Media Coverage
The Boston Globe interviewed Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence Director David Watts for a feature story about Colby’s AI leadership. The article points to Colby’s pioneering AI program, noting that the College was focused on the technology two years before the ChatGPT boom.
President David A. Greene gave an extensive interview for News Center Maine's popular 207 show on Waterville’s booming revitalization. The story focused on how institutions like Colby can make a significant difference in lifting up economically challenged areas, and it also highlighted the College's recently released Economic Impact Report.
Roll Call interviewed and quoted the Marson-Muller-McNulty Professor of Government, Dan Shea, about the Maine Democratic race.
BBC News interviewed Nicholas Jacobs, associate professor of Government, for an article about challenges facing U.S. farmers and rural America. The article was circulated and translated in publications across the globe.
The Boston Globe published a feature story on Colby's science initiative and the major gift that the College received to support it. In the article, President David A. Greene noted how “it’s a great statement about the ongoing public support for higher education,” and that “it’s very unusual for a private college to be so committed to the public good.”
Luxury travel and lifestyle magazine Lux Nomade included Waterville and the Lockwood Hotel in a story about great American road trips this fall. The piece noted that the hotel’s prime location downtown “offers a unique inland Maine experience–especially appealing in the fall.”
Forbes, Inside Higher Ed, Portland Press Herald and other media published feature stories about Colby's science investments. Throughout the stories, President David A. Greene provided insightful commentary, including how Colby is “trying to build a science complex and a science program for the next century, not for the last one,” and that the goal is to have the “most forward and modern complex and program that we have at any liberal arts college in the country.”
Visiting Professor Dr. Nirav Shah, who was a top CDC official during the last administration, provided commentary for a Boston Globe story on how the country's current health and human services secretary is changing public health from displacing experts to gatekeeping vaccines.
Colby's announcement about its Center for Resilience and Economic Impact garnered significant regional media attention. NBC affiliate News Center Maine, NPR's Maine Public, and the Portland Press Herald all covered the news, highlighting how the College's successful work in revitalizing Waterville will serve as a model for helping other Maine communities.
U.S. News & World Report quoted The Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Andreas Waldkirch, about what costs more under Trump’s tariffs.