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Professor of Biology Catherine Bevier coauthored a paper in the January 2020 issue of Ecology and Evolution titled "Environmental influences on and antimicrobial activity of the skin microbiota of Proceratophrys boiei (Amphibia, Anura) across forest fragments." Together with her research colleagues in Brazil, Bevier's research seeks to answer such questions as "what factors determine the microbial community profile that can establish over the amphibian skin? In other words, what fraction of an environmental microbiota has the potential to colonize the skin, what elements become a filter, and how do intrinsic and extrinsic factors matter in this context?"

A recent episode of the popular Something You Should Know podcast features an interview with Associate Professor of Psychology Christopher Soto. In the interview, Soto discusses the latest research on personality: what it is, where it comes from, and how it changes across the lifespan. The episode is available on iTunes, podcast apps, and online.

A recent episode of the popular Something You Should Know podcast features an interview with Associate Professor of Psychology Christopher Soto. In the interview, Soto discusses the latest research on personality: what it is, where it comes from, and how it changes across the lifespan. The episode is available on iTunes, podcast apps, and online.

"Construction of a $26-million, 53-room hotel on Main Street in downtown Waterville is on schedule," the Morning Sentinel reported Jan. 5. The building is currently being covered with permanent sheathing, after which trade workers can begin to work inside, the Sentinel reports. “It’s going well,” said Paul Ureneck, director of commercial real estate for Elm City, LLC., an affiliate of Colby College. “November was a little bit of a setback for us, temperature-wise. November was the coldest on record in Maine. But, all in all, the project’s on schedule.”

"Construction of a $26-million, 53-room hotel on Main Street in downtown Waterville is on schedule," the Morning Sentinel reported Jan. 5. The building is currently being covered with permanent sheathing, after which trade workers can begin to work inside, the Sentinel reports. “It’s going well,” said Paul Ureneck, director of commercial real estate for Elm City, LLC., an affiliate of Colby College. “November was a little bit of a setback for us, temperature-wise. November was the coldest on record in Maine. But, all in all, the project’s on schedule.”

The Los Angles Times quoted Steve Simon, professor of the practice of international relations, in an article titled "U.S. officials vow to increase security after airstrike kills Iranian general." If Iran retaliates for the Jan. 3 killing of Qassem Suleimani , it won't strike the United States directly, Simon said. "A repeat of 9/11 seems quite unlikely," he told the Times. "There are many Americans in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Arab side of the Gulf who could be targeted if Iran chose to go in this direction.”

The Los Angles Times quoted Steve Simon, professor of the practice of international relations, in an article titled "U.S. officials vow to increase security after airstrike kills Iranian general." If Iran retaliates for the Jan. 3 killing of Qassem Suleimani , it won't strike the United States directly, Simon said. "A repeat of 9/11 seems quite unlikely," he told the Times. "There are many Americans in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Arab side of the Gulf who could be targeted if Iran chose to go in this direction.”

In a New York Times op-ed, Steve Simon, professor of the practice of international relations, discusses hypersonic missiles, weapons that "have long been an object of desire by Russian, Chinese and American military leaders, for obvious reasons: Launched from any of these countries, they could reach any other within minutes," Simon wrote in the Jan. 2 opinion piece. "The biggest threat from hypersonics is that they come at a time when the world’s arm control treaties are falling apart," he concludes.

In a New York Times op-ed, Steve Simon, professor of the practice of international relations, discusses hypersonic missiles, weapons that "have long been an object of desire by Russian, Chinese and American military leaders, for obvious reasons: Launched from any of these countries, they could reach any other within minutes," Simon wrote in the Jan. 2 opinion piece. "The biggest threat from hypersonics is that they come at a time when the world’s arm control treaties are falling apart," he concludes.

Adrian Blevins, professor of English and creative writing, has five new poems published in the January-February 2020 issue of American Poetry Review. The poems, including "Crone Status," "Old Boyfriend Prison Status," and "Academician Abecedarian Status," come from her forthcoming collection, Status Pending.