Spring 2013
Features
For Lunder Collection: A New Home
Extraordinary works of American art to be centerpiece for Colby and state of Maine
Game Changer
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Todd McGovern played on
In Their Footsteps, 1914-1963
Three wars, a devastating economic depression, and creation of a new campus from scratch: during the years 1914-1963 Colby was up to the challenge.
From the Hill
The Secret Is Out
More Chinese students choose Colby—and the liberal arts—over big American universities
Where There Now is a Campus, There Once Were Farms
by Charles Ferguson Editor’s note: Professor Charles Ferguson (Associate Professor of French, emeritus) spent 28 years in classrooms on the Colby campus before retiring in 1995. In 2008 he took a very different look at Mayflower Hill—the pastoral land that preceded Colby’s move from downtown Waterville. What was there? Who farmed the fields that […]
Into the Forests of Gondar
Colby researchers plumb the secrets of Ethiopia's ancient "church forests"
Colby News
- Media Across the Country Picks up AP Story on Colby’s New Athletics Center
- Sports Business Journal Calls Colby Sports Center “Truly One for All”
- Sustainability and Sports: Unheard of, Except at Colby
- Duff Publishes New Paper on South Africa
- Rabbi Isaacs Uses Story of the Flood to Offer Lesson in “My Jewish Learning” Newsletter
- NBC Boston Covers Pence Visit to Maine, Taps Shea for Comment
- Houston’s KHOU-11 Airs Story on Posse Scholar Jazmin Zuniga ’24
- McClenachan Comments on Historical Ecology in Scientific American Article
- Forbes Story Showcases Colby’s Bold Stance in Opening Athletics Center
- Colby Opens New State-of-the-Art Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center
- Josephson’s Chicken Book Featured in Washington Times Article on Pandemic Pets
- Maine Public Taps Corrado for Perspective on Campaign Chests
- Shea Offers Insight in Two Articles on Maine’s Ranked-Choice Voting
- Corrado Quoted in Los Angeles Times, Story Picked up Broadly
- Morning Sentinel and Others Cover Colby Announcement of $101-Million Gift
- Los Angeles Times Story References Colby Poll on Maine Senate Race
- Vox Populi Runs Essay by Blevins
- Siodla Contributes to WalletHub Piece on Fastest-Growing Cities
- Arisa White Guest Poet on Blog, Offers Video Poetry Reading
- WABI-TV Airs Story on Colby Testing, Low COVID-19 Numbers
- Plesch in Conversation with Artist Shahn for SPEEDWELL Live!
- Colby Included in USA TODAY Op-ed on Right Approach in Pandemic
- Christian Science Monitor Story on Campus Unity Includes Colby
- Colby Mentioned in Media Stories on Harold Alfond Foundation Investment
- Plesch Contributes to Podcast Series “Canto per Canto: Conversations with Dante in our Time”
- Shea Comments in ABC News Story on Ranked-Choice Voting
- Shea Comments on Portland Press Herald Article on Senator Collins
- Nourse Painting in Colby Museum of Art Collection Featured in Washington Post Story
- Colby Begins to Lay Groundwork for Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
- Fall Maine Arts Journal Runs Article by Editor Plesch, Piece by Libby
- New York Times Article on Suppressing Coronavirus Includes Colby
- USA TODAY Covers Colby’s Reopening, Says Testing Pays Off
- Coane and O’Brien Coauthor Paper on Memory
- 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
- Lectures Look to the Future of the Liberal Arts
- Relay Team Wins New England Championship
- Library Renovation To Restore Reading Room
- Terrell Looks at Activism at Colby, Encourages Speaking Out
- Colby Volunteer Center Puts Service in Spring Break
- Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Competing in Pro Leagues
- Deveau Best in NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse
- Capitol Hill to Mayflower Hill
- Colby Leads Way to Net Zero Emissions
- Steinem Connects With Activism at Colby
