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Nicholas Jacobs, assistant professor of government, was featured in a 45-minute live C-SPAN segment. The interview included live call-ins from public viewers, and the host took a deep dive into Jacobs's book The Rural Voter, coauthored with Professor of Government Dan Shea.
Professor of Government Dan Shea provided commentary for an article in Roll Call about the reaction to Vice President Kamala Harris selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, including how the choice might help win over rural voters.
Gail Carlson, Director of Colby's Buck Lab for Climate and Environment, was featured in a Bangor Daily News article about the emerging threat of TFA chemicals in home appliances in Maine.
Bangor Daily News published a story featuring Colby's Olympic-sized pool at the Harold Alfond Recreation and Athletic Center.
Assistant Professor of Russian Melissa Miller collaborated with Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Ashton Wesner on a post in 4S Backchannels, a blog for the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Titled "Keywords in the Critical Medical Humanities: A Model for Research and Teaching," the post covered Colby's Public Humanistic Inquiry Lab (PHIL) 2024 conference that "explored how research and teaching in the liberal arts can help navigate some of medicine’s thorniest ethical dilemmas." Miller was the post's author and a conference participant while Wesner, 4S Backchannels editor, invited the PHIL to contribute to the report.
Cultured magazine listed the Colby Museum’s Martha Diamond: Deep Time as one of the top must-see shows this summer, noting that it showcases “rarely seen works alongside well-known pieces that encapsulate her style.”
National Geographic interviewed Tanya Sheehan, the Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, for its article "These manipulated photos are the original political deepfakes." Sheehan, an art historian, commented on early photo-editing techniques, dating back to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. “In the darkroom, [photographers] had lots of control over framing and the relative exposure of an image,” often altering photographs to shape a certain truth. They also improved people's appearance. “People who frequented photographic studios expected their portraits to show their ‘best selves,’ and retouching was seen as crucial to that goal,” Sheehan pointed out.
Research by Christopher Soto, professor of psychology, was referenced in a New York Times political column about what the Trump-Vance alliance means for the Republican Party.
The Boston Globe’s art critic, Murray Whyte, highlighted the Colby Museum's 2022 'Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death' in an article about the Farnsworth’s latest exhibit featuring Wyeth's work.
National Geographic featured commentary from Tanya Sheehan, the Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art, about early photo manipulation in politics, which dates as far back as the Lincoln presidency.