Stories from October 2014
Marcus Bruce ’77, Mays Distinguished Professor, looks at Du Bois and the Paris Exposition
Friday, October 31, 2014 3:44 pm
Marcus Bruce '77 gives a lecture titled "The Ambassadors: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Paris Exposition of 1900 and African American Culture" on Nov. 5.
Set to debut Nov. 3, the remodel of bates.edu was driven by mobile
Friday, October 31, 2014 11:00 am
The major changes, including a homepage redesign, are all about making a website that’s easier to use and thus more valuable.
Bates to build new rowing boathouse on the Androscoggin River
Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:19 pm
At an estimated cost of $2.5 million, the boathouse project will be 100 percent funded by contributions from Bates alumni and parents.
Campus events, Nov. 1-30, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:47 pm
This is a list of public events at Bates for the period Nov. 1-30, 2014.
Campus Construction Update: Oct. 30, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:45 pm
Campus construction work will result in the closure of three side streets off Campus Avenue from Nov. 3-11.
Vice President for Information and Library Services Eugene Wiemers to retire
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:00 am
Wiemers built an "integrated library and information services organization [that is] regarded as a national model among liberal arts colleges," said President Spencer.
Keys to effective thinking on tap in Sampson Lecture
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:42 pm
Michael Starbird, a mathematician who has given hundreds of lectures and dozens of workshops on effective teaching and effective thinking, offers a lecture on effective thinking on Oct. 30.
Play-within-a-play offers absurdist look at ‘Hedda Gabler’
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 9:17 am
Bates College presents "The Summer in Gossensass," a meta-theatrical comedy about the first English-language production of "Hedda Gabler," from Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
You’ll love it! Campus Consciousness Tour brings Icona Pop to Bates
Monday, October 27, 2014 4:29 pm
As part of a environmental consciousness-raising tour, Icona Pop, the Swedish pop duo known for the smash hit "I Love It" is bound for a Bates College performance on Nov. 1.
Dead clams talking: $337,000 grant supports clamshell-climate research
Monday, October 27, 2014 1:31 pm
An oceanographer and a geologist at Bates have received a National Science Foundation grant to create a 1,000-year record of changing sea and climate conditions in the Norwegian Arctic.