External Posts

The Morning Sentinel, News Center Maine, and the Associated Press posted stories on the Sept. 18 Gordon Center groundbreaking event. The AP story was picked up by well over 50 media outlets across the country, including papers in California, Washington, and Texas, to name a few.

Lisa Arellano, associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies, provided commentary for an article discussing Texas's recent abortion law and how it can contribute to systemic racism. The story was published in a variety of national media, including Ms. Magazine, and Business Insider.

Joanna Weidler-Lewis, visiting assistant professor of education, was the lead author of a paper published in the journal Mind, Culture, and Activity. Titled "The identity affordances of tools: an examination of visual design tool use in STEM," the article "compares how visual design tools are used during an internship for high schoolers co-researching science journalism through infographics" and encourages educators to "be mindful of, if not make explicit, properties of tools when designing for learning."

Mainebiz published an article on the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence and its inaugural director, Amanda Stent. Titled "Colby's new AI director may spark a new kind of liberal learning," the article emphasized the importance of how the College is the first liberal arts school to establish an institute dedicated to incorporating artificial intelligence into the curriculum.

The Sierra Club published its list of 2021's top 20 "Coolest Schools," placing Colby at number 12. "Colby wears its sustainability values on its sleeve," noted the article, which also highlighted the improvements Colby has made to address climate change, protect the natural world, and encourage environmental stewardship.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has been invited to visit Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. Through its rich programming, Perry World House facilitates critical conversations about global policy challenges and fosters interdisciplinary research on these topics. It presents workshops and colloquia, welcomes distinguished visitors, and produces content for global audiences and policy leaders around the world. While at Penn, Robinson will contribute to the "Global Shifts: Migration, Urbanization, and Climate Change" research theme and present a series of workshops on climate diplomacy, environmental policy, and climate change adaptation.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson delivered the keynote address at the Conference on Climate Adaptation Finance, held Sept. 7, 2021. In her address, she stressed that "the time is right for a new justice paradigm" for financing climate change adaptation in small island developing states and called for "more creative strategies to expand the ways in which we can deliver justice." The conference was organized by the University of Kiel in Germany and was held online.

In a Portland Press Herald article about Maine colleges and Covid-19, the College said that “while Colby is anticipating that nearly 100 percent of our campus community will be vaccinated, we will continue to monitor the health of our community, which is our No. 1 priority, through a rigorous testing program, and adapt our policies and procedures as the circumstances require.”

Culture Type included the Colby College Museum of Art's retrospective on artist Bob Thompson in its list of top 15 exhibitions of the summer that are also on view this fall. The article noted that the show is one of only two retrospectives on Thompson and the first in more than 20 years.

Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus, and a congressional expert, was quoted by U.S. News & World Report in an article discussing former Governor Paul LePage's possible return to office. "The old LePage is true to his personality – a tiger cannot change his stripes. His only appeal is as the 'Trump before Trump.' That is why he won in the past, and that is what his followers are looking for," said Maisel.