Fall 2012
Features
Finding a Life on the Edge
Two decades after mountaineer Bill Holland was lost in a fall, his daughter revisits his days on Mayflower Hill.
Reconstructing Violet Paget
Professor Phyllis Mannocchi has spent 35 years reconstructing the life of the enigmatic and forward-thinking British writer who used the pen name Vernon Lee.
In Their Footsteps
The Maine Theological and Literary Institution, soon renamed Waterville College, was a very different place from the Colby College of today. Or was it?
From the Hill
A School for Leaders
Colby College is the first NCAA Division III school to conduct a leadership academy for athletes through the Janssen Sports Leadership Center. The Colby Leadership Academy develops and supports Colby student-athletes and coaches in their effort to become leaders in athletics, academics, and life, said Harold Alfond Director of Athletics Marcella Zalot. Said Zalot, […]
D-I Vet MacDonald Takes Over Men’s Hockey
An NCAA Division I veteran who has won national championships as a coach and player takes over the Colby’s men’s ice hockey program this year. Blaise MacDonald, former head coach at Niagara University and University of Massachusetts at Lowell, takes over the team from longtime head coach Jim Tortorella, who left to become assistant coach […]
Old Glories
Catherine Courtenaye ’79, Modernism gallery, San Francisco (Sept. 13-Oct. 27, 2012) Courtenaye’s work is inspired by and incorporates handwritten artifacts of the 19th century. Her oil paintings recontextualize the handwriting in documents she has examined in museums, libraries, and in her own collection. I am especially interested in ferreting out instances of deviation from Victorian […]
Ravens Assistant GM DeCosta Prepares for Future Role
by David Driver Eric DeCosta is ready. Prior to the 2012 season Eric DeCosta ’93 was in demand as a possible general manager for several National Football League teams, according to Sports Illustrated. He had spent 15 years with the Baltimore Ravens, but his path to the GM post with that team appeared blocked […]
Q&A: Zandile Nhlengetwa
Personal loss leads to role as leading advocate of nonviolence in South Africa
Remembering Hugh Gourley
by Gabriella De Ferrari, L.H.D. ’08, and Bree Jeppson ’93 It was our summer to visit colleges, and as we walked around the beautiful Colby campus we arrived at the museum. Standing at the door was Hugh Gourley. He was wearing his characteristic impeccably pressed kakis and a colorful tailored shirt. A slight, very proper […]
Scouting in the NFL
by David Driver Mark Azevedo ’04 had finished his career as a tight end at Colby, but with his playing days behind him, he spent spring 2004 with an eye on his football future. “Coach [Ed Mestieri] gave me some work with coordinating possible recruits,” Azevedo said. “I got my feet wet a little bit.” […]
Ravens Assistant GM DeCosta Prepares for Future Role
by David Driver Eric DeCosta is ready. Prior to the 2012 season Eric DeCosta ’93 was in demand as a possible general manager for several National Football League teams, according to Sports Illustrated. He had spent 15 years with the Baltimore Ravens, but his path to the GM post with that team appeared blocked […]
Colby News
- Davis Institute, Role of Artificial Intelligence in Liberal Arts, Mentioned in RTInsights
- Shufrin Appointment as Colby’s CIO Covered by Financial Press
- Colby Names Deborah Shufrin New Chief Investment Officer
- Memoir by Arisa White, Who’s Your Daddy, Released by Augury Books
- Randi Arsenault ’09 Named Colby’s Dean of Admissions
- NewsCenter Maine Shares Colby’s Statement on Spring Commencement
- Green Participates in Virtual New York Art Book Fair by Interview with Photograph Editor
- Koffman Receives Outstanding Reviewer Award from Communications Earth and Environment
- Associated Press Story on Immigration Summit Gets National Attention
- Goh Research Referenced by Seattle Times, Picked Up by Other National Outlets
- LeVan Weighed in on Portland City Government Restructuring, in Portland Press Herald
- Urbanautica Interviews Green, Talks Teaching, Photography, Beauty
- Plesch Invited to Deliver Guest Lecture in a Mexico City University
- Shea’s Comments on Senator Collins Broadcasted by WMTW and WABI
- Robinson Coauthors New Paper on Climate Finance in Nature Climate Change
- Courtney Hendrickson ’00 Discusses Innovation at Ocean Spray in Q&A with Forté
- Morning Sentinel Reports on Colby’s Successful Start to Spring Semester
- Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence featured on NPR’s Marketplace
- Plesch Contributes Chapter to Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World
- Sonia Awarded NEH Fellowship to Support Book Project
- McFadden says Davis Institute will Provide Meaningful Careers on EdSurge
- Three Exceptional Leaders Join Colby Board of Trustees
- Reisert Weighed in on Impeachment Trial, Legal Implications on Maine Public
- Robinson and Carlson ’21 Coauthor Paper Proposing Role for Restorative Justice in Climate-related Loss and Damage Claims
- Peter Arlein ’07 Business Funded on Shark Tank, Covered in Outside Magazine
- Soto Research Highlighted in Psychology Today Article on Skill Building
- Morning Sentinel Covers $3.35-Million Gift to Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
- Giannelli Awarded Literature Fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts
- Colby College Receives $3.35-Million Gift for the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
- Forbes Story Showcases Colby’s Bold Stance in Opening Athletics Center
- President Greene Speaks with The Business Journals About Major Developments at Colby
- Mainebiz Highlights Colby’s Significant Contributions to Downtown Waterville
- Colby Alumni Recognized in Sports Media
- Philanthropy News Digest Reports on Institute for AI Announcement
- Robinson Invited to Join Brown University’s Climate Social Science Network
- LaFave Paper on Biomass Cookstoves and Child Health Published in World Development
- Ferrini ’95 Named by Explorers Club as One of 50 Explorers Changing the World
- Faculty Members Receive Promotion and Tenure
- Papers Across the Country Run Story on Colby’s Institute for AI
- Plesch Delivers Lecture on Bronze Medallions
- Ameri Awarded Lang Fellowship at Rare Book School
- “We need to have a Democratization of AI” President Greene Tells the Boston Globe
- The Art Newspaper Interviews Tsiaras, Covers Gift to Colby Museum
- Sentinel Article Gives Overview of Downtown Projects
- Portland Press Herald Covers Davis Institute Announcement
- Colby Becomes First Liberal Arts College to Establish Major Academic Program in Artificial Intelligence
- Cinda Jones ’90 Wins Top Entrepreneur Award from Business West
- Sheehan Contributes to Book The Colors of Photography
- Green Interview with Photography Critic Feuerhelm Now Online
- Besteman Essay on New Book, 2021 Project, in Artforum
- Colby Covers the Campaign
- Digging Deep
- Shea Is New Goldfarb Center Director
- New Storage Facility To Be Boon to Colby Libraries
- Student Affairs Adds Deans for Spiritual Life, Sexual Diversity
- Let the Celebration Begin
- Two Hundred Years Young
- Belgrade Lakes EPSCoR Research Has Impact
- Colby Volunteers Boost SAT Scores for Local Students
- Tobacco Banned on Most of Campus
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Alumni Profiles
Editorial & Opinion
The Joys of Lives Well Lived
by Ira Sadoff A little while ago I received a Facebook message from a former student who was returning to Maine to visit family (all the way from Finland), and she wanted to know if she could show me some poems over coffee. Last week another former student wrote to tell me that her […]
