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In a piece about what to do in Boston and the surrounding area, the Boston Globe highlighted the Colby Museum's exhibition Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, which recently opened. The article noted that the show is the first-ever touring survey of the artist's work that "looks to establish her in a canon that left her aside."
The Lockwood Hotel was named one of Travel + Leisure’s Top 10 Best New England Hotels of 2025 as part of the publication’s World’s Best 2025 Awards. The hotel placed sixth with a reader’s score of 94.13, placing the hotel among notable company.
Tanya Sheehan, the Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, has finished 10 years as executive editor of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art Journal. The journal is the longest-running scholarly periodical dedicated to the history of art in the United States, and Sheehan has been the driving force behind its transformation into a first-rank research periodical. "She cultivated and strategically leveraged an enviable professional network, reaching out each year to hundreds of scholars across related fields and disciplines to identify and solicit contributions," said Liza Kirwin, interim director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. "Tanya also redefined the structure of the journal by introducing new sections for shorter, commissioned contributions from artists and curators. These additions brought fresh voices and diverse perspectives, broadening the journal’s reach and appeal." The journal has also won several design awards during Sheehan's time as editor.
The summer 2025 issue of the Maine Arts Journal is out with contributions from Professor of Art Véronique Plesch. In this issue, with the theme of Encounters, she wrote the introduction along with her "Art Historical Musings" column with an essay titled "Encounters Across Time." The essay, dedicated to Janet Hansen '75 and Bruce Drouin '74, discusses three paintings in the Colby College Museum of Art. Plesch was delighted to invite her Colby colleague Christopher T. Richards, visiting professor of art, to contribute an article, "Encounter: Man Mirror, Medieval Modern," in which Richards writes about works in the Colby Museum.
In a Huffington Post article on whether or not AI hallucinates, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Tahiya Chowdhury, explained that AI solves problems using scalable algorithms, not brute force. When unfamiliar patterns arise, “their accuracy collapses,” she said, adding, “This is not hallucination or cognitive decline; the models were never reasoning in the first place.”
In a Portland Press Herald article, Dr. Nirav Shah, former top U.S. CDC official and current visiting professor at Colby, said the move to create new vaccine advisory panels is prudent under current conditions.
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch juried and curated the annual Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show organized by the Ogunquit Art Association, Maine's original artist's group, established in 1928. There were 259 works submitted, and 108 were retained. The exhibition, held at the Barn Gallery, runs from Wednesday, June 25 through Saturday July 26. There will be a gala reception on Saturday, June 28 from 4 to 7 p.m., at which Plesch will offer opening remarks.
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch gave a lecture at the Norridgewock Historical Society titled “Cemeteries: Where History Is Alive," in which she considered the way cemeteries bear witness to history and what we can learn from them. Graveyards hold our memories, both personal and communal, and reveal trends in art, architecture, lettering, and how we want to be remembered. In the course of her talk, she had the occasion to discuss several graves in Norridgewock's Riverview Cemetery.
The Athletic reported that Greg Cronin ‘86 will serve as the head coach for the American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild.