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Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, commented on a Maine Public piece about Maine colleges' admissions policies after the March "Operation Varsity Blues" scandal, which rocked college admissions offices across the country. While Proto said that "all of the things that happened in the scandal are not a part of the process at Colby,” the scandal gave him pause. To ease parents' concerns and to promote accountability, Colby "performed random audits of individual applications," Proto told Maine Public. “We’ve partnered with college counselors and school counselors in doing that, through the use of technology.”

Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, commented on a Maine Public piece about Maine colleges' admissions policies after the March "Operation Varsity Blues" scandal, which rocked college admissions offices across the country. While Proto said that "all of the things that happened in the scandal are not a part of the process at Colby,” the scandal gave him pause. To ease parents' concerns and to promote accountability, Colby "performed random audits of individual applications," Proto told Maine Public. “We’ve partnered with college counselors and school counselors in doing that, through the use of technology.”

Jim Ryan 14, who raced for Colby as a student, has appeared in Warren Miller films in the past. Now, he's convinced the filmmaker to turn his lens on Ryan's hometown ski area, Killington. The Mountain Times explains Ryan's role in a Dec. 18 story titled "Killington skier Jim Ryan helps bring Warren Miller film crew home."

Jim Ryan 14, who raced for Colby as a student, has appeared in Warren Miller films in the past. Now, he's convinced the filmmaker to turn his lens on Ryan's hometown ski area, Killington. The Mountain Times explains Ryan's role in a Dec. 18 story titled "Killington skier Jim Ryan helps bring Warren Miller film crew home."

In an unusual pairing, James Fleming, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, was interviewed for the Denver Art Museum's podcast on Claude Monet. In the episode, titled "Beyond Monet: You Can Smell it in the Paintings," Fleming "closely examines Monet's paintings of snowy landscapes and talks about how the artist captured the humid haze of Venice and the 'pea soup' smog of London.

In an unusual pairing, James Fleming, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, was interviewed for the Denver Art Museum's podcast on Claude Monet. In the episode, titled "Beyond Monet: You Can Smell it in the Paintings," Fleming "closely examines Monet's paintings of snowy landscapes and talks about how the artist captured the humid haze of Venice and the 'pea soup' smog of London.

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) has continued the appointment of Robert Gastaldo as an academic researcher. Gastaldo, the Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology, had been associated with the Smithsonian for close to 35 years. His current research with SIFP is with the Smithsonian’s William DiMichele, and together they seek to understand what happened to Deep Time tropical ecosystems of the Carboniferous and Permian to changes in glaciation and climate.

Colby's announcement that chocolatier Bixby & Co. will be opening a store and café in Waterville was covered by the Morning Sentinel Dec. 17.  "Bixby & Co., the Rockland-based chocolate maker, is set to open an artisan chocolate cafe and store this spring on Main Street in downtown Waterville, but the company is looking to bring more than sweets to town," reporter Molly Shelly wrote. "It also seeks to provide vision, a commitment to Maine entrepreneurship and a desire to grow in a thriving setting." Other media outlets covering the story include: Mainebiz, Dec. 17 Bangor Daily News, Dec. 17 92 Moose Radio, Dec. 17

Colby's announcement that chocolatier Bixby & Co. will be opening a store and café in Waterville was covered by the Morning Sentinel Dec. 17.  "Bixby & Co., the Rockland-based chocolate maker, is set to open an artisan chocolate cafe and store this spring on Main Street in downtown Waterville, but the company is looking to bring more than sweets to town," reporter Molly Shelly wrote. "It also seeks to provide vision, a commitment to Maine entrepreneurship and a desire to grow in a thriving setting." Other media outlets covering the story include: Mainebiz, Dec. 17 Bangor Daily News, Dec. 17 92 Moose Radio, Dec. 17

Multiple news sources are running stories about where personalities come from and why they're all so different. The articles cite Associate Professor of Psychology Christopher Soto, who studies the "Big Five" personality traits. "Every personality trait is a continuous dimension. You can be very high or very low, and most people fall somewhere in between," Soto said. These sources have run stories: Live Science, Dec. 15, 2019 Medical Daily, Dec. 16, 2019