Media Coverage

Professor of Government Anthony Corrado was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about record-breaking fundraising by Democrat donors. “The amounts are so insane that it is getting to the point of what do you even do with it all?” Corrado, an expert on campaign finance reform told the Times. The two Senate candidates in Maine, he said, have already raised more in this race than every candidate for Senate and House in Maine combined over the last 20 years. “It is so far beyond the scope,” Corrado said. “The airwaves are completely saturated. I don’t even know if there is any more airtime to get.” Other outlets that picked up the story include: Minnesota Star Tribune Yahoo! News

Colby's Oct. 15 announcement of a $101-million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation was covered in the Morning Sentinel. “Having a sustainable partner like the Harold Alfond Foundation makes all the difference in the world,” President David Greene said Thursday. “They’ve been spectacular. Greg Powell is amazing. He is a force for good in the world. He carries on such a great family tradition. He really feels the responsibility of carrying out Harold Alfond’s wishes and goals, and he does it beautifully.” Other outlets that covered the announcement include: Bangor Daily News Portland Press Herald  

In an Oct. 13 Los Angeles Times article covering the Democrats' goal to regain control in the Senate, Colby's most recent poll on the Maine Senate race is referenced. "Mid-September polling by Colby College gave Gideon a four-point lead as voters’ top choice (the state uses a ranked-choice system)," the Times reported.

Assistant Professor of Economics James Siodla contributed to the WalletHub piece "2020’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America." When asked about what key priority local authorities should know to grow their cities, Siodla answered, in part, "Academic research suggests that long-run city growth is driven by factors such as entrepreneurial activity, industrial diversity, and good local governance. One thing growing cities should encourage is local innovation through the steady formation of new businesses. Making it easier to start a new restaurant or bookstore downtown can go a long way to helping a city build up the type of urban character that attracts people." 

Colby's return to campus strategy, including rigorous COVID-19 testing, was the subject of a WABI-TV story that aired Oct. 9. “We talked with a lot of public health officials, a lot of scientists, researchers, and recognized that was the most important thing we could do to ensure our students would successfully be able to return," Dean of the College Karlene Burrell-McRae told WABI.

USA TODAY included Colby in its Oct. 8 opinion piece "Colleges can do right by students amid COVID-19, but it takes money, planning and backbone," saying that Colby's "strategies set an example for other schools and underscore the critical need for a public health-driven and resource-enabled response."  

Colby's approach to bringing its campus community together around common themes during the pandemic was noted in the Christian Science Monitor story "Can campus unity get small colleges past pandemic into the future?"  "When students at Colby College arrived on Mayflower Hill for coronavirus testing in mid-August, they got something in addition to a nasal swab: a blue bracelet with the words 'One Colby' on one side and 'Hold the Hill' on the other," the story reports.   

The Oct. 6 announcement of a $500-million investment from the Harold Alfond Foundation drew wide media attention, including in the Portland Press Herald, and those stories included Colby, The College is grateful for the foundation's remarkable generosity in supporting Colby athletics and Waterville’s downtown revitalization.  

An ABC News story on Maine's ranked-choice voting included quotes from Professor of Government Dan Shea. "We're starting to get comfortable with it," he told ABC News. "There are still some who are confused, but they have seen it in action and are getting comfortable." Still, there are political issues surrounding the issue. "Not unlike a lot of issues in the world, the partisan divisions have been strong with this," he said.

Professor of Government Dan Shea was tapped to comment on the Portland Press Herald article "Can Susan Collins survive Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party?" Among the questions the article asks is if Senator Collins has changed or if politics have changed. “I think she has been caught up in what scholars are calling affect partisanship or negative partisanship,” explained Shea. “That’s when we don’t simply disagree with the other side, but see the other side as a threat to the nation. That’s happening on both sides. There is less tolerance for those who shift between parties. Less room for the moderates.”