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Psychotherapist and forest therapy guide Zoë Kaplan Presley '97 was interviewed for The Oregonian newspaper’s outdoors podcast Peak Northwest on ways to find healing in the outdoors. Among her insights are bringing the "right intention, slowing down and being in the moment" as well as "you don't need an extraordinary view to experience awe in nature." 

Psychotherapist and forest therapy guide Zoë Kaplan Presley '97 was interviewed for The Oregonian newspaper’s outdoors podcast Peak Northwest on ways to find healing in the outdoors. Among her insights are bringing the "right intention, slowing down and being in the moment" as well as "you don't need an extraordinary view to experience awe in nature." 

The Portland Press Herald reached out to Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology, for an article asking Black Mainers to reflect on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The insurrection in Washington and threats to Georgia official are all too familiar to Black Americans, she said. "‘Welcome to my world.’ This is what Black America has known forever.”

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology, was one of eight Mainers asked to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. “Basically, what is happening now is that the Black Lives movement is still dramatizing shameful conditions,” Gilkes said, noting that the fight for civil rights is still ongoing because problems such as poverty still exist. 

A paper coauthored by Jin Goh, assistant professor of psychology, was covered by UPI and other media outlets. The study finds that "women who don't fit female stereotypes of look or personality are perceived as less credible when lodging sexual harassment claims," UPI reports. Goh told UPI that study "participants were less likely to label these ambiguous scenarios as sexual harassment when the targets were non-stereotypical women compared with stereotypical women, despite the fact that both stereotypical and non-stereotypical targets experienced the same incident." 

Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Sandy Maisel was a guest on Maine Public's show Maine Calling discussing Trump's final days in office as well as the second impeachment. The show discussed "repercussions of the siege in D.C., and what to expect of our government leaders and citizenry as Inauguration Day approaches."

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has been invited to guest-edit a special issue of Sustainability on "Transformations for a Sustainable Future." Papers will interrogate the transformations that are relevant or applicable to small island developing states, the least developed countries (LDCs), and African countries, given their complex histories and varying development circumstances and trajectories. It is hoped that the papers will contribute to discussions at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the LDCs, which will be held in Doha in January 2022.

Colby's robust testing program was called out in a Maine Public story on Maine colleges' testing programs as students return to campus. Colby is testing three times a week in January, versus twice last semester. “Having one more opportunity to get a test result,” said Doug Terp, vice president for administration. “That convinced us of doing three (tests) for January, and then beyond if we could do that, that made a lot of sense.”

Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, was interviewed for the NewsCenter Maine story "Applying to college during a pandemic," which aired Jan. 13. Even before the pandemic, Colby's Admissions Office has been increasing its virtual presence. "It helps students who can't afford to visit a hundred college campuses," Proto said.   

The art world paid attention to Colby's recent announcement of the acquisition of the Tsiaras Family Photography Collection. Coverage came from Art Daily, the Portland Press Herald, and the Morning Sentinel. “This remarkable gift from Bill and Nancy Tsiaras allows the Colby Museum and its audiences to fully engage with photography, which has been critical to the development of art, and American culture in particular, since its inception in the 19th century,” said Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby Museum.