Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art, was featured in a delightful Q&A for the recent summer edition of Maine Homes by Down East magazine.

A major review by the Boston Globe of new exhibitions about Pueblo art led with the Colby Museum’s Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. The article notes that the show is “quietly radical,” offering “a glimpse into what the future might look like” for engaging with Native American art.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Alison Bates was included in a New York Times story about clean energy. The article, which looked at impediments for converting to renewables, referenced how she is “studying ways to communicate…about offshore wind proposals.”

An article in the New York Times highlighted the Colby Museum for its work with native communities in its exhibition Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts and Village, which offers Pueblo perspectives on the Taos Society of Artists, an Anglo-American group.

Colby’s President David A. Greene was featured in an important story by the Boston Globe on how leading colleges are responding to recent attacks on the liberal arts. In the article, he talked about how “a strong democracy depends on people who … will actually fight for understanding truth,” and that we need to make the liberal arts “more accessible because it is so powerful.”