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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson provided commentary for a TIME magazine story about the impact of smoke from the Canadian wildfires on plants and animals. She noted that "for anybody with lungs" air pollution is a "major, major health threat."
TIME magazine ran a powerful excerpt from the new book Walk the Walk by Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross.
Maine’s CBS affiliate covered Colby’s 202nd Commencement, including interviewing student speaker Tovah Duffaut ’23 as well as Provost and Dean of Faculty Margaret McFadden. The Portland Press Herald also picked up a story on the ceremony.
Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Neil Gross discussed his new book about police reform, Walk the Walk, on the popular podcast Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry.
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch supervised two student curators—Zehra Gundogdu '25 and Anna Jaubert '25—in the creation of an exhibition at the L.C. Bates Museum, marking the 14th time students have curated an exhibition at the museum. This year’s theme, In Balance/Imbalance, is the occasion for collaboration between the L.C. Bates Museum with the Maine Arts Journal and the Union of Maine Visual Artists. After a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, there was an in-person show (as well as a virtual component) featuring the works of 23 artists who are either from Maine or have close ties to the state. On May 6, an opening reception was held, with support from the Center for the Arts and Humanities. WFVX-TV in Bangor covered the opening and the exhibition.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has coauthored an article titled "Understanding 'Islandness.'” Appearing in the journal Annals of the American Association of Geographers, it explores the different meanings of "islandness"—as smallness, culture, identity, and the "other." It concludes that, although there is much to be gained from appreciating differing understandings of islandness, these different meanings make it critical to reflect on context wherever the term is used and to exercise care in assigning attributes and outcomes to the phenomenon.
Forbes.com included Waterville in a story about discovering some of the best small towns this summer. The piece noted that a “$200 million revitalization initiative is transforming the city’s Main Street,” and that the new Lockwood Hotel is a great basecamp that gives guests access to the “endless arts, culture and outdoor attractions in Waterville and beyond.”
David Freidenreich, the Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies and associate director of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life, appeared on an episode of Unorthodox, one of the leading American Jewish podcasts. Listen to Freidenreich discuss Jewish Portlanders starting around 43 minutes for the podcast's section “Across the JEW.S.A.”
The higher ed press wrote about a unique class at Colby that looked at incarceration and the prison system.