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The Portland Press Herald praised the exhibition Mαwte: Bound Together, at the Colby College Museum of Art’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. The review noted that while the museum has been a leader in presenting the art of Indigenous peoples in ways that “transcend the usual ethnographic focus,” this exhibition takes it a step further.
The Maine Art Education Association honored Colby’s Arts Office with its annual Art Advocate of the Year award. What distinguishes Colby, the association noted, is its sustained dedication to the arts through the revitalization of downtown Waterville and the creation of community-focused spaces.
Kaushik Tekur, visiting assistant professor of English, has an article recently published in the journal Humanities. Titled "The Global Ballad: Kuyili, Female Militancy, and Romantic Untranslatability," the article "examines the revival of the Romantic Ballad in contemporary anglophone writing through Vanavil K. Ravi’s The Ballad of the Warrior-Girl, which reimagines the Tamil folk figure, Kuyili, and her role in the Sivagangai rebellion, a Romantic-era anti-colonial uprising in South India," Tekus writes in his abstract.
A short play by Bess Welden, senior lecturer and co-chair in performance, theater, and dance, has been chosen for production at the 2026 Maine Playwrights Festival, running May 15–24. The production, Soul Suds, is a 10-minute play about letting go, moving on, and a very special car wash, said Welden, an award-winning playwright who amplifies marginalized voices. The Maine Playwrights Festival, celebrating its 25th year, champions the voices of Maine playwrights, cultivates new work, and connects artists with the community.
The Boston Globe published a roundup of top colleges in New England offering free tuition for the 2025-26 academic term. The article highlights Colby's generous Fair Shot Fund for prospective students with financial need, as more colleges are adopting similar programs.
Neil Gross, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about his current research on the politics of higher education. The article analyzes civic centers at campuses across the U.S. as students demand greater viewpoint diversity and civil discourse.
Scientific American interviewed Dale Kocevski, associate professor and chair of physics and astronomy, as astronomers across the globe race to solve the mystery of “Little Red Dots.” Kocevski, a leading researcher on the subject, told the publication, “I’m sure in a year or two we will probably figure out what’s going on. For now, the Little Red Dots hide in disguises no one recognizes—yet.”
Zach Peckham, the Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence, has published As If And (New Mundo Press), his first full-length poetry collection. "As If And is a splintered, thrilling sink into the linguistic hijinks of systems incompetence, labor hypocrisy, and 'the literal it.' Zach Peckham’s ear is stellar, offering jokes within jokes, 'increasingly mirrored' mumblecore, and a line’s real-time iterations," said author Caryl Pagel in her review of the collection. Peckham is also the author of the chapbook "cycle hum" (Sistrum Books, 2025).
For his podcast An Educated Guest, EdTech leader Todd Zipper interviewed David Watts, director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, on his career shift from IBM to Colby. They discussed how the human-centered liberal arts ecosystem is effectively positioned to solve complex AI challenges and shape the future workforce.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Colby's Lockwood Hotel number seven in Maine in its best hotels survey. The hotel also received a Gold Badge, highlighting its position in the top 20 percent of ranked hotels in the United States.