Media Coverage

Central Maine newspapers wrote about Colby and Waterville beginning “a new phase of envisioning how the area around downtown might look in the future.” The piece noted that Colby will fund phase two of the revitalization planning process and that the whole community will provide input. According to Brian Clark, Colby’s vice president of planning, the goal is to incorporate “the many new opportunities that have been created for Waterville.”

An article in the Maine Monitor about a decline in Maine’s religious services was picked-up by a variety of media outlets including  MSN, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, and Central Maine Newspapers. The story included commentary from Damon Mayrl, associate professor of sociology, who said that “there is no one reason for the decline locally and nationally,” and that “as religious institutions close, the communities they serve could start to be negatively impacted.”

The Salem News interviewed Brady O’Brien ’24, a member of Colby’s baseball team, about his experience this summer playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. 

The Boston Globe published a review of the Colby Museum of Art’s Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death exhibition, noting that it is “as powerful as it is unexpected in the Wyeth oeuvre — loose, chaotic, abrupt.”

The Bangor Daily News covered news about how the VEMI lab, which involves various Maine collaborators including Stacy Doore, assistant professor of computer science, and Matthew Maring ’22, earned third place in a national competition and an invitation to the White House for developing an inclusive smartphone software platform.

An article published by the Portland Press Herald about worker training programs at community colleges included commentary from Adam Howard, professor of education, who pointed out that “these programs are offering upward economic mobility, but only to a certain extent.” 

Maine Public did a segment about the new images from the Webb telescope and invited Elizabeth McGrath, the Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics, and Dalibor Kocevski, associate professor of physics and astronomy, to talk about how the findings are impacting their research.

WABI-TV covered the event honoring the former Levine’s clothing store with the unveiling of a plaque that names Levine’s Park in Waterville. WABI reported that Levine’s was “known internationally” and has “a strong connection to Colby College and the students who came from all over the world.”

WFVX Bangor, an ABC TV affiliate, interviewed Professor of Art Véronique Plesch about her research on Maine’s South Solon Meeting House, which is covered in frescoes. “The interesting thing about these frescoes, which were done by contemporary artists, is they were given free reign about the topic they covered. The only rule is it had to be religious,” she said. This fall, Plesch will teach a class that will create a website based on research about the frescoes.

Architizer published a story about Colby’s Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center (HAARC), noting that it is “rooted in Colby’s guiding ethos and values, supporting individual and collective growth through physical and mental health, and encouraging teamwork and community through sport and competition.” HAARC was also included in the shortlist of World Architecture Festival Awards, which highlights “the most bold, beautiful and innovative projects from around the world.”