Stories from March 2010
Orchestra explores symphonic link between Haydn, Prokofiev
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:10 pm
Conducted by Hiroya Miura, the Bates College Orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu.
Duncan delivers at NCAAs to earn weight throw runner-up honors
Friday, March 12, 2010 4:41 pm
Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan ’10 of Topsham, Maine, had her finest day in…
Dartmouth College philosophy professor to discuss free will
Friday, March 12, 2010 3:35 pm
Adina Roskies, an assistant professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College, discusses the limitations and potential for neuroscience in the study of free will at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 25, in Pettengill Hall's Keck Classroom.
Chamber group to celebrate lives of three legendary Latina women
Friday, March 12, 2010 3:21 pm
The Core Ensemble, a chamber group that has used theater to push out the boundaries of its genre, presents a work celebrating the lives of three significant Latin American women Friday, March 26, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College.
Sociologist to speak on black Appalachian life and culture
Friday, March 12, 2010 10:21 am
William H. Turner, who holds the National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, offers a lecture titled Blacks in Appalachia: Past, Present and Future at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, this event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8376.
Bates College student, Outright L/A receive justice and peace award
Friday, March 12, 2010 9:25 am
This year's William Stringfellow Awards for Justice and Peace will be presented to Kate Doria, a Bates College senior active in community service, and Outright L/A, a sex and gender support group. An awards ceremony and potluck supper will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 14, in the Benjamin Mays Center, Bates College, 95 Russell St.
In Bates College lecture, Harvard professor of religion to discuss significance of tears
Friday, March 5, 2010 4:10 pm
Kimberley Patton, professor of the comparative and historical study of religion at the Harvard Divinity School, offers a lecture titled "The Gates of Weeping Are Not Closed: The Powerful Work of Tears in Human Experience" Monday, March 22, in Bates College's Chase Hall Lounge.
Memorial for Milton Lindholm '35 set for March 21, 1 p.m., the Chapel
Friday, March 5, 2010 12:33 pm
The memorial service for the late Dean Emeritus of Admissions Milton Lambert…
Expert on U.S. penal system to speak at Bates College
Thursday, March 4, 2010 3:06 pm
Caleb Smith, an expert in the legal and cultural development of the U.S. penal system, offers a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives at Bates College, 70 Campus Ave.
Politician to discuss hopes for a green, sovereign Quebec
Thursday, March 4, 2010 2:03 pm
A former leader of the Green Party of Quebec, Scott McKay visits Bates College to discuss globalization, national distinctiveness, sovereignty and the environment at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).