Media Coverage

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.

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.

“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."

Debra Spark, professor of English, was a guest speaker on Maine Public's Maine Calling, providing insight on how the use and meaning of punctuation have evolved over time. The show is part of an ongoing series exploring the use of language and how it reflects the changing world.  

Steven Simon, professor in the practice of international relations at Colby, authored an extensive article for The New York Review on how the Biden administration’s foreign policy will not focus on the Middle East. With the exception of Iran, that area of the world “poses no plausible serious challenge to U.S. interests,” states Simon.

Randi Arsenault, assistant vice president of admissions and financial aid and dean of admissions, discussed with NewsCenter Maine how admissions for the Class of 2025 had changed amid the pandemic. Arsenault shared that at Colby, there was a "13-percent increase from last year’s record-breaking applicant pool of 13,922 and a more than 200-percent growth since 2014."

Professor of Government Dan Shea weighed in on a piece for Maine Public’s series "Deep Dive: Coronavirus" by providing analysis of the political implications of the influx of new residents in Maine. Shea, an expert on American politics, provided expertise on where new residents may be moving to in the state based on "partisan ideology."