External Posts
A Mainebiz article highlighted Colby's new Public Policy Lab announcement.
Michael Burke, professor of English and creative writing, emeritus, has a new anthology out. The Art of the Myth: Maine Essays (Alameda Press, 2024) gathers 25 of his previously published nonfiction, all with Maine settings and subjects, from 35 years living in and writing about the state.
A story about women's ice hockey in Maine by the Hockey News highlighted the major role Colby played in advancing the sport, noting that "the Colby College Mules would become an early powerhouse and a pioneering program in America."
MaineLife, the popular program that airs throughout New England, featured Waterville in a recent segment. In addition to highlighting various aspects of the city and why it's grown into a dynamic destination, the piece also had a section on Colby, including a fun tour of the campus by Provost and Dean of Faculty, Margaret McFadden.
On Oct. 22, 2024, Tanya Sheehan, the Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, delivered the Normal L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Vanderbilt’s Department of History of Art and Architecture has hosted prominent art historians to speak in the Goldberg Lecture series since its inception in 2001. Professor Sheehan’s lecture was titled “Public Art, Public Health: Jacob Lawrence and the Murals of Harlem Hospital.” Her research explores the significant connections between the federally funded murals painted in Harlem Hospital in the late 1930s and the images of health and medicine in Harlem created by artist Jacob Lawrence. It considers how and why a commitment to the publicness of Black care took shape more fully in Lawrence’s private images than on the walls of the municipal hospital.
Assistant Professor of Government, Nicholas Jacobs, was interviewed for an episode of WBUR’s Here & Now—a special segment on why rural voters are shifting to the right.
Assistant Professor of Economics Sanval Nasim '08 coauthored a paper titled "Information and training helps individuals forecast and adapt to air pollution" that appeared on VoxDev, an online platform for discussion about policy issues related to development. "Air pollution causes seven million deaths each year. New evidence from Pakistan shows that improving individuals’ ability to forecast air pollution allows them to adapt better," according to the article.
A new report on the state of Maine's civic health by Colby's Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs received significant attention throughout the region. Highlights include feature coverage by the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, and NPR affiliate Maine Public, to name a few.