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WednesdayApril 25, 2007 |
Bates students' Rwandan initiative named Project for PeaceA plan by Bates College students to help support a home for street children in Rwanda won a $10,000 award from the 100 Projects for Peace program sponsored by noted philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis. |
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FridayApril 20, 2007 |
Don't look now, but we've been medicalizedNot so long ago, shyness was usually seen as a random character trait, sadness the natural reaction to misfortune and alcoholism a sign of personal weakness. In recent decades those conditions, and many others, have been “medicalized” — associated with biological causes and redefined as medical diagnoses, not merely products of personality or fate. |
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ThursdayApril 19, 2007 |
Statement from President Hansen on the Virginia Tech tragedyI know you are all aware of the shocking tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech early in the week. While no words are adequate in a situation so sad and horrifying, I know you join me in expressing our sympathies for the friends and families of those whose lives were lost, and for all members of the Virginia Tech community as they grieve. Our thoughts also go out to members of our own community who have friends or family at Virginia Tech. Our primary concern must be with the victims, but at the same time such painful incidents may understandably cause us to reflect on our own safety. |
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MondayApril 16, 2007 |
Kevin McHugh appointed director of athletics at Bates CollegeKevin McHugh of The College of New Jersey has been named director of athletics and chair of the Department of Physical Education at Bates College, effective July 1. |
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TuesdayApril 10, 2007 |
Biologist Lee Abrahamsen honored for community workSeveral years ago, students in Lee Abrahamsen’s 300-level virology course undertook a project for a hepatitis-C support group at a local hospital. |
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TuesdayApril 10, 2007 |
Biologist Lee Abrahamsen honored for community workSeveral years ago, students in Lee Abrahamsen’s 300-level virology course undertook a project for a hepatitis-C support group at a… |
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FridayApril 6, 2007 |
Campus construction update: Week of April 9Between the mud, the plastic wrap and the concrete, the colors of construction work are predominantly drab. But the rare “colorful” colors, as major projects building at Bates this year have shown, can be surprisingly bold. |
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ThursdayApril 5, 2007 |
Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies delivers inaugural lectureIn celebration of his four-year appointment as the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Bates College, historian Michael Jones delivers his inaugural lecture, “Famine, Metahistory, and Interdisciplinarity.” |
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WednesdayApril 4, 2007 |
Musician Corey Harris '91 to speak at Bates Commencement on May 27Four honorary degree recipients will speak at Bates College’s 141st commencement, on May 27. The honorands are children’s book author Eric Carle, singer-songwriter Corey Harris ’91, inventor-entrepreneur Dean Kamen and actor and author Anna Deavere Smith. |
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TuesdayApril 3, 2007 |
Slide show features Mount David Summit 2007Hundreds of Bates people and members of the local community flooded Pettengill Hall as the College mounted its sixth annual Mount David Summit on March 30. |
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