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
- Neal Coauthors Paper on Coral Reef Stressors in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
- Photographs by Green Included in Italian Exhibition
- Student-led “One Colby” Initiative Aims to Unite the Campus Community around Common Goals
- Wilson to Present Webinar on Birds in Maine for Western Maine Audubon
- Arterberry, Walsh ’19, and Daniels ’19 Coauthor Paper in Infancy
- Colby Poll Shows Maine U.S. Senate Race Closer Than Recent Predictions
- Colby Contributes Artifacts to New US Olympic & Paralympic Museum
- Morning Sentinel Article Reports on Colby’s Testing Program
- Braverman Writes for New York Times on Sled Dogs and Resiliency
- This Green Earth Interviewed Carlson on PFAS in Ski Wax
- Six Colby Faculty Receive Promotions
- PBS Newshour Covers Colby’s Reopening and Testing Success
- Burke Essay “Requiem for a Maple” in Decor Maine
- Rogers Publishes a New Paper on Nostalgia
- Remembering Professor Suellen Diaconoff, Champion of the Humanities
- Shea Guest on NPR’s On Point; Interviewed by WSJ, NECN on Collins and Supreme Court Vacancy
- Sheehan Contributes Essay to New Book on Zealy Daguerreotypes
- Huffman Coauthors Paper On Virtual Reality
- Maisel Weighs in on Collins, Supreme Court, and Reelection
- Corrado Quoted in Widely Circulated AP Story on QAnon-Promoting Politician
- Condron ’92 Interview in The New Criterion
- Colby’s Jan Plan Cited as Unique Feature in Insider Magazine
- Corrado Calls Maine U.S. Senate Contest “Marquee Race” in Maine Public Story
- Colby’s New Dean Clyburn Profiled in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
- White on Board of Whiting Award-Winner Foglifter
- The Passing of Legendary Hockey Coach Jack Kelley
- Donihue Weighs in Article on Lobster Economy
- Colby is Getting “Reopening Right” According to University Business Article
- Soto Quoted in Psychology Today on Personality and Coping During COVID-19
- Maine Public Program on Polling Includes Shea as Guest
- Shea Tapped for Vox Article on how Democrats can Win Senate
- Educational Review Publishes Howard Paper on Globally Elite
- Colby Held up as Positive Example of Student Compliance in CNBC Article
- New Directors Join Colby
- Robinson Develops Index for Establishing Baseline of Climate Adaptation Actions in Small Islands
- Colby’s Performing Arts Center Plans Covered in Morning Sentinel Article
- Carlson and Tupper ’20 Coauthor Paper on PFAS Published in Chemosphere
- Morning Sentinel Reports on COVID-19 Testing Results, including Colby’s
- Leskiw ’21 Writes Article Published in Earth Island Journal
- Howard and Student Coauthor Paper on Chilean Elite Schools
- Soto Becomes Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fellow
- Professor David Firmage, Force Behind Environmental Studies Program, Dies at 77
- Tale of Two Morrione Brothers in Morning Sentinel
- Wired Taps Fleming for Article on Scheme to Control Hurricanes
- Soto Coauthors Paper on Disagreeable Personalities; Popular Media Covers It
- Carlson Quoted in BDN Story About Everyday Toxins
- Lawton ’19 and Cahill ’89 Coedit Compendium of Lectures
- Maya Lin’s Appointment as Senior Fellow Covered by Portland Press Herald
- Colby’s Lunder Institute Appoints Artist Maya Lin to Yearlong Fellowship
- Physicist Duncan Tate to Develop New Techniques for Plasma Physics Experiments
- 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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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 […]
