Stories from July 2009
Bates, Bowdoin share $150,000 grant to improve quantitative education
Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:19 am
A national foundation that supports liberal arts education has awarded nearly $150,000 to Bates and Bowdoin colleges for a collaborative effort to strengthen students' quantitative reasoning skills.
Time is now to pass meaningful health care reform
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:01 am
Dr. Robert McAfee ’56, former president of the American Medical Association, offers…
Goodlatte gives raise to charities
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:06 am
The Daily News-Record of Harrisonburg, Va., reports that U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte…
Jamie Merisotis '86 discusses President Obama's call to fund the nation's community colleges.
Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:10 am
Interviewed on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Jamie Merisotis ’86, president and CEO of…
'Guiding Stars' supermarket program, used at Bates, gets a tweak, Associated Press reports
Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:39 pm
The Associated Press on July 7, 2009, reports a tweak to the…
Should you go with your head or your heart?
Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:19 am
Clinical psychologist Jon Adler ’00 talks to Elle magazine for an article…
Psychologist awarded grant for eyewitness testimony research
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:12 pm
A psychology professor at Bates College has won a National Science Foundation grant to study the effects of interaction between interviewers and eyewitnesses in obtaining testimony.
Battleworks Dance Company plans world premiere at dance festival
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:01 pm
In its Maine debut, the Battleworks Dance Company appears at the Bates Dance Festival in the world premiere of a collaboration created with composer-percussionist Carl Landa. Performances take place at 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, July 16 and 18, in Bates College's Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.
Midsummer Lakeside series continues with songwriter Carolyn Currie
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:46 pm
Maine singer-songwriter Carolyn Currie performs this week's installment of the 2009 Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college's Lake Andrews.
Seeing the world
Monday, July 13, 2009 1:00 pm
The Lowell Sun reports that Bobcat softball standout Leah Maciejewski ’12 is…