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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has coauthored a new paper titled "Rebooting a failed promise of climate finance." Published in Nature Climate Change, the paper finds flaws in the current United Nations finance accountability mechanisms and proposes a new climate finance pledge that could reinvigorate climate talks.

Director of Innovation at Ocean Spray Courtney Hendrickson '00 held a Q&A with the Forté Foundation. When asked what characteristics she needs to do her job, she answered, "Tenacity, scrappiness, resourcefulness, agility. Being able to think differently and move quickly to keep up with consumers and the market, and a desire to keep pushing is critical in any innovation role."

Director of Innovation at Ocean Spray Courtney Hendrickson '00 held a Q&A with the Forté Foundation. When asked what characteristics she needs to do her job, she answered, "Tenacity, scrappiness, resourcefulness, agility. Being able to think differently and move quickly to keep up with consumers and the market, and a desire to keep pushing is critical in any innovation role."

An article in the Morning Sentinel reported on Colby's successful start to the 2021 spring semester, which had low COVID-19 numbers. “Colby has a comprehensive plan in place and we take a deep look at the health of our community every day, including thoroughly investigating any positive cases, and this plays a key role in allowing us to make adjustments to protect our community," a spokesperson said.

Colby’s new Davis Institute for AI was featured on NPR’s national show and podcast Marketplace Tech. During the segment, President Greene said how "in 10 years, my sense is if you're not in AI in a big way, for most colleges it’s going to be very hard to be relevant." He also commented that for students, AI won’t be a plus factor. “It’s going to be an absolute expectation,” and that “we need to have a whole cohort of students from different backgrounds and experiences who are really leading AI and not being led by it.”

Professor of Art Véronique Plesch contributed an essay for the newly released Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World: Emotion, Contrition and Penitence in the Middle Ages. Her chapter is titled "Peter’s Three Tears” and was inspired by a comment made by a participant during a trip she led for Colby alumni. In fact, she acknowledges this person on the first page of the book. "I am grateful to Allen Jenkins for drawing my attention to Peter’s three tears during our visit to Notre-Dame des Fontaines in October 2017." Plesch also contributed the photo that adorns the book's cover.

Kerry Sonia, visiting assistant professor of religious studies, was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of a book project currently underway. Sonia's book, her second, will explore the social and ritual dimensions of childbirth in ancient Israel. 

In an EdSurge article about Colby's new Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Margaret McFadden, Colby's provost and dean of faculty, said that AI will aid in "preparing students well for their futures," providing "lives and careers of meaning and purpose."

Joe Reisert, Colby's Christian A. Johnson Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning, was a guest on Maine Public's Maine Calling providing analysis of the legal implications of the impeachment trial on the second day of the Senate hearings. Reisert, an expert on constitutional law and political thought, provided expertise on issues likely to arise during the process.  

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has co-authored a new paper linking restorative justice to climate-related loss and damage. Published in the journal Third World Quarterly, the paper argues that litigation cannot deliver all types of justice and so an alternative paradigm is needed. In this regard, restorative justice can provide a number of benefits, including respecting the rights of and meeting the financial needs of victims, particularly small island developing states. The paper was coauthored with D'Arcy Carlson '21.