Stories from 2014
New film features stunning White Mountain views — and Bates geologist Dyk Eusden, too
Friday, March 21, 2014 8:59 am
Eusden enters the film as an expert who links the experiential with the geological.
For Bob Muldoon ’81, the first sign of spring isn’t a bird or bud. It’s a butterfly
Friday, March 21, 2014 8:15 am
Writing in The Boston Globe, Muldoon describes his personal quest for the first sign of spring.
Slideshow: Lights, camera, lax action on snowy Garcelon Field
Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:49 pm
Snow falling through the lights of Garcelon Field and onto the men's lacrosse game created these enchanting nighttime scenes.
Events at Bates: April 1–30, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:25 am
Happy April from Bates (no fooling)! Here’s a list of public events at the college for the period April 1–30, 2014.
Choir to perform works by Haydn, Bates’ own Scott Ordway
Monday, March 17, 2014 10:43 am
Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass" and a piece by a Bates professor on March 21.
Thanks to Bates commission, Maine dancers to debut new work by ALTERNATIVA on March 21
Monday, March 17, 2014 10:30 am
Ten Maine dancers including Bates faculty perform the world premiere of a piece by ALTERNATIVA on March 21 at SPACE Gallery in Portland.
Politics professor Stephen Engel analyzes gay identity in Honey Maid’s ‘Wholesome’ ad
Friday, March 14, 2014 10:23 am
The ad "Dad and Papa" highlights the "contemporary boundaries and privileging of certain gay identities," Engel writes.
Report by Walter Dillingham ’82 ‘cracks open the books’ on library endowments
Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:58 pm
You hear the word "endowment" and you probably think "college." But there's more out there, says Walter Dillingham '82.
Haiku and watercolors help oceanographer Greg Johnson ’85 explain climate change
Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:55 am
He got the idea after making a major contribution to the report "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis."
Channel 6 TV news magazine profiles pianist Frank Glazer, now age 99
Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:15 am
"Ninety-nine? I can't believe it," Glazer says. "It's as though it's thrust upon you all of a sudden."