Media Coverage

Media outlets wrote about how Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Tizoc Chavez has been having discussions with his students on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Students are engaged,” said Chavez, but “the biggest challenge is students not having a frame of reference.” The story was also included in an article by Higher Ed Dive about colleges reacting to the conflict.

Amanda Stent, the inaugural director of Colby’s Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, was included in a list published by Diverse: Issues in Higher Ed highlighting 25 outstanding women leaders in higher education. The piece referenced Stent’s extensive experience and background, including her role as NLP architect in the Chief Technology Office at Bloomberg.

The beautiful painting Étude by Elizabeth Nourse in the Colby College Museum of Art was included in a list of 100 “Great Works, In Focus” curated by the Washington Post. The work, part of the Lunder Collection, is number 41 in the list, and a summary of the piece notes that it “hangs in the wonderful Colby College Museum of Art.”

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Tizoc Chavez spoke with Maine Calling host Jennifer Rooks during a segment on NPR affiliate Maine Public. The segment focused on the geopolitical impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how other nations are responding.

WVFX Fox-22 shared that Colby men’s hockey, a nationally ranked sport, will be the host of the NESCAC playoffs on March 5. “So happy for the guys. They’ve been playing so very well. We finished the season as regular-season champs in the NESCAC–very hard to do. [We] haven’t done that in 14 years,” said men’s hockey Head Coach Blaise MacDonald.

The Morning Sentinel shared the news of four 10,000-square-foot modular residence halls, which will be built to the east of Johnson Pond on Colby’s campus. The buildings will be able to house 200 students and will include apartments for faculty members.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson was interviewed by Boise State Public Radio about her research on “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been used in ski wax. The story noted how her work has helped drive changes in the sport, and that the area where she’s been conducting research has recently shown “hundreds of times less PFAS contamination” versus two years ago.

A recent Downeast article highlighted Waterville’s newest restaurant, Front & Main, which is located in Colby’s Lockwood Hotel. The magazine article stated that the restaurant and hotel are “part of the school’s tens-of-millions-of-dollars investment in revitalizing the city’s downtown.”

The Portland Press Herald shared the news of Peter and Paula Lunder’s recent gift to the Colby Museum of Art. “A rare, 40-inch bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln modeled after a famed 12-foot statue that’s been on display in a Chicago park since the late 19th century will soon be part of the Lunder Collection at the Colby College Museum of Art,” the article stated. The news was also covered by Antique Digest and Downeast.

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs on Governor Mills's State of the State address. “She’s sitting on a real opportunity to frame the debate,” Jacobs said of the speech's potential to impact debates closer to November’s elections.