Media Coverage

NewsCenter Maine interviewed Josh Kim '22 about his latest venture, The Cubby, the first online student-art marketplace where artists keep 100 percent of the profits. The Cubby was founded by Kim specifically for college students to help them gain visibility for their art.

Master Drummer Messan Jordan Benissan, applied music instructor in African drumming and director of the African Drumming Ensemble, was featured in a video on Maine Public's "Assignment: Maine" series. Originally from Togo, West Africa, Benissan has been teaching drumming at Colby since 1999. He's also a restauranteur, operating Me Lon Togo Bistro in Camden.

An Art Daily article reported on the opening of the new exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt. The show "highlights Cassatt’s creative process and her fearless experimentation," Art Daily said, and includes "a selection of rare trial proofs that document her first forays into printmaking. Cassatt’s trial proofs and early-state impressions reveal her step-by-step process. As viewers look at them, they’ll see her learning and taking risks, fearlessly innovating and experimenting, and in doing so creating some of her most intimate and captivating works of art." The exhibition remains on view through Nov. 1, 2021.

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, provided commentary to the Portland Press Herald on the significance of Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday. Gilkes said the holiday will "generate conversation about African American history and the discovery that it is a lot more complex than we realize."

Patrice Franko, the Grossman Professor of Economics and Director of Global Studies Program, shared her insights with the Globe and Mail for an article about the drop in the number of Canadian tourists traveling to New England and the connection between Maine and Canada. “We share histories,” she noted, “[and] in a way, that border was not a border.”

A video of Visiting Assistant Professor of English Adam Giannelli reading his poem "Stutter" was included in Poets & Writers. A recent winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry, Giannelli is working on a poetry book focused solely on stuttering.

CEO World magazine included Colby in its list of most beautiful college campuses that "everyone would like to be a part of." In addition to noting how Colby's location provides "students with a truly unique Maine experience," the piece referenced the College's "longstanding commitment to the environment," and the newly added Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center.

The Wall Street Journal spoke with Elizabeth Stephens '21 about her experience as an intern and the role it played in helping her secure a job. The article looked at the need to have an internship before graduation and how recruiters believe the pandemic has made interning more important than ever.

"Colby graduates were treated Sunday to a poem in their honor by a presidential inaugural poet, who urged them to stay grounded during turbulent times," the Associated Press said in a story about the College’s commencement celebrations and speaker Richard Blanco. The article was also picked up by a wide range of papers across the country, including the San Antonio Express and the San Francisco Chronicle. 

"The feeling of celebration was palpable on Mayflower Hill as speakers emphasized unity and perseverance," the Morning Sentinel reported in an article following Colby's 2021 commencement. The story included comments from President Greene, who told the seniors that this year “every experience mattered, every action was consequential and every friendship and moment of joy was meaningful.”