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The Morning Sentinel and CBS affiliate WGME-13 covered the historic Revere Bell that was rung for the first time in many years at Colby's 204th Convocation. “To have it back to celebrate what we're doing now, what we've done in the past, and where we're going is really wonderful," commented Provost and Dean of Faculty Margaret McFadden in one of the stories.

An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about schools that have met their goals with the American Talent Initiative highlighted how Colby has doubled its financial aid and Pell-eligible students. Vice President and Chief Institutional Advancement Officer Matt Proto also emphasized the College’s focus on helping students and families understand that "Colby is within their reach."

Amanda Stent’s appointment as the inaugural director for the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence continued to generate media attention. A story by the Associated Press was picked up by U.S. News & World Report, Spectrum News, as well as Design & Development, and Maine Public Radio also did a segment on the news.

Assistant Professor of Government Nicholas Jacobs had a paper published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Titled "Federalism, Polarization, and Policy Responsibility during COVID-19: Experimental and Observational Evidence from the United States," the paper "considers the ways in which partisanship structured public attitudes about the United States’ multiple governments as each tried to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during the spring and summer of 2020."

Lauren Yoshizawa, assistant professor of education, had a paper published in the journal Educational Policy. Titled "Fidelity, Rigor, and Relevance: How SEAs are Approaching the ESSA Evidence Requirements," the paper discusses her study of eight states and their three different approaches to the evidence requirements as mandated by the Every Student Succeeds Act. "Through interviews with state administrators, [Yoshizawa] shows how each approach relied on different understandings and prioritizations of research rigor and local relevance," according to the paper's abstract.

The Maine Beacon ran an article covering the Maine-based initiative Freedom & Captivity, launched this month. Included was an interview with Professor of Anthropology Catherine Besteman, who is leading the project. "I want a lot more Mainers caring about this issue, about hyper incarceration and the impact of mass incarceration,” she said. “I want a lot more Mainers to feel personally implicated and personally responsible for the system as it exists now, and I want a lot more Mainers to have clearer directions on how they can participate in bringing this system to an end."

The appointment of Amanda Stent as Colby’s inaugural director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence was noticed by a variety of influencers and outlets, including the Portland Press Herald. “She is in the midst of a distinguished career overseeing large teams of scientists and developing new technologies,” but is a “teacher and researcher at heart,” commented President Greene in the article.

The Wall Street Journal published a review of Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, which originated at the Colby Museum of Art. In addition to describing the exhibition as "vivid" and "refreshing," the critique noted the “superb catalogue” by Elizabeth Finch, co-organizer of the show and Lunder Chief Curator at the Colby Museum.

In an article by the Portland Press Herald discussing vaccination rates at college campuses around Maine, Douglas Terp, vice president and chief financial officer at Colby, reported that for the upcoming semester Colby "requires vaccines for both students and employees [and] is expecting to have a 98-percent vaccination rate among students upon arrival and a similar rate for employees."

Neil Gross, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, was quoted in a story by Northeast Public Radio about police reform and arrest alternatives. Gross, who has researched racial disparities in vehicle stops, said, "This isn’t a single city problem. It’s a national problem. You know, being pulled over on a really frequent basis for no real reason at all is frustrating, maddening, terrifying and conveys that one doesn’t have the full protection, the full rights, under the law. So this is a huge problem."