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Well+Good podcast invited Christopher Soto, associate professor of psychology, to talk about the reasons why so many people like to take various personality tests. He explained that, "I think the bottom line is that we're naturally curious about ourselves and we want to figure out what we're like as people and how we're different or similar to other people."
In celebration of Juneteenth, the Los Angeles Lakers will donate 125 copies of Biddy Mason Speaks Up, a book by Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Arisa White, to the Crete Academy in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles. "We are absolutely in love with [the] treatment of Biddy Mason in Biddy Mason Speaks Up," a spokesperson for the Lakers said. "The Lakers Juneteenth planning committee all agree that there is no better person to highlight this year than Biddy Mason," a former slave turned civil rights activist.
In separate news, White will be the artist in residence at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine, in July.
In separate news, White will be the artist in residence at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine, in July.
A paper by Associate Professor of French Mouhamedoul Niang was published recently in the journal Research in African Literatures, the premier journal in African literary studies. His paper, "Biocentrism as Magic Realism, Realism, and Hybrid Transculturation: Fatou Diome's Innovative Fictionalization of Biocentric Characterization through Transnational Testimonials in Kétala" examines Diome's "enriching renewal of literary creativity ... that transcends continental borders."
Assistant Professor of Biology Josh Martin coauthored a paper recently published in the journal Frontiers in Neural Circuits. The paper, "The Role of Central Complex Neurons in Prey Detection and Tracking in the Freely Moving Praying Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)," reports on the "crucial importance of the CX [central complex] to prey-capture behavior in predatory insects like the praying mantis and, hence, further emphasize[s] its role in behaviorally and ecologically relevant contexts."
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Alison Bates has been awarded a federal grant through the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium titled "Community Engagement and Stakeholder Perceptions of Floating Offshore Wind.” Their multi-year project aims to promote equitable solutions for offshore wind to co-exist with other ocean users and marine-dependent communities in Maine. This award is funded through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Bates is joined by colleague Loren McClenachan, Colby's Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, and by partners at the Maine Division of Marine Resources and Marine Ocean Training & Technology LLC. On-campus work is currently supported by the Colby College Mule Works Innovation Lab, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Stacy Doore’s INSITE Lab, and students Chloe Shader ’24, Michelle Phan ’25, and Izge Bayyurt ’22.
Political Science Quarterly published a new paper led by Nick Jacobs, assistant professor of government. In the article, "State Building in Crisis Governance: Donald Trump and COVID-19," Jacobs details how, under cover of the pandemic and the powers it has bestowed, the Trump administration advanced the most controversial features of its Make America Great program. It sheds new light on how an emergent form of presidential partisanship weakened institutions that traditionally shared responsibility for emergency management, such as Congress and the states. Trump’s emergency actions will therefore leave a lasting imprint—if not redefine—politics and government in the United States.
Nazli Konya, visiting assistant professor of government, won Cornell University's Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Prize for her outstanding thesis, "The Inappropriable People of Gezi." The prize is Cornell's highest honor awarded to a graduate student.
The Marketplace Morning Report interviewed President David Greene on how the labor market is impacting internships and campus recruitment. Greene noted that, “Companies are recruiting at a level that we’ve never seen before” and that “the demand is high and the recruiting is hot right now.”
The Colby Musuem's Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death exhibition continued to generate attention from various media. Artbook referenced the just-opened exhibition, noting that the recently rediscovered and previously unpublished pencil drawings are “made all the more relevant by our ongoing experience of mortality during the pandemic” and that it “represents an important new subject in Wyeth's oeuvre: his own funeral.”
CNN spoke with Stephanie Owen, assistant professor of economics who studies the economics of education, about the difficulty some students experience obtaining scholarships and financial aid in college. She commented that, “The complexity inherent in the scholarship and financial aid process is actually a huge barrier to students applying to college and their families” since “colleges don't give out financial aid offers until after the student is accepted.”