Stories from 2014
Goetz ’90 brings ‘The Remedy’ to campus
Friday, April 18, 2014 12:12 pm
Thomas Goetz '90, author of a new history that traces the intersecting careers of Arthur Conan Doyle and the scientist who showed the world that germs cause disease, speaks at Bates on April 28.
Aliza Luft ’06 examines ‘risky defections’ during the genocide in Rwanda
Friday, April 18, 2014 11:58 am
Why, Luft asks in her guest blog post, did some Hutu "evade participation and help Tutsi" instead of killing them?
Calidore String Quartet to perform
Friday, April 18, 2014 10:20 am
The prize-winning Calidore String Quartet performs music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Osvaldo Golijov at Bates on April 25.
Conference at Bates explores women’s ritual activities in ancient times
Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:12 pm
While men may have dominated public life in ancient Greece and Rome,…
Short Term, alive and kicking and ‘optimized for experimentation,’ begins April 21
Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:37 pm
Two intriguing new programs this spring will play to Short Term's founding tradition of innovation.
Events at Bates: May 1–25, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:57 pm
Happy May from Bates College! This is a list of public events at the college for the period May 1–25, 2014.
Project for Peace award goes to Tatro, Schriger for humanitarian work in Rwanda
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:56 pm
A Davis Project for Peace award has gone to seniors Simone Schriger and Devin Tatro to support an initiative in Rwanda to support children of incarcerated people.
Slideshow: 12 student offerings from the 2014 Barlow off-campus photo exhibition
Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:00 pm
"The exhibition is part of how we help returning students reconnect to the Bates community," says David Das.
Innovative techniques — and a faculty couple — mark film about family by Saddlemire ’05
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 3:12 pm
Employing his technique of "community-based cinema," Saddlemire follows four Lewiston families, including that of professors Charles Nero and Baltasar Fra-Molinero.
Trustee Lisa Barry ’77 brings deep experience in international government relations
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 2:54 pm
Lisa Barry '77, a veteran of 35 years of international government relations work, has joined the Bates Board of Trustees.