Media Coverage
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In a Boston Globe article about the challenges surrounding the admissions process due to the pandemic, President Greene commented on Colby's decision to increase its waitlist for the Class of ’25. He noted that while Colby’s applications increased, “everybody is trying to figure out how things will shake out” given that students can’t visit campus and that more institutions have gone test-optional.
Dartmouth Medicine
Rodwell Mabaera '02, an assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, was profiled in Dartmouth Medicine. Mabaera, M.D.-Ph.D., who studied math and chemistry at Colby, is now working to "understand how the immune system interacts with cancer cells in tumors," the magazine reports. He's also involved with issues relating to diversity and inclusion at Dartmouth. “When we are able to sit at the table and talk about what we have in common, as Americans and as humans, while respecting our differences,” says Mabaera, “that’s, I think, when we can move mountains.”
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed led with Colby in its article about schools that had great admissions success this year. In the story, Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, referenced how the College “had a really strong strategy” and a “robust commitment to financial aid,” including no contribution for families with incomes of up to $65,000.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Leeann Sullivan was quoted in an article published by The Atlantic looking at the impact of the global pandemic on scientific research abroad. According to Sullivan, concern over Covid-19, coupled with renewed focus on social and racial justice, has opened a window of opportunity for more sustainable scientific research that empowers, rather than exploits, local communities.
Maine Public and the Morning Sentinel published articles highlighting the 2021 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, which was awarded to Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. The Lovejoy Award continues to receive national and local coverage.
Morning Sentinel
Regan Bragg ’21, an O’Hanian-Szostak Fellow for Civic Leadership, was featured in the Morning Sentinel about creating the Waterville Junior High School Coding Club. In the story, Stacy Doore, assistant professor of computer science, said that Regan is showing “different ways that our students can contribute in meaningful ways to the local community.”
Colby was included in a recent article by Fast Company about selective schools and the Class of 2025. The piece highlighted how making standardized testing optional continued to play a role in attracting talented students and increasing application numbers.
Morning Sentinel
“It feels like a very important moment…and tells us something about where Waterville is going,” President Greene said in an article on the Schupf Art Center by the Morning Sentinel. Work will begin March 29 on the $18-million building, which is designed to be a hub and destination for the visual and performing arts, arts education, and film. In the story, Greene also noted that “the arts are for everyone. Everyone is welcome, and this building is a community building.”
The Morning Sentinel shared the news that Colby received a $1.5-million gift in support of the arts and athletics. The gift was made by Kate Lucier O’Neil '85 and her husband, Ford E. O’Neil, and will name spaces in the Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center and the forthcoming Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
Dean of the College Karlene Burrell-McRae spoke of "lasting change and hope for the fall" after a year of the pandemic in a Morning Sentinel article. The article included highlights from a number of Maine schools that have seen improvements during this pandemic year. Burrell-McRae said that at Colby, this past year "showed the best of who we are."