Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, was quoted in a July 14 story in Vox titled “6 key Senate and House races to watch on Tuesday.” With Maine being one of the races to watch, Maisel was commenting on the candidacy of Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, the frontrunner in the race...
Colby’s July 13 announcement that Jacqueline Terrassa will be the new Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art attracted broad media coverage. Among the outlets covering the story include: Art & Education ARTFIX daily artnet News Associated Press Mainebiz Portland Press Herald San Francisco Chronicle US News & World Report Washington Times...
A New York Times op-ed by Neil Gross, the Chares A. Dana Professor of Sociology, suggests that instead of abolishing the police, progressives should consider becoming a police officer. “To many progressives, the suggestion to join the police force may be counterintuitive, even offensive. If your belief, based on what you’ve seen or read or experienced...
Visionary Leader Brings Deep Experience from the Art Institute of Chicago and Metropolitan Museum of Art Colby College today announced the appointment of Jacqueline Terrassa as the Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art. Terrassa, who currently serves as the Woman’s Board vice president for learning and public engagement at the Art Institute of Chicago, will...
Nikki-Guninder Singh, the Crawford Family Professor of Religion, was included in an India Times story about the Sikh community in the United States supporting development in the Indian region of Punjab. Singh was one of 100 eminent Sikh leaders from across the country who participated in a virtual meeting with India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu...
Head Football Coach Jack Cosgrove commented on the possibility of a football season this fall in a Morning Sentinel article titled “Some college football programs in state exploring a spring season.” Cosgrove, starting his third season at Colby, said he’s pessimistic about having a fall season. “I eat the positive pie all the time, but it doesn’t...
News that the arts collaborative on Main Street in Waterville will undergo renovations starting this week was covered by the Morning Sentinel. Despite the pandemic, President Greene feels it’s important to move forward with this project. “Continuing the efforts on Main Street at a time when many other places are pulling back investments in their community is...
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African American Studies and Sociology, has written an essay published by Religion News Service challenging the NFL’s plan to play the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before its first game in September. Playing the song, often called the “Black national anthem,” would be sacrilege,...
A poll conducted by Professor of Government Dan Shea in February was recently referenced in a July 6 Salon article and on July 7 in a Breitbart article.
Colby’s plan for reopening campus in late August was covered by Mainebiz in a July 2 article titled “Bates, Colby roll out fall semester plans; 85,000 COVID-19 tests planned.” While Bates and Colby are implementing several similar strategies in regards to move-in dates, dining, and academics, Mainebiz noted that “Colby’s approach is especially rigorous” in regards to testing. “Students...
Susie Hoeller ’73, an international business attorney, and Ben Theryel ’20 cowrote an article titled “It’s Time to Legally Define Essential Workers” for the Global Food Safety Resource website. “Today, there is no U.S. statutory definition of occupations which are deemed to be ‘essential.’ During the pandemic, this lack of statutory definition has led to a...
Assistant Professor of English Aaron Hanlon discussed political correctness and police accountability with Jennifer Rooks on Maine Public July 2. Hanlon’s main argument is that “political correctness shields police and police departments from public accountability and public scrutiny.” Protecting police, soldiers, and first responders in discourse is a form of right-leaning political correctness, Hanlon said. “There...
An essay by Assistant Professor of English Aaron Hanlon appeared in the June 19 Chronicle of Higher Education. Titled “Higher Ed Is Not a Zero-Sum Game,” the op-ed discusses alternatives to the competition for budget dollars and faculty positions that often plaque institutions of higher ed. “Academics tend to bristle at systems that reduce our lofty...
“Colby College announces plan to bring students back to campus in August” reads the headline on a June 30 story in the Morning Sentinel. The article goes on to detail specifics of the plan for bringing students back to campus and ensure their health and safety, as well as that of the greater community. “We care about the...
Colby’s plans for reopening campus and COVID-19 testing was included in a June 30 Maine Public story titled “COVID-19 Tests Planned For Thousands Of Students Heading Back To Maine College Campuses In The Fall.” President Greene said that in addition to requiring face coverings, social distancing, and other safety measures, Colby will test students and...
A Huffington Post story titled “Democrats Are Making Mitch McConnell The Star Of Senate Race Advertising” referenced a poll conducted by Professor of Government Dan Shea. “A Colby College poll of Maine conducted in February showed that Trump was more popular in the state than McConnell,” the Huff Post reported on its story reporting that “Democratic and liberal groups...
The Portland Press Herald featured two startups founded by Colby students in its June 28 article “Waterville-based tech startups mark milestones in their development:” Easy Eats, founded by Christian Krohg ’22 and Katharine Dougherty ’22, and Sklaza, founded by Josh Kim ’22. Both tech-based businesses competed in the Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge pitch competition, “a statewide collaboration of...
For the most recent installation in its series “Ask Me,” the Portland Press Herald reached out to Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, for her thoughts on the question: When will life get back to normal? Gilkes believes that “Normal, as we once knew it, will never be...
A commentary in Fortune titled “Universities should support their most vulnerable students to champion education equity” mentioned Colby’s new initiative, Pay it Northward, as an example of colleges taking care of their students during the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Smaller institutions, too, illustrate how it is possible to make transformative commitments to equity, even with finite resources,” the authors...
An interview with Raffael Scheck, the Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, was broadcast by Deutsche Welle’s French-language program “Vu d’Allemagne” June 25. Scheck, an expert on crimes against French black African soldiers in World War II, spoke on the 80th anniversary of some of the large massacres of black French soldiers during the German campaign...
