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A USA Today opinion piece cited Colby's thorough and proactive COVID-19 testing program as an example to follow for schools across the nation. The article noted that only 0.02% of the 81,203 tests administered this fall were positive, and that the approach was key to significantly preventing the spread, not just identifying positive cases.

Raffael Scheck, the Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Professor of History, has published a paper, "The Danger of 'Moral Sabotage:' Western Prisoners of War on Trial for Homosexual Relations in Nazi Germany," in the Journal of the History of Sexuality. The article presents the Nazi approach to homosexuality and the legal framework around it. It also examines representative cases involving French, British, and Belgian prisoners of war as well as soldiers from the French and British colonies.

The Morning Sentinel covered the success of Colby's Dare Northward campaign, which has raised more than $563 million to date. The story quoted President David Greene, who said a top priority has been Waterville, and that “because of the generous support of donors, Colby has been able to commit more than $85 million” to the city.

In a story on college's plans for the upcoming semester, The New York Times spoke with President David A. Greene about his outlook for the next term. "What makes me optimistic is we had the virus in our community, and each time we did, we were able to stop transmissions dead," he said.

Tanya Sheehan, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Art, has participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with two other editors of leading journals in the field of American art. In conversation with Jennifer Marshal and Jacqueline Francis of Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art, Sheehan discussed her work since 2015 as the executive editor of the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art Journal. The oldest periodical devoted to art in America, Archives of American Art Journal has undergone a significant transformation under Sheehan’s leadership. The Nov. 19 event, focusing on the history, current goals, and future trajectories of these two prominent journals for American art, was organized by Jennifer Greenhill of the University of Arkansas School of Art in collaboration with the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. A recording of the discussion is available here.

Donated materials from the old Harold Alfond Athletics Center were highlighted on Maine Cabin Masters airing on the DIY Network. The craftsmen salvaged and re-homed everything from flooring on the squash and basketball courts to stadium railings. Click "Read More" to see the episode, and watch the process begin at approximately 31 minutes in.

Professor of Art Véronique Plesch was invited to participate in the workshop "Écritures exposées: la fabrique des espaces 'publics'" (Exposed Writings: The Making of "Public" Space) organized by the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences). The meeting took place Nov. 27, 2020, and Plesch provided a response to a paper on 16th-18th-century graffiti left by religious prisoners and contributed to a discussion of the aims of the workshop, focusing on the concepts at stake and, in particular, issues concerning writing and space.

Forbes selected Lisa Kaplan '13 for its prestigious "30 Under 30" list in the Social Impact Category. Kaplan founded Alethea Group, which protects brands from being targets of disinformation. The company recently uncovered a network of 178 websites that feed off of hyperpartisanship to aggregate data, which can then be sold for profit.

Forbes selected Lisa Kaplan '13 for its prestigious "30 Under 30" list in the Social Impact Category. Kaplan founded Alethea Group, which protects brands from being targets of disinformation. The company recently uncovered a network of 178 websites that feed off of hyperpartisanship to aggregate data, which can then be sold for profit.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Britt Halvorson has published a new paper in Anthropological Quarterly. The article, “Reassessing Charitable Affect: Volunteerism, Affect and Ethical Practice in a Medical Aid Agency,” draws upon ethnographic research with the long-term US volunteers of a faith-based medical aid organization in Minneapolis/St. Paul and explores the widely-theorized relationship of affect/emotion and volunteerism in humanitarian agencies. It argues for finer attention to the way different affective norms get reproduced within the everyday work of aid.