Media Coverage

Hyperallergic published a review of the Bob Thompson exhibition currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art. The writer noted that, “This House is Mine … is a triumph in scale and curation, and the abundance of provocative imagery poses new questions regarding his legacy.”

In a list of top things to do around the Boston area, the Boston Globe included the Colby Museum of Art exhibition Bob Thompson: This House is Mine, which is currently on view through Jan. 9, 2022.

In its video story "Art by the incarcerated," CBS News included an exhibition in Portland last fall co-curated by Olivia Hochstadt '21 that was a part of the statewide initiative Freedom & Captivity, spearheaded by Catherine Besteman, Colby’s Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology. "What surprised me the most was how kind the people I met were: respectful, courteous," said Hochstadt, who last summer landed an internship with the nonprofit Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition that took her inside the Maine State Prison to hold weekly art classes.

Naser Al Madi, assistant professor of computer science, was interviewed by NBC affiliate News Center Maine about his latest work to increase the accuracy of eye movement monitoring for security purposes. In the story, he commented on how eye movement could replace passwords for “something like Google Glass where we don't have a keyboard and mouse.”

Bob Thompson: This House is Mine received an honorable mention in Hyperallergic's "The Best of 2021” top art exhibits list. The piece described the show as the first major retrospective on the artist and noted that he “deserved a revival of this scale and quality.”

Paul R. Josephson, professor of history and an expert on Soviet and Russian history, provided insights for an article by MIT Technology Review about the many dams on the Volga River. According to Josephson, “Even if there wasn’t deep public awareness and discussion, surely many of the hydrologists and engineers knew that there would be significant and unavoidable impacts.”

National tech news site Geekwire referenced Colby in a story about how Americans are illiterate about AI. The story suggests adding AI and digital ethics to curricula to address the issue, and points to Colby's leadership in  establishing “a cross-disciplinary institute focusing on AI.”

An NBC News article about Harvard addressing caste discrimination referenced Colby's efforts surrounding this issue. In October, Colby announced the addition of caste to its non-discrimination policy, and was one of the first colleges to do so.

The Washington Examiner interviewed Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus Sandy Maisel about President Biden’s Build Back Better plan and the realities of the spread of Covid-19.

USA Today published an article on higher ed institutions addressing caste discrimination, highlighting the College’s efforts and leadership with this issue.