Media Coverage

The award-winning National Public Television series "Weekends with Yankee" included a feature on Jordan Bennisan, Colby's African drumming instructor, and his restaurant Me Lon Togo in Rockland, Maine. Bennisan's recipe for the peanut chicken stew he prepared on the show is published in the March/April issue of Yankee Magazine.

A number of art media, including Art Daily and Auction Central News, covered the gift of 184 works to the Colby Museum of Art by Norma Marin.

Online luxury magazine Lux Exposé featured the Lockwood Hotel in a story about how hotel lobbies are becoming the new remote workspace. The piece noted that the Lockwood’s “cozy, art-filled lobby is an oasis for both work and leisure,” and it provides guests with a “warm and inviting space that feels like a living room.”

Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Sonja Thomas provided extensive commentary for an article in the Guardian about activists in the U.S. who are fighting caste discrimination.

An article in the local press highlighted the success of Colby's women's lacrosse team, including how it scored 177 goals in a winning streak of nine consecutive games.

CBS affiliate WABI covered the annual Mud Meet woodsmen's competition, hosted this year by Colby. Participating teams took part in a variety of events, including a pulp toss, cross-cut sawing, log decking, and axe throwing.

Associate Professor of English Matthew Schneider-Mayerson provided commentary for an article on how eco-sabotage is capturing the imagination of climate-fiction authors.

A popular arts newsletter highlighted the Ashley Bryan / Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms exhibition at the new Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville.

Colby’s announcement that it was joining a broad network of schools to help rural high school students enroll and succeed in higher education received significant attention from regional media, including the Portland Press Herald and TV affiliates NBC and CBS.

After setting a season record for wins last year, a sports writer thinks the Mules can once again emerge as a NESCAC contender.