Fish and Fisheries published the paper “Shifting perceptions of rapid temperature changes’ effects on marine fisheries, 1945–2017” with Loren McClenachan, the Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, as lead author. Coauthors include Ben Neal, adjunct assistant professor of environmental studies, Seabird McKeon, former visiting assistant professor of biology, and Madison Marra ’17. The paper “documents...
Psychiatrist Donald Franklin Klein ’47, known widely as “the father of psychopharmacology” for his groundbreaking work revolutionizing the understanding and treatment of psychiatric disorders ranging from panic attacks to depression to anxiety, died Aug. 7, 2019, at the age of 90 in New York, N.Y. Born in 1928, Klein came to Colby from the Bronx,...
Colby College Athletics welcomes Ahmad Boyd as the new student athlete experience intern, a two-year position made possible by an NCAA Women and Ethnic Minorities Grant. In this new role, Boyd will help the department build a comprehensive and sustainable leadership development program for student athletes. He will also develop a strategy for communications and social media that...
Loren McClenachan, the Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, coauthored a paper recently published in PNAS. “Challenges to natural and human communities from surprising ocean temperatures” discusses how individuals and institutions will benefit by betting that trends of increasing temperatures will continue, a “strategy [that] represents a radical shift that will be difficult...
Associate Professor of Philosophy Lydia Moland has a new book out, Hegel’s Aesthetics: The Art of Idealism, published by Oxford University Press. The book “offers the first comprehensive book in English on Hegel’s philosophy of art in thirty years, gives a new, controversial interpretation of Hegel’s notorious ‘end of art’ thesis, and Illuminates the relevance of Hegel’s aesthetics...
Raffael Scheck, the Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, has coedited a new book, German-occupied Europe in the Second World War, just out from Routledge. The book “provides a framework to guide occupation research with a broad comparative angle focusing on human interactions. Overcoming national compartmentalization, it examines Nazi occupations with attention to relations between occupiers and local...
A standout collegiate coach and decorated student athlete at Kent State has been named the new head coach of Colby women’s basketball. Chenel Harris-Smith comes to Colby from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she was associate head coach. “We are thrilled to welcome Coach Harris-Smith and her family to Colby,” said Jake Olkkola,...
Elizabeth D. Leonard, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History, has won the Thomas D. Clark Medallion Award for her most recent book, Slaves, Slaveholders, and a Kentucky Community’s Struggle toward Freedom, published by the University Press of Kentucky (UPK). “Much of what we know about Kentucky history and culture rests on...
Two first-year students, Andrew Ordentlich ’22 and Alex Ozols ’22, were awarded first place for their proposal to introduce climate visas to the United States at the inaugural Goldfarb Center Freedom of Expression Symposium. “We chose to focus on climate visas because we feel like it’s a very important aspect of immigration, throughout the world...
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch was active off campus during the spring semester. On Feb. 15 she was the organizer, chair, and respondent of the session “Beyond the Mirror: Specularity and Its Uses” at the 107th CAA Annual Conference in New York City. And in April she was invited to conduct a review of Trinity College’s Art History Program, which she undertook...
David E. Kelley, creator of popular and critically acclaimed shows from Ally McBeal to Big Little Lies, urged Colby College graduates to reject a career that is “not so terrible” and instead pursue what will make them truly fulfilled. A Waterville native and winner of multiple Emmy Awards for his television dramas, Kelley received a...
Civil rights attorney Mary L. Bonauto drew on her professional successes and failures to inspire Colby’s 2019 graduates to embrace the opportunities they encounter in life. “Wherever you’re headed next, I really hope you do remember that you have so much practice already in taking on new challenges and new experiences,” she said. “I hope...
Thirty-three years in the classroom have taught Nikky-Guninder Singh how community is made. Through the shared act of reading and discussing texts, “You create a community,” Singh said, citing Tolstoy, “because the artist or the writer … was so infected. And then passing on your disease was kind of contagious.” Singh, the Crawford Family Professor...
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch delivered a public lecture at Bates College May 15. Her lecture, “’Desiring Italy’ and Taking Her Home,” took place in the context of the short-term course “Desiring Italy,” taught by Rebecca Corrie, the Phillips Professor of Art and Visual Culture.
First Forward Designation Puts Colby Among National Leaders in First-Generation Efforts Colby College has received a First Forward Designation from the Center for First-generation Student Success for its commitment to improving experiences and advancing outcomes of first-generation college students. Colby is one of just 80 schools nationwide to be included in the organization’s inaugural group...
Sculptor and artist Jim Condron ’92 has an exhibition at Wings Over Wall Street, a benefit gala for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Condron’s exhibition, Close to You, is the first contemporary art exhibition at the annual event, held May 22, 2019. The sculptures pay homage to Condron’s mother, who passed away last July from ALS and was the...
Amidst the surprises at the annual Student Awards Program, the most anticipated is the Condon Medal winner. As President David A. Greene described this year’s winner—passionate about civic engagement, making positive change on campus, co-president of the Feminist Alliance—anticipation turned to recognition so that when Lily Herrmann ’19 was named as winner, few were surprised....
Students in the Humanities Lab “Life in Times of Extinction” published an op-ed in the Times Record titled “Brown Ash Endangerment and Indigenous Solutions.” Grace Neumiller ’21, Keller Leet-Otley ’19, and Tommaso Wagner ’19 wrote the letter for the class, taught by Chris Walker, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities, as part of their assignment to adopt and...
Professor of Psychology Martha Arterberry was profiled by the psychology journal Infant Behavior & Development, at which she serves as editor-in-chief. The profile shows how her path from undergraduate work at Pomona College, to an exchange program at Swarthmore College, to graduate work at the University of Minnesota kept her research focused on infant perception. Arterberry finds...
One of the largest liberal arts research symposia in the nation grew even larger this week as more than 700 students from all class years and disciplines shared their scholarly work with the Colby community at the Colby Liberal Arts Symposium (CLAS). “I think often, with my friends, we don’t necessarily talk about what we’re...
