Media Coverage

Bixby Chocolate will open an artisan café in the forthcoming Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, the Morning Sentinel reported. "Having a presence there is a golden opportunity for our company, and we’re truly looking forward to serving the visitors of this inspiring forum for enjoying the arts,” Bixby's CEO Kate McAleer told the Sentinel.

Religion News Services quoted Cheryl Townsend Gilkes as saying that the election of the Rev. Gina Stewart as the first woman president of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society is "absolutely historic." It's also a big development for the role of African American female religious leaders and "represents the reaching of very high ground in the struggle for equity, justice, and inclusion for Baptist women,” said Gilkes, Colby's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African American Studies and Sociology.

A segment by ABC affiliate WMTW featured a tour of the Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center and interviews of staff, including Associate Director of Athletics Pat Ratke, who said that a rival athletics director called the new facility the "Disneyworld for college athletics."

Elizabeth Seto, assistant professor of psychology, was featured in a PsyPost article, discussing her research on the intersections of psychopathic tendencies and authenticity. According to its website, "PsyPost is a psychology and neuroscience news website dedicated to reporting the latest research on human behavior, cognition, and society."

The Colby College Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt, was featured in Maine Home+Design's print magazine and online edition. "The prints Cassatt produced during this earlier period reveal her boundlessly creative process and experimentation," the article stated.

Josh Kim '22, who founded the Cubby, an online marketplace for art made by college students, was included in an article by the New York Times, discussing Gen Z's involvement with NFT, or nonfungible token, art. "Mr. Kim plans to introduce NFTs in the coming months, which, he said, will further the site’s mission to help young creators 'achieve financial success,'" the article stated.

Cook and author Jonathan Bardzik '96 started his own cooking show, the Amherst Bulletin reports. The show airs on Revry, a global LGBTQ+ streaming network. Bardzik “is a force of nature and as a gay married chef, we knew his talents would connect with our audience," Revry CEO Damian Pelliccione told the Bulletin.

Ben Tuff '03 became the first person to swim the 19 miles between Block Island and Jamestown, R.I., nonstop and without a wetsuit, the Providence Journal reported. Tuff raised almost $100,000 for the Rhode Island nonprofit Clean Ocean Access. How was it? "A little cold, actually," Tuff said.

“It’s a double invisibility that they receive,” Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, the Crawford Family Professor of Religion, told NBC for a story about hate crimes against Sikhs following the recent announcement that the gunman in the FedEx shooting in Indianapolis was not motivated by hate.

The Washington Examiner interviewed Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus, Sandy Maisel about President Biden's approval rating with the Democratic Party. "I think he needs to upset [the Left] somewhat if he is going to get moderate Democrats, much less any Republicans, to support him," Maisel said.