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Naser Al Madi, assistant professor of computer science, was interviewed by NBC affiliate News Center Maine about his latest work to increase the accuracy of eye movement monitoring for security purposes. In the story, he commented on how eye movement could replace passwords for “something like Google Glass where we don't have a keyboard and mouse.”
Bob Thompson: This House is Mine received an honorable mention in Hyperallergic's "The Best of 2021” top art exhibits list. The piece described the show as the first major retrospective on the artist and noted that he “deserved a revival of this scale and quality.”
Paul R. Josephson, professor of history and an expert on Soviet and Russian history, provided insights for an article by MIT Technology Review about the many dams on the Volga River. According to Josephson, “Even if there wasn’t deep public awareness and discussion, surely many of the hydrologists and engineers knew that there would be significant and unavoidable impacts.”
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie is a coauthor on a new paper in the journal Ecosphere, "Using remote sensing to monitor the spring phenology of Acadia National Park across elevational gradients." This study assesses the capability of satellite-detected phenology measurements to capture spring green-up in topographically complex environments. The authors compare two different approaches to modeling green-up from Landsat data over Acadia National Park, Maine; these satellite-detected measurements were ground-truthed by McDonough MacKenzie's extensive fieldwork observing leaf-out phenology on the ground over three mountains for four field seasons in Acadia. The research offers new tools for monitoring climate change impacts in remote, heterogenous landscapes where the resources or access for on-the-ground fieldwork may be limited.
Nichole Price, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory who holds a research faculty appointment at Colby, was honored with a Visionary Award from the Gulf of Maine Council. The award recognizes individuals who exhibit outstanding innovation, creativity, and commitment to protecting natural resources within the Gulf of Maine. "Through her leadership, expertise, and willingness to forge partnerships with government, industry, and non-profits, Nichole has expanded our understanding about complex environmental challenges and advanced innovative solutions for sustainable seafood in the Gulf of Maine," said the council in a press release.
National tech news site Geekwire referenced Colby in a story about how Americans are illiterate about AI. The story suggests adding AI and digital ethics to curricula to address the issue, and points to Colby's leadership in establishing “a cross-disciplinary institute focusing on AI.”
An NBC News article about Harvard addressing caste discrimination referenced Colby's efforts surrounding this issue. In October, Colby announced the addition of caste to its non-discrimination policy, and was one of the first colleges to do so.
The Washington Examiner interviewed Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus Sandy Maisel about President Biden’s Build Back Better plan and the realities of the spread of Covid-19.
Associate Professor of English Aaron Hanlon has been awarded a New England Humanities Consortium seed grant as a co-principal investigator on the project "Fact, Fiction, and Disinformation: A Computational Analysis of Fossil Fuel Writing Across Genres." Using a large dataset of published fiction about oil and coal, the team will analyze and compare the language of these fictional works, newspaper articles, op-ed pieces, amateur writing, and false information (including that disseminated by the fossil fuel industry) about fossil fuels.
Adam Howard, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education, presented a paper at a featured symposium at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference. His paper, "Secret Brotherhoods: Accessing the Hidden Worlds of Elite All-Boys Schools," was for the symposium "Elite private boys' schooling, feminism and gender justice: Reimagining research in a post #metoo world."