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Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie is a coauthor on a new paper in the journal Ecology, "Plant and bird phenology and plant occurrence from 1851 to 2020 (non-continuous) in Thoreau's Concord, Massachusetts." Henry David Thoreau's 19th-century natural-history observations inspired generations of amateur and professional ecologists to record seasonal events (aka "phenology"): leaf out, flowering, migratory bird arrivals. Over the past two decades, Richard Primack's lab at Boston University has led this work, adding contemporary observations and modeling the impacts of climate change on plant and animal communities in Concord since Thoreau's time. The Primack lab's research with Thoreau datasets has led to groundbreaking ecological work, including McDonough MacKenzie's 2019 paper "Phenological mismatch with trees reduces wildflower carbon budgets," which received the 2020 Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America (McDonough MacKenzie completed her Ph.D. with the Primack lab in 2017). Now, Primack and a group of lab alumni, including McDonough MacKenzie, present the complete Concord datasets, context on their historical ecological work, and interpretations of 19th-century methods. They hope this Ecology paper will encourage creative applications of these data by other scientists and provide tangible, memorable examples of the impacts of climate change in the Northeastern United States.
The New York Times wrote a dynamic feature article on how Colby is the new steward of two historical islands off the coast of Maine. The story noted how the College could “breathe new life” into Allen and Benner islands, and that Colby is “adding a 500-acre island campus” but also “playing an instrumental role in carrying forward the complex Wyeth legacy.”
Inside Higher Ed shared Colby’s announcement about the "Weiland Welcome Grant," which will provide funds to first-year students to cover unforeseen expenses to help them settle into college life in Maine.
ARTnews shared that Colby has acquired Allen and Benner islands to be part of its campus, “where 20th-century American realist painter Andrew Wyeth, who died in 2009, once lived and worked.”
Boston Business Journal reported that Colby “has nearly doubled its acreage with the purchase of two islands off the coast of Maine where American artist Andrew Wyeth painted some of his best-known works.”
The Associated Press published a piece covering Colby’s acquisition of two islands off the coast of Maine, Allen Island and Benner Island. The piece was picked up by nationally ranked publications across the country.
MaineBiz shared the news of Colby’s newest acquisitions, Allen and Benner islands off the coast of Maine. “The school intends to preserve the islands and use them as centers for learning, research, and creative inspiration, in fields ranging from science to sculpture,” the article stated.
In an article in the Portland Press Herald on how Black History Month is celebrated by museums and galleries, Colby’s popular 2021 Bob Thompson exhibition and current installation by Lorna Simpson were highlighted.
A new book by Alicia Ellis, Figuring the Female: Language and Identity in Franz Grillparzer’s Classical Dramas, was released by Lexington Books. In this innovative book, Ellis, associate professor of German, offers a compelling re-reading of three of Grillparzer’s plays through the lens of contemporary feminist theory.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Jun Fang shared his views with CNBC on how China's ban of Marvel movies last year affected Spider-Man: No Way Home. “Many argue that Spider-Man: No Way Home’s global success shows that Hollywood doesn’t have to rely on the China market,” Fang said in the article. “This is naïve and out of touch because not all Hollywood movies can be as successful as Spider-Man, and not all studios can afford to lose the Chinese film market entirely as Disney did with its Marvel movies in 2021.”