Media Coverage
| As Milton barreled toward Florida, the Associated Press tapped the expertise of Colby’s Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Emeritus Jim Fleming for an interesting and timely article on historical efforts to control hurricanes. |
The New York Times popular political podcast The Run-Up, which focuses on the 2024 election, interviewed Assistant Professor of Government Nicholas Jacobs about JD Vance, Tim Walz, and the fight for rural America.
In a sterling review, the Portland Press Herald featured the exhibition Martha Diamond: Deep Time, on view at the Colby Museum through Oct. 13, calling it an "opportunity to see a true revolutionary and idiosyncratic voice that was not sufficiently heard in its time." The exhibit includes rarely seen pieces by the late artist and is the first major survey of Diamond's work in decades.
A Central Maine News photo essay highlighted the performance of “The Black Azaleas Song Cycle” by Arisa White, associate professor of english (creative writing), for Post Pardon: The Opera.
Colby's Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross provided commentary for a story by the Wall Street Journal about how and why universities in the South are attracting more students from the North. In the piece, he noted that some students are "opting into an atmosphere where they can focus on things other than politics.”
Online luxury magazine Lux Exposé included the Colby Museum of Art and the Lockwood Hotel in a story about the best hotels for art tourism, and referenced the area as a "revitalizing arts hub."
Maine Public’s “State of the Art” program gave audiences a sneak peek into Associate Professor of English Arisa White’s Post Pardon: The Opera ahead of the highly anticipated Oct. 5 concert at the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts. The concert will offer a first glimpse of the opera’s core characters and musical selections.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Amanda Gallinat was included in a story by USA Today about this year’s fall foliage season. In the article, she noted that “the timing of fall foliage is generally getting later in response to the warming temperatures associated with climate change."
Forbes featured Colby’s Dare Northward Campaign in an article about “tapping the power of college alumni.”
Colby’s announcement on the arrival of its new athletic director, Amanda V. DeMartino, received a lot of buzz in the local media in Maine and New Jersey, including Central Maine News, Bangor Daily News, and The Trentonian.