News Archive

The poem "First Winter in Maine" from the new book Live from the Homesick Jamboree by Professor of Creative Writing Adrian Blevins is featured on the Poetry Daily Web site Nov. 19.

Rachel Mack '12 led NESCAC in three of eight women's basketball individual stats categories in her first year. With the team's opener Nov. 20, the Morning Sentinel profiled Mack, who's from Augusta, Maine.

Theater and Dance Professor Lynne Conner discusses the making of the onstage pool for this weekend's show, Metamorphoses, on Channel 5 news.

With the holidays approaching, students, faculty, and staff thought of local families in need when they collected more than four tons of food in this year's Helping Hands food drive sponsored by Dining Services.

Chinese rock bands performing at Colby Nov. 19 are receiving major press. CNN.com, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Out New York, and others are covering the American debut tour of P.K. 14, the Carsick Cars, and Xiao He.

In a recent review, NPR's Alan Cheuse calls creative writing professor Debra Spark's new book, Good for the Jews, "a smart, sprightly, sex-drenched and neatly plotted novel."

Education professors Lyn Mikel Brown and Mark Tappan discuss their new book, Packaging Boyhood, on WCSH-6 TV news. They will hold a book signing in the Colby Bookstore Saturday, Nov. 21.

When Sen. John McCain issued a floor statement about the U.S. Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, he cited Professor of Government Anthony Corrado, a national expert on campaign finance.

A campus-wide food collection led by Dining Services ends Thursday, when donations will be displayed in Pulver Pavilion. Last year Colby collected more than four tons of food; this year's goal is to top that.

The Colby museum's 50th anniversary exhibit runs through February, but it doesn't remain the same. More than 40 works have been changed. New artists represented include Christo, Francesco Clemente, and Ed Ruscha.

The Environmental Advisory Group held its first all-campus forum Oct. 22. The EAG will consider a list of more than 50 suggestions received at the forum and will report out later this year.

Lori G. Kletzer, a professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, President William D. Adams announced Nov. 9.

Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson visits Colby this week as a Lovejoy Visiting Journalist in Residence. He will meet with students and deliver a lecture Monday about race’s role in the news.

Professor Jim Fleming addressed the House Committee on Science and Technology on prospects for climate engineering. "In the end, we could end up creating even more problems than we had before," wrote one reporter.

After a tough start, football is now 4-3 and there's just one thing in the way of an outright CBB championship and winning record: Bowdoin, away, Nov. 14.

Presenters and students from nine institutions converge at Colby this weekend for Embracing Difference, a conference for networking and sharing best practices for ending racism on campuses and beyond.

Tune into Maine Public Broadcasting's Maine Watch to see Government Professor L. Sandy Maisel analyze results of the Nov. 3 election. The program airs Nov. 6 and 8 and is available online.

Megan Williams '04, executive director of Hardy Girls Healthy Women, a Waterville nonprofit, was named to the MaineBiz 2009 Next List. She's one of a handful of "young go-getters" recognized for her passion for making Maine a better place.

Professor of Science, Technology, and Society James Fleming will testify on Capitol Hill Thursday, Nov. 5. Addressing the House Committee on Science and Technology, he will discuss the history of weather and climate control and its governance.

Special Envoy George Mitchell's Oct. 22 speech will air on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. It will also be available as a Goldfarb Center podcast.

For the first time in decades, the Colby Symphony Orchestra will perform off-campus, Sunday, Nov. 1 at Messalonskee High School in Oakland. This is the first in a series of off-campus concerts called Music from Colby.