Media Coverage

Ski Racing magazine covered Colby's news that Eric Harlow has been named alpine ski coach. “I am extremely excited to lead the Colby alpine ski programs to become the most sought after Division I program in the country,” Harlow said.

Snow Industry News also covered the announcement.

An April 15 article in the Morning Sentinel reports that despite the coronavirus, the Lockwood Hotel in downtown Waterville is on schedule to open this fall. Onsite workers are "now using new safety protocols that have been implemented by the Associated General Contractors of Maine in response to the outbreak of COVID-19," Paul Ureneck, director of commercial real estate for Elm City LLC, told the Sentinel.  

James Fleming, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, contributed an item to Smithsonian Magazine's article "50 Things We've Learned About The Earth Since the First Earth Day." Fleming's contribution: That the Air Has Gotten Better."Since 1970 smoking (at least of tobacco) is way down, sick building syndrome is far less common, acid deposition from sulfur dioxide is lower, lead additives have been removed from gasoline, and stratospheric ozone levels are on the mend. Let’s work to see these trends continue and accelerate in years to come," wrote Fleming, who is also a research associate at the National Museum of American History.

Provost and Vice President for Faculty Margaret McFadden was interviewed as part of a Maine Public "Maine Calling" Episode titled "Colleges and COVID-19: How Have Professors, Students & Administration Dealt With the Crisis."

An April 15 Portland Press Herald article on how schools are planning for the fall semester included thoughts by President David Greene. Among the items President Greene discussed were potential travel and visa restrictions for international students. “That’s a hugely important question,” Greene said. “When we think about what travel restrictions and visa restrictions there might be, there are a lot of unknown questions for international students. We hope we will be able to have all of them on campus because they bring so much to Maine and to campuses.”

In a Fox News article titled "Dozens of colleges drop SAT/ACT requirements for 2021, some consider permanent change," Colby's test-option policy was highlighted as a benefit to the College because of the strength of students who are accepted. “The Class of 2024 applicant pool was the largest and most competitive in Colby’s history, and our admitted students represent a remarkable array of talents, backgrounds, perspectives, and interests," Randi Arsenault, Colby's assistant vice president of admissions and financial aid, told Fox News. 

The Nature Conservancy published an article about a new Jan Plan course, Design Thinking and Product Innovation, in which the author, who was also the course instructor, recounts her experience with 18 Colby students in her class. "I wanted to create a journey for the students," Nina Naylor wrote, "and show them that sometimes you need to pull things apart to see new patterns. Design thinking is all about challenging your mindset, pushing away assumptions and having empathy for whomever you’re working to help."

The Portland Press Herald tapped the expertise of Professor of Economics Michael Donihue to comment in the article "New Maine unemployment claims fall, but another surge expected." The article discusses the Federal Protection Program, which was suspended when the lending cap was met, and rules and deadlines made it hard for some of Maine's small business owners to rehire workers. “It overwhelmed everybody and there was a lot of uncertainty about how it would work,” Donihue said. “I’m not sure we’ve seen the impact of the program yet because it took awhile to get up to snuff.”

President David Greene was quoted in the April 15 New York Times article titled "After Coronavirus, Colleges Worry: Will Students Come Back?" in which he expressed a desire to have students back on campus this fall. "Like other administrators, Mr. Greene is hoping to reopen with classes on campus, rather than online, even if it means deferring the start of the fall semester. 'Our whole model of education and all of its power comes from close human interaction,'” the Times reported.

Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, was tapped for comment in the Washington Examiner article titled "Socialists refuse to back Biden," in which Maisel defends Biden's strategy of taking steps to heal the Democratic Party. "Will he get support from everyone? I doubt it. In 2016, according to YouGov polling, about 18% of Sanders supporters did not vote for Hillary Clinton; most of those did not vote at all. I expect those numbers to be much lower in this year's election, but there will be some holdouts," he told the Washington Examiner, reflecting Biden's higher favorability ratings compared to Clinton's.