Media Coverage

Colby’s director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Amanda Stent, and Assistant Professor of Writing Stacey Sheriff were part of a segment on how ChatGPT will impact higher ed and writing. Highlights can be found at time marks 1:58, 3:00, and 3:37, where Sheriff was able to identify what was generated by AI and what wasn’t.

A dynamic new dance created by Associate Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance Annie Kloppenberg was included in the Boston Globe's recently published "Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond."

Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life by Colby Professor of Philosophy Lydia Moland received a wonderful review in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

A leading art critic featured Colby’s successful efforts to use the arts to help drive Waterville’s resurgence. The piece highlighted how the College is “tackling a big problem” and “spending time, talent, and treasure to make a real, positive difference.”

Colby’s Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross reviewed two new books for The Atlantic on how police departments can alter their behavior.

Colby’s Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross provided commentary for an article on how law enforcement’s well-intentioned efforts to fight crime often instead lead to abuses.

Colby’s Director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence was a featured guest on NPR affiliate Maine Public for a show about the growing use and impact of AI. Listen to her terrific response about Colby’s leadership in understanding and using ChatGPT in the classroom, which starts at time mark 11:30.

Professor of Art Gary Green received a terrific review for his “Midnight” photograph exhibition, which chronicles the early punk rock scene in New York and legendary music haunts like CBGB.

Leading education publication Inside Higher Ed wrote a feature story on Colby's successful efforts to revitalize downtown Waterville. The article highlighted commentary from staff, faculty, and students, including Cat Merkle '23, who noted that the initiative wasn't just about infrastructure but "more about relationships and building trust and community between the college and the town."

The second half of a story in the Washington Monthly featured Colby’s leadership in revitalizing downtown Waterville. The piece had a wide range of comments from President Greene, including how solving the world’s most complex problems requires colleges to be deeply engaged in the world, “beginning with—and most importantly with—your own community.”