Media Coverage

Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, speaking at Waterville's annual Martin Luther King Jr. event, encouraged attendees to acknowledge King’s "unfinished work in addressing what he called the 'triple evils'—poverty, racism and militarism—that prevent us from being a truly beloved community," the Morning Sentinel reported. “In order to reach the promised land, economic justice and racial justice must be achieved, and the nation must disavow and dismantle the military-industrial complex that glorifies and financially incentivizes violence,” Isaacs said.

Psychotherapist and forest therapy guide Zoë Kaplan Presley '97 was interviewed for The Oregonian newspaper’s outdoors podcast Peak Northwest on ways to find healing in the outdoors. Among her insights are bringing the "right intention, slowing down and being in the moment" as well as "you don't need an extraordinary view to experience awe in nature." 

The Portland Press Herald reached out to Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology, for an article asking Black Mainers to reflect on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The insurrection in Washington and threats to Georgia official are all too familiar to Black Americans, she said. "‘Welcome to my world.’ This is what Black America has known forever.”

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology, was one of eight Mainers asked to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. “Basically, what is happening now is that the Black Lives movement is still dramatizing shameful conditions,” Gilkes said, noting that the fight for civil rights is still ongoing because problems such as poverty still exist. 

A paper coauthored by Jin Goh, assistant professor of psychology, was covered by UPI and other media outlets. The study finds that "women who don't fit female stereotypes of look or personality are perceived as less credible when lodging sexual harassment claims," UPI reports. Goh told UPI that study "participants were less likely to label these ambiguous scenarios as sexual harassment when the targets were non-stereotypical women compared with stereotypical women, despite the fact that both stereotypical and non-stereotypical targets experienced the same incident." 

Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Sandy Maisel was a guest on Maine Public's show Maine Calling discussing Trump's final days in office as well as the second impeachment. The show discussed "repercussions of the siege in D.C., and what to expect of our government leaders and citizenry as Inauguration Day approaches."

Colby's robust testing program was called out in a Maine Public story on Maine colleges' testing programs as students return to campus. Colby is testing three times a week in January, versus twice last semester. “Having one more opportunity to get a test result,” said Doug Terp, vice president for administration. “That convinced us of doing three (tests) for January, and then beyond if we could do that, that made a lot of sense.”

Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, was interviewed for the NewsCenter Maine story "Applying to college during a pandemic," which aired Jan. 13. Even before the pandemic, Colby's Admissions Office has been increasing its virtual presence. "It helps students who can't afford to visit a hundred college campuses," Proto said.   

The art world paid attention to Colby's recent announcement of the acquisition of the Tsiaras Family Photography Collection. Coverage came from Art Daily, the Portland Press Herald, and the Morning Sentinel. “This remarkable gift from Bill and Nancy Tsiaras allows the Colby Museum and its audiences to fully engage with photography, which has been critical to the development of art, and American culture in particular, since its inception in the 19th century,” said Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby Museum.

“This is a very difficult problem for Biden,” said Professor of Government Dan Shea in the Globe and Mail article "Capitol Hill assault will complicate Joe Biden’s presidency." (Also viewable here.) “We are in an era when each side views the other as the enemy, when each side thinks the other is a danger to the country, when there is no trust whatsoever," Shea said. "There is a crisis of trust coursing throughout the political system.”