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The Portland Press Herald reached out to Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, for an article titled "Sen. Collins in a ‘uniquely difficult’ position, impeachment observers say." Maisel believes that the impeachment vote "will test her. ... She may vote to allow witnesses and then vote not to (convict). She has to think about whether splitting that vote will alienate people or please people.”

Mike Perreault '13, executive director of the Maine Film Center, is one of two masterminds behind a new film festival, Maine in the Movies, the Island Institute reports. “These films all reflect the different facets of Maine,” Perreault said in the article. "How Maine sees itself, and how others in the larger world see the state are worthy of consideration, he argues, and the films spark thought about both."

Colby senior Tori Paquette '20 created the course "Faith, Class and Community," which paired students with Waterville faith-based organizations to study poverty relief efforts, and the Morning Sentinel reported on the results of the class. The nine students in the class "not only volunteered with the organizations, they also learned about how faith-based organizations in Waterville help people in need with food, clothing, fuel, personal essentials and other necessities," the Sentinel reported. "Students wrote profiles about the pastors, volunteers and others who work in those organizations. The profiles are available on the course website, web.colby.edu/faithinwaterville."

Colby senior Tori Paquette '20 created the course "Faith, Class and Community," which paired students with Waterville faith-based organizations to study poverty relief efforts, and the Morning Sentinel reported on the results of the class. The nine students in the class "not only volunteered with the organizations, they also learned about how faith-based organizations in Waterville help people in need with food, clothing, fuel, personal essentials and other necessities," the Sentinel reported. "Students wrote profiles about the pastors, volunteers and others who work in those organizations. The profiles are available on the course website, web.colby.edu/faithinwaterville."

The Central Maine Growth Council has been selected to join the 2020 Rural Innovation Initiative, "which helps rural communities create digital economy jobs with an innovation hub strategy," Mainebiz reports. Colby will partner the council as another component of its ongoing relationship with the city. "We’re eager to continue partnering with the Growth Council and others to advance strategies that further the region’s innovation economy and drives job creation," said Brian Clark, Colby's vice president of planning. The council was just one of 10 organizations nationwide asked to join the program.

The Central Maine Growth Council has been selected to join the 2020 Rural Innovation Initiative, "which helps rural communities create digital economy jobs with an innovation hub strategy," Mainebiz reports. Colby will partner the council as another component of its ongoing relationship with the city. "We’re eager to continue partnering with the Growth Council and others to advance strategies that further the region’s innovation economy and drives job creation," said Brian Clark, Colby's vice president of planning. The council was just one of 10 organizations nationwide asked to join the program.

Assistant Professor of Art Bradley Borthwick has been invited by the Contemporary Sculpture Society to speak at the University of Arkansas. Borthwick "has completed stone-carving residencies in Country Donegal, Ireland, and Gunnison County, Colorado. He has also received research grants supporting travel to Rome, Italy, and the Orkney Islands of Scotland, where studies of remnant cultural form continue to influence his studio practice," according to a news release from the university.

Professor of Government Anthony Corrado was quoted in a Jan. 12 Los Angeles Times op-ed titled "Ten years on, Citizens United ruling has changed U.S. politics — but not in the way many feared." The author, David Shribman, writes that "the notion that the Citizens United decision opened the donation floodgates to 21st-century corporations is a myth." Corrado, an expert on campaign finance reform, says the ruling was a "horrible decision," but "the point is that the effect that the Supreme Court seemed to create has been less, and different, than often claimed.” Other media outlets that have run a similar version include: The Press Democrat, Jan. 19, 2020 uexpress, Jan. 18, 2020 The Standard Journal, Jan. 18, 2020 The Facts, Jan. 18, 2020 Gloucester Daily Times, Jan. 17, 2020 The Salem News, Jan. 17, 2020

Professor of Government Anthony Corrado was quoted in a Jan. 12 Los Angeles Times op-ed titled "Ten years on, Citizens United ruling has changed U.S. politics — but not in the way many feared." The author, David Shribman, writes that "the notion that the Citizens United decision opened the donation floodgates to 21st-century corporations is a myth." Corrado, an expert on campaign finance reform, says the ruling was a "horrible decision," but "the point is that the effect that the Supreme Court seemed to create has been less, and different, than often claimed.” Other media outlets that have run a similar version include: The Press Democrat, Jan. 19, 2020 uexpress, Jan. 18, 2020 The Standard Journal, Jan. 18, 2020 The Facts, Jan. 18, 2020 Gloucester Daily Times, Jan. 17, 2020 The Salem News, Jan. 17, 2020

Professor of Art Véronique Plesch has been invited to join the editorial board of the Maine Arts Journal. Appearing on a quarterly basis, the Maine Arts Journal is the official online publication of the Union of Maine Visual Artists. In addition to writing the introduction to the issues (which she did for the first time in the fall issue as a guest editor) and editing the journal’s content, Plesch will contribute a regular feature on Colby (read her review of the Colby College Museum of Art’s Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry: “Decolonization and Appropriation at the Colby College Museum of Art” and “Art and Activism in the Classroom,” which reports on the course taught in the fall semester by Amber Hickey, faculty fellow in U.S. visual culture in the American Studies Program). Colby is supporting a student intern to work under her supervision on MAJ.