Media Coverage

In a Portland Press Herald story highlighting the lack of affordable housing for students in Maine, Professor of Education Adam Howard noted that the "real cost" of college includes housing, food, and other expenses on top of tuition. With rising rents, housing costs, and inflationary pressures, Howard said he’s concerned that  community colleges may become inaccessible for low-income students. “We need to completely restructure how we think about financial aid if we’re interested in college being for all people,” he told the Press Herald. “Not just for middle, upper middle class and wealthy people.”

A recent policy analysis that Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson coauthored with her students was mentioned in the Aug. 19, 2022, Foreign Policy's Latin America Brief that highlights the appointment of former Grenadian Environment Minister Simon Stiell as the new chief of the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change and his possible push for climate reparations. It also highlights the relevance of Robinson's policy analysis's findings—that airline travel and fossil fuel extraction levies are the loss and damage financing mechanisms that best consider the special circumstances of small island developing states.

Patch published an article about the CourtWatchME program, which involved the Maine Drug Policy Lab at the College. The story included commentary from Winfred Tate, associate professor of anthropology, who explained that, “CourtWatch leaders would be analyzing data collected during the summer soon and would likely put out a report in mid-September.”

Jack Cosgrove, the Dick McGee Head Coach for Colby Football, talks about his experience at the College in an article published by Central Maine Newspapers. “Since arriving at Colby, I have become more and more enamored with a college that has seen tenfold improvements, both in its institutional stature and its athletic facilities,” Cosgrove said.

An article in the Washington Examiner about the Schumer-Manchin deal included commentary from L. Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus, who pointed out that, “There was an inherent risk with the deal given the ‘Democrats in disarray’ caricature.” Another story published by the Global and Mail about Paul LePage, Maine’s republican candidate for governor, also referred to Maisel, who said that LePage “was modulating his image [without] saying anything outrageous.”

An article published by the Bangor Daily News about patients’ concern regarding the risk of exposure to the chemical substances called PFAS included commentary from Gail Carlson, assistant professor of environmental studies. “Getting doctors up to speed on PFAS exposure could take time because they might not typically think about environmental exposure as a risk factor,” Carlson said, adding that “while the effects of lead and arsenic exposure have been established for decades, PFAS risks have only become well-known recently.”

The Art Newspaper published an article about Colby’s ongoing and planned activities on Allen and Benner Islands, an island retreat for artist Andrew Wyeth and his wife, Betsy. The article included commentary from President David Greene, who said that the College would use the islands for educational activities “in a way that [would be] really thoughtful and respectful of the work that had already been done there.”

The Boston Globe published an extensive article introducing the history of Allen and Benner Islands, a living and artistic work place for the Andrew Wyeth family, recently acquired by Colby. The story noted that, “With strengths in both environmental science and art, Colby was a perfect fit [for stewardship of the islands].”

Central Maine Newspapers and the Sun Journal publish articles about Colby’s cooperation with city officials to revitalize another section of downtown Waterville, noting that “Colby has spent millions helping to revitalize downtown,” and that “the city and Colby College plan to begin a new phase of envisioning how the area around downtown Waterville might look in the future.“