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Assistant Professor of Education Pei Pei Liu published an article in Science Scope titled "Hearing All Voices to Promote Learning Orientation and Effective Collaboration." This article was coauthored with two middle school science teachers as a practitioner-facing companion piece to a scholarly article by Liu published earlier this year in Cognition and Instruction on the relationship between mastery goal structures and student motivation in middle school science classrooms. In the Science Scope article, the teachers share practices they use early in the school year to cultivate a supportive classroom community that promotes motivation and collaborative learning.
Leading technology publication WIRED featured Colby's role in the ongoing research and discovery of black holes using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Dale Kocevski, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a leading member of the CEERS research team, was "stunned to find that so many galaxies in the early universe appear to be anchored to voracious supermassive black holes."
The Boston Globe did a piece on Colby's Dare Northward announcement that highlighted how the expanded campaign will prioritize the College’s "science research and technology programs, more support for financial aid, and upgrading the students’ residential experience and facilities."
Colby's leadership in creating the first data science degree at a liberal arts school in Maine was part of a story by University Business about schools creating information science curriculum. In the article, Associate Professor of Statistics Jim Scott commented that "demand for people who know how to deal with data and make sense of data has skyrocketed in the last 20 years.
As his imprisonment stretches into its seventh month, detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich has received several journalistic awards for press freedom, most recently at Colby College, where he was awarded the annual Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Tatiana Geron published an article in the Harvard Educational Review titled "Ethical Decision-Making in the 'Crowded Classroom.'" Geron used a case study to argue that "classroom 'crowdedness'—the spatial, temporal, and group dynamics of many students interacting in a shared space—shapes teachers’ every day ethical decision-making and should be essential to an ethical theory of teaching."
The new Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts was highlighted in a special feature on NBC's New England Cable News. The segment, which included interviews with staff, faculty, and students, noted that the Gordon Center was "designed to take students’ creativity to new heights,” and “celebrate the arts in a way that's never been done before."
Ahead of Colby’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism ceremony, NPR’s Maine Public interviewed Gordon Fairclough, Wall Street Journal's world coverage chief, regarding honoree Evan Gershkovich’s detainment.
The Bangor Daily News published a feature story on press freedom and American democracy following Colby’s Lovejoy Award ceremony, which honored Evan Gershkovich for his courage and supported his safe return home.