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An Art Daily article reports on the recently opened arts collaborative at 18 Main Street in downtown Waterville. The center will provide space for "artistic creation, innovation, and community interaction," Art Daily reports. "The $6.5-million restoration of two historic buildings in downtown Waterville will provide space for interdisciplinary artistic collaborations, and promote the development of creative work by national artists, educators, scholars and students."

A major review in the Boston Globe of Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, currently at the Colby College Museum of Art, described it as a show that is "about Lichtenstein before he became Lichtenstein, and it’s a revelation." The reviewer also referenced the show as offering "a fresh view of an artist" and that it's "unfamiliar, exhilaratingly so."    

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has coauthored a new paper titled "Financing loss and damage from slow onset events in developing countries." Published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, the paper reviews the most recent publications on the topic and finds that current options for sustainable and equitable finance are limited—insurance schemes are not appropriate, though levies and taxes are likely to be relatively fair, predictable, adequate, and transparent. 

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has coauthored a new paper titled "Climate compatible development in practice." Published in the journal Development in Practice, the paper uses three island case studies to argue that, in practice, climate compatible development is not always a deliberate policy tool, and that a focus on either mitigation, adaptation, or development can have unintended but positive outcomes for one or both of the other domains. D'Arcy Carlson '21 is one of the coauthors.

Professor of Creative Writing Adrian Blevins read her poem "Bereavement Status" for WERU's Poetry Express project on May 2. This poem is from her forthcoming poetry collection Status Pending, to be released by Four Way Books in 2023.

Colby's robust civic engagement program was featured in a Morning Sentinel article, which highlighted students involved in tutoring programs, local government, and community partnerships. “These are really committed students who are interested in pursuing the pathway of exploring public relevance of their discipline,” said Elizabeth Jabar, director of civic engagement and community partnerships, “and really learning what it means to live in the community and be a contributing community member in Waterville.”

"Maine has a bipartisan commission responsible for redistricting that prevents the practice of political gerrymandering of districts after reapportionment," Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, told NBC Boston in its article "How the Census Could Change Maine Politics."

Demolition is underway, and the Paul J. Schupf Art Center is set to open in December 2022, the Morning Sentinel reported in an article about the city's Planning Board giving approval to the project. “It’s such an exciting opportunity to bring Main Street into focus and create a new building there that celebrates the arts at this important intersection,” Susan Rodriguez, the center's architect, said during the board's recent meeting.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Leeann Sullivan wrote a "letter" titled “For species reintroduction, it’s all politics” published in the most recent issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Sullivan's article explores how citizen-led efforts to reintroduce gray wolves in Colorado were as much about re-democratizing conservation as they were about wolf reintroduction.

Assistant Professor of Biology Christina Cota has been awarded a $700,000 National Science Foundation grant to carry out a collaborative research project with Princeton University and Swarthmore College. The research will look at the interplay between cell division and the signals that cells exchange to coordinate their behavior. "This is a critical area of investigation because signal-dependent coordination of cell behavior is essential for the growth of all life forms," stated the research's abstract. "Additionally, errors in signaling are the primary cause of cancer. Because cancer also entails unregulated cell division, it is particularly important to understand how division may exacerbate signaling errors."