Media Coverage

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Alison Bates and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Stacy Doore were featured in a story by Digital Journal about their community-engaged wind-energy research. In the article, Bates explains how they’re using virtual reality and “trying to give voice and provide an avenue for people who may not be able to participate in public engagement processes and decision-making.”

Forbes highlights the importance of Virgil Ortiz’s work currently on view as part of the Colby College Museum of Art’s Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition.

Art Daily highlights works by renowned female artists Agnes Pelton and Edmonia Lewis as among the Colby College Museum of Art's newest acquisitions.

Nature unpacks the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope’s most recent black hole observations, highlighting the research of astrophysicist and Associate Professor of Astronomy Dale Kocevski.

Maine’s leading newspaper, the Portland Press Herald, published a front-page feature story on the Colby Museum of Art’s new exhibition Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. The article included commentary on how the show is a “landmark,” and that it is “potentially a really exciting model for museums going forward.”

Online travel site Savoteur included Waterville in a piece titled “20 Small Towns in America with Big Surprises and Unique Charm.”

In a Portland Press Herald article, Assistant Professor of Statistics Jerzy Wieczorek, who has researched ChatGPT and teaches classes on AI from a statistician’s perspective, explains how the technology works. “None of this is the computer on its own. It’s a technology developed by careful work by millions of humans,” he said. “It does not have a mind of its own. It’s a very elaborate, very well-put-together piece of engineering. But it’s humans all the way down.”

As parts of Maine reached dangerous air-quality levels this week, both the Portland Press Herald and CBS affiliate WABI looked to Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson to understand what was happening. “This is not something far off in the future or something that happens only in areas of high vulnerability. This is happening to all of us," she noted.

A story in Travel + Leisure on the best new hotels in college towns across the U.S. highlighted Waterville’s Lockwood Hotel, noting its proximity to Colby and how it’s been embraced as a community hub serving creative New England fare at its restaurant Front & Main in a prime location.

The Boston Globe highlighted the Colby Museum's Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition, noting that it’s one of a handful of shows that will enrich your summer.