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Mainebiz and Centralmaine.com covered Colby's announcement of Cushnoc Cantina coming to the Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons in Fall 2024. The full kitchen and bar will offer tacos, beer, tequila, and more.
Colby's announcement of the McVey Center for Computational and Data Sciences was included in a story by Forbes about significant gifts that various colleges have recently received.
Colby senior Morgan Cheney '24 and her photography as an EMS and firefighter with the Waterville Fire Department was featured in a story by News Center Maine and CBS affiliate WABI.
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has published an article titled "Equity and Justice in Loss and Damage Finance: A Narrative Review of Catalysts and Obstacles" in the journal Current Climate Change Reports. It overviews the history of loss and damage finance, suggests five criteria that could make the Loss and Damage Fund just, and discusses four potential catalysts for just loss and damage finance: ecological and climatic impacts, institutional developments outside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Global South leadership on debt justice, and legal developments.
Photographer and Professor of Art Gary Green held an interview with About Photography, a monthly newsletter from the Czech Republic, and discussed his iconic photographs of the punk rock scene in New York City in the late 1970s. When asked to reflect on the punk scene's lasting impact on music and culture, he answered, "That era remains a touchstone for a lot of the DIY world, including a plethora of zines, self-produced music and books, and a whole range of indie bands that all owe a debt to the raw energy of The Ramones, Patti Smith, The Velvets, The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, The Clash and so on. I think a lot of those bands demystified putting together a band and making records."
A USA Today story about Oregon considering secession cited research by Colby Assistant Professor of Government Nick Jacobs.
Colby's women's lacrosse and men's baseball teams received attention in Central Maine News for making it into their NCAA Division III tournaments. Go Mules!
The Boston Globe published a feature story on the Buck Lab's Climate Reality Check, co-developed by Associate Professor of English Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and supported by Colby students. A similar concept to the Bechdel-Wallace Test, the tool evaluates climate change in popular recent films.
In 2019 Sarah Joliat and her son helped launch an ice hockey program in Waterville for the intellectually and developmentally disabled. Colby helped support the program during the pandemic, now, it is expanding across the state. Read the story in the Portland Press Herald.
Research by Ian Glasspool, a postdoctoral fellow and paleobotanist at Colby, was featured in a story by the New York Times. The article looked at his work involving ancient charcoal and how it's helping scientists understand how wildfires shaped—and were shaped by—climate change long ago.