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Forbes highlights the importance of Virgil Ortiz’s work currently on view as part of the Colby College Museum of Art’s Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition.
Art Daily highlights works by renowned female artists Agnes Pelton and Edmonia Lewis as among the Colby College Museum of Art's newest acquisitions.
Nature unpacks the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope’s most recent black hole observations, highlighting the research of astrophysicist and Associate Professor of Astronomy Dale Kocevski.
Amanda Cabral '23 and Assistant Professor for Environmental Studies Gail Carlson have coauthored an article that appeared in Western City magazine. Titled "California’s youth are anxious about climate change and need to see concrete action," the article is based on an online survey Cabral conducted during Jan Plan 2023 with funding from the Buck Lab for Climate and Environment. Her survey explored young Californians' perspectives on climate change, an interest that stemmed from taking Carlson's course Climate Change, Justice, and Health last fall. "Overall, cities need to value the experiences of young people, prioritize their health and well-being, and empower them to participate in decision-making," the article concludes.
Maine’s leading newspaper, the Portland Press Herald, published a front-page feature story on the Colby Museum of Art’s new exhibition Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. The article included commentary on how the show is a “landmark,” and that it is “potentially a really exciting model for museums going forward.”
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has coauthored an article titled "Tactical Opposition: Obstructing Loss and Damage Finance in the United Nations Climate Negotiations." Appearing in the journal Global Environmental Politics, the article uncovers four periods of obstruction and outlines a typology of 14 tactics countries have used to delay progress. These tactics have limited the issue’s scope, reduced transparency, manipulated language, and advanced non-transformative solutions. The article's findings contribute to the study of obstructionism in climate governance and can help loss and damage advocates better anticipate and respond to these tactics in future climate negotiations.
Online travel site Savoteur included Waterville in a piece titled “20 Small Towns in America with Big Surprises and Unique Charm.”
In a Portland Press Herald article, Assistant Professor of Statistics Jerzy Wieczorek, who has researched ChatGPT and teaches classes on AI from a statistician’s perspective, explains how the technology works. “None of this is the computer on its own. It’s a technology developed by careful work by millions of humans,” he said. “It does not have a mind of its own. It’s a very elaborate, very well-put-together piece of engineering. But it’s humans all the way down.”
As parts of Maine reached dangerous air-quality levels this week, both the Portland Press Herald and CBS affiliate WABI looked to Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson to understand what was happening. “This is not something far off in the future or something that happens only in areas of high vulnerability. This is happening to all of us," she noted.
A story in Travel + Leisure on the best new hotels in college towns across the U.S. highlighted Waterville’s Lockwood Hotel, noting its proximity to Colby and how it’s been embraced as a community hub serving creative New England fare at its restaurant Front & Main in a prime location.