Stories from October 2011
Civic Forum Series continues with leading social entrepreneurs
Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:04 pm
The Civic Forum Series at Bates continues with four of the nation's leading social entrepreneurs, including a co-founder of the fair-trade coffee importer Equal Exchange, discussing their work at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Food scholar presents cultural history of the fork
Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:00 am
A lecture series exploring the role of material culture in the humanities and social sciences continues with a cultural history of the fork by Darra Goldstein, founding editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
BatesNews Monthly Update: October 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:00 am
For Bates alumni, parents and friends, here is a look some of…
Presidential search update forums on campus Oct. 28
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:16 pm
Members of the Bates campus community are invited to meet with the Presidential Search Committee on Oct. 28 for a discussion forum and an update on the search for the college's next leader.
NOVA intern Sarah Charley ’11 starts with a joke
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:21 pm
Sarah Charley '11 explains the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and how an electron can sometimes be like a “sheet crumpled into a ball” and other times like a “quilt spread across a bed”
Pioneering photographer of American West to be discussed
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:12 pm
Art historian Weston Naef discusses the work of Carleton Watkinds, a photographer who documented the American West in its last years of pristine beauty, in a lecture at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
The Root features interview with King V. Cheek ’59, former HBCU president
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:35 pm
The Root, in collaboration with The HistoryMakers, offers reflections from educational leader…
Patch interviews encaustic artist Amy Keller '87
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:11 pm
South End Patch reporter Christopher Treacy interviews encaustic artist Amy Keller ’87…
Events Schedule: November 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011 4:05 pm
Hello from Bates! Here's a preview of public events at the college during November 2011.
Medieval scholars visit to discuss 'Responses to Hard Times'
Monday, October 17, 2011 9:55 am
With an economic recession, lengthy overseas wars and a run of natural disasters hitting the U.S. and other lands, these are trying times. Yet scholars visiting Bates for the Medieval Miseries: Responses to Hard Times conference know that things could be even tougher. Bates hosts the 38th annual New England Medieval Conference on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Room G65, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).