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Assistant Professor of Computer Science Hannen Wolfe's interactive sound exhibition Cacophonic Choir was selected for the international contest New Technological Art Award (NTAA) 2022. Out of 836 applications received from around the world, Cacophonic Choir was one of 20 works selected to be exhibited in Ghent, Belgium, this February. The exhibition aims to bring attention to the first-hand stories of sexual assault survivors.
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch contributed an essay to the Fall 2021 Maine Arts Journal. The essay, Graffiti: Captivity and Freedom, is part of the journal's partnership with the statewide initiative Freedom & Captivity, spearheaded by Catherine Bestman, the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth Bartlett Professor of Anthropology. Plesch's essay stems from her research on graffiti, and specifically "on graffiti executed in places of passage and of confinement, in other words, in places of freedom and of captivity," she writes.
Colby's Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Adam Howard will be a visiting scholar at Purdue University's Honors College for three days in late September. Howard, an expert on social class issues in education, will give talks in classes, present a lecture at the Graduate School of Education, and deliver a keynote titled "Crisis of Privilege."
Damon Mayrl, associate professor of sociology, has coauthored a new study, "Visualizing the Expanding Space of Consecration in American Sociology, 1980-2020," which was recently published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. "We show that the number of award-winning books and articles in sociology has continued to increase, even as membership in the discipline's flagship association, the American Sociological Association [ASA], has declined," explained Mayrl. "We suggest that these trends are related to pressures toward isomorphism within the ASA, symbolic inflation, and a deteriorating job market."
Associate Professor of Sociology Damon Mayrl has coauthored a new paper, "Religion at the Frontline," forthcoming in the journal Sociology of Religion. The study examines how religion mattered to local officials' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. "We found that overall, local officials personally and publicly complied with public health recommendations," said Mayrl, "but that religious affiliation and religious nationalism distinguished those who did from those who did not." This research was recently picked up in an article in the Washington Post.
The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on Colby’s partnerships with local organizations to help rid the Belgrade Lakes region of invasive plant species. Brian DiMento '10, a postdoctoral fellow at Colby, and Danielle Swain, lake science director at 7 Lakes Alliance, are part of an effort to study algae blooms that have stricken the pond in recent years.
The Portland Press Herald shared photos of the first steel beams being put into place on the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. “It’s going to go up really quickly,” said Vice President of Planning Brian Clark about the project, estimated to be finalized by the end of 2022.
Outside Magazine shared a video on their website featuring Steve Tatko '10, who works with the Appalachian Mountain Club to conserve more than 100,000 acres of land. Produced by Colby, the video shows a closer look at Tatko's life and work.
WABI-TV covered the largest academic gift to Colby, a $10-million agricultural-research grant from the USDA. Colby is one of 15 schools across the country to receive this funding.
Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus and a congressional expert, weighed in on a Globe & Mail article about the politics surrounding the debt ceiling.