Media Coverage

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.”

A front-page story in Maine’s leading newspaper highlighted how Waterville is poised to become an arts destination with the opening of the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center.

Read a review of the inaugural exhibition, Light on Main Street, in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the newly opened Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville.

Global Traveler highlighted the Lockwood Hotel’s Front & Main in a piece about some of the top new hotel lobby restaurants across the United States.

Here's the Boston Globe's list of best art exhibits in 2022 that includes the Colby Museum of Art.

Watch a segment by New England Cable News and NBC Boston on the opening of the dynamic Paul J. Schupf Art Center.

One final review of the Colby Museum's very popular Alex Katz: Theater and Dance exhibition was published in the national media. The piece notes how the museum "boasts an impressive collection of Katz’s art and is always finding new ways to showcase it.”

A very nice piece by a local columnist recognized Paul J. Schupf’s contributions to Waterville, and how pleased he would have been with the new arts center on Main Street that bears his name.

The travel site tripsavvy thinks Central Maine—along with Sydney, Australia, Antarctica, and Kuala Lumpur—is one of the “most exciting destinations to explore this year.”