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Getting the lead out tests urban gardeners
Friday, August 22, 2003 10:57 am
An environmental studies major at Bates with a concentration in environmental geology, senior Rachel Booty is researching soil contamination by heavy metals — primarily lead — for her thesis. In particular, she's investigating the impact such contamination makes on urban living. Her research has involved testing plant and soil samples from the downtown gardens run by Lots to Gardens, the community garden program that Booty works for, and comparing them to control materials taken from test gardens on campus.
McDuffee dedication honors ‘vitality, leadership and courage’
Friday, August 22, 2003 10:47 am
A sports scoreboard rarely merits more than a passing glance. You check who's winning, maybe the inning or time remaining, before turning your attention back to the action on the playing field. Yet at its Bates dedication ceremony on Sept. 20, the new Morgan W. McDuffee '02 Memorial Scoreboard attracted long, pensive looks -- not for any winning score enumerated in its amber lights, but for its promise to become a campus symbol of loss turned to hope.
Bates recognized for top academic experience
Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:34 am
The latest editions of the nation's "go-to" college guides and magazines continue to rank Bates College among the best U.S. liberal arts colleges.
College Republicans host school-choice debate
Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:22 am
Education experts on both sides of the school-choice issue debate the question in an event organized by the Bates College Republicans at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue. The panel discussion -- titled "School Choice: The Right Choice for Maine?" -- is open to the public at no charge.
Opportunities flourish in Bates senior’s gardens
Friday, August 8, 2003 10:46 am
Scion of a farming family in Sandwich, N.H., Booty has put her agricultural experience to work for Lots to Gardens, a Lewiston-based nonprofit founded in 1998 by another Bates student, Kirsten Walter. Booty — who is as passionate about civic involvement as she is about raising food — is the youth coordinator for the program, which uses gardening projects to strengthen community and support local young people.
Bates Dance Festival presents site-specific performance
Sunday, August 3, 2003 10:47 am
The Bates Dance Festival, northern New England's leading contemporary dance producing and training program, presents a double bill featuring "Different Voices," an evening of works by international and U.S. artists presented in Schaeffer Theatre, and "The Atrium Project," a site-specific performance in the Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road.
National summit on undergraduate research to be hosted
Friday, August 1, 2003 11:03 am
From Aug. 2 through 4, forty-nine leaders in chemistry research from U.S. academic institutions, industry and funding agencies will attend a national Undergraduate Research Summit at Bates.
Bates Dance Festival presents its 21st season
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:53 am
The Bates Dance Festival, northern New England's leading contemporary dance producing and training program, presents its 21st anniversary season, July 19 through Aug. 16.
2003 Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series offers jazz, classical, world music
Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:21 am
A jazz accordionist, a Maine master of the Middle Eastern oud and a favorite folk band from Québec are among the attractions in this summer's Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series. This string of five concerts in the intimate amphitheater overlooking the college's Lake Andrews opens at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, with Dr. Jeff Grosser and the Razcals Swing Jazz Band.
2003 Summer Reading List
Thursday, June 5, 2003 1:19 pm
The seventh edition of our summer leisure reading list: Each spring, the College Store solicits from members of the Bates community their suggestions for good summer reads.