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Colby students in the Humanities Lab AR393 Museum Practicum – The L.C. Bates Museum: History and Collections, taught by Professor Véronique Plesch, have created a new website for the L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, Maine. Click here to learn about the history of the museum, take a virtual tour, access informative learning materials, and read research papers on different aspects of the museum and its collections. The L.C. Bates Summer Exhibition 2020, Maine Waters and its Inhabitants, curated by Colby students Lola Collins ’20 and Sabina Garibovic ’22 under the supervision of Plesch, is also available on the website, accessed here. Discover 37 works by 21 artists who depict Maine’s aquatic world and its denizens, whether they live in the water, on it, or near it.

A book published in 1985 by Tom Tietenberg, Colby's Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus, was given the Publication of Enduring Quality Award by the Association of Environmental Economists. Tietemnberg's book, Emissions Trading: An Exercise in Reforming Pollution Policy, "was the first comprehensive review of large-scale attempts to replace command and control regulation with incentive-based environmental regulation under the Clean Air Act," according to a citation from the association.  

Colby's Pay it Forward campaign, launched May 7, is receiving wide media coverage. Among the outlets making note of this powerful, innovate initiative include: WMTW TV-8 Maine Public

In its article titled "What Colleges And Graduating Seniors Need To Do To Find Jobs During These Tough COVID-19 Times," Forbes holds up Colby's new Pay It Northward campaign as an initiative others should emulate. "At this time, every university and college should follow Colby’s lead. There should be an immediate all-hands-on-deck approach to helping graduates find jobs," Forbes said.

Professor of Government Dan Shea was tapped to comment on a Politico story titled "The Women of Maine vs. Susan Collins," which wonders if Collins, who has gone from "most beloved" to "most reviled" in recent years, has changed or if her voters have changed. “Every decision she makes seems to align her more closely with the Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell movement,” Shea told Politico. “Here in Maine, that’s become the anvil around her neck.” 

The new book When Midnight Comes Around by photographer Gary Green, associate professor of art, was reviewed in the UK publication The Review. "This new book presents a unique vantage point on a place and time whose impact on music and culture cannot be overestimated," the review said of Green's book, which contains photos taken by Green of the music and art scene in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s. Creative Boom, another UK publication, also reviewed Green's book. On May 26, 2020, the Eye of Photography ran the same review.

Andrew Lizotte '04 was certified as a judge advocate in December after graduating from a nine-week judge advocate staff officer course in Montgomery, Ala., where he also received the Lowry Award, given by the U.S. Air Force to the officer demonstrating the highest standards of leadership, academic excellence, esprit de corps, and service amongst all students. Lizotte is a first lieutenant with the New Hampshire Air National Guard. In his civilian life, he works as a federal prosecutor in Maine.

Andrew Lizotte '04 was certified as a judge advocate in December after graduating from a nine-week judge advocate staff officer course in Montgomery, Ala., where he also received the Lowry Award, given by the U.S. Air Force to the officer demonstrating the highest standards of leadership, academic excellence, esprit de corps, and service amongst all students. Lizotte is a first lieutenant with the New Hampshire Air National Guard. In his civilian life, he works as a federal prosecutor in Maine.

Reena Chandra Rajpal '93 has been named executive director of Combat Blindness International, and Madison magazine told her story, which began in 1983 when her father founded the foundation following a trip to India. Rajpal follows her father in this new role. “I’m so proud my dad has entrusted this — his legacy — to me,” she told Madison Magazine. “I want to carry on his good work. It’s needed. If I learned anything from him, it’s that we are a global community. These are our friends. If we can do something, we should.” This year Combat Blindness celebrated its 35th anniversary and reached a major milestone, having performed some 370,000 cataract surgeries in 15 countries on four continents, the magazine reported.  

Reena Chandra Rajpal '93 has been named executive director of Combat Blindness International, and Madison magazine told her story, which began in 1983 when her father founded the foundation following a trip to India. Rajpal follows her father in this new role. “I’m so proud my dad has entrusted this — his legacy — to me,” she told Madison Magazine. “I want to carry on his good work. It’s needed. If I learned anything from him, it’s that we are a global community. These are our friends. If we can do something, we should.” This year Combat Blindness celebrated its 35th anniversary and reached a major milestone, having performed some 370,000 cataract surgeries in 15 countries on four continents, the magazine reported.