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Pioneer in 'green' architecture to speak
Friday, January 17, 2003 1:41 pm
Randolph Croxton, the architect whose design of the Audubon House in New York City is internationally recognized as a model of environmentally sound design, discusses "green" architecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Bates panel considers a Republican-controlled government'
Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:36 pm
Four panelists, sounding off on a variety of issues, will present a discussion titled "The Implications of a Republican-Controlled Government," followed by a question-and-answer period, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St.
Dreyfus award to support post-doctoral fellow in chemistry
Monday, January 13, 2003 4:17 pm
On behalf of the chemistry department, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry Thomas Wenzel has received a two-year grant totaling more than $100,000 to support a teaching and research fellow at Bates.
Bates Concert Series presents legendary jazz guitarist
Monday, January 13, 2003 3:49 pm
Known for his stylistic reach, his technical chops and his profoundly imaginative improvisations, jazz guitarist Pat Martino performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Nantucket Nectars co-founder to speak
Thursday, January 9, 2003 3:23 pm
The Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship presents a talk by Nantucket Nectars co-founder Tom First at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
King Day events feature prominent activist and filmmaker
Wednesday, January 8, 2003 3:07 pm
Award-winning filmmaker Joanne Grant, a writer and veteran civil rights activist of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances.
Response to racist activity includes talk by former Somali prime minister
Thursday, January 2, 2003 2:55 pm
A Jan. 15 lecture by a former prime minister of Somalia is one of a series of events that is to be presented in response to the World Church of the Creator, a national white supremacist and anti-Semitic organization that plans to protest Somali immigration in a Jan. 11 meeting in Lewiston.
Former prime minister to discuss Somalia
Thursday, January 2, 2003 2:37 pm
Ali Khalif Galaydh, who served as the prime minister of Somalia from 2000 to 2001, visits to discuss the past, present and future of his native country in a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue. Free and open to the public, the lecture continues a series of events offered in response to the anti-Somali rally scheduled in Lewiston Jan. 11 by a national hate group.
William Manning opens four-decade retrospective
Tuesday, December 31, 2002 2:12 pm
William Manning, one of Maine's leading abstract artists, shows more than four decades' worth of works on paper at the Bates College Museum of Art in an exhibition that opens with a lecture and reception at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10. Admission to "William Manning: Works on Paper 1961-2002" is free and the public is welcome at the museum located in the college's Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Bates offers workshops in response to racist group
Monday, December 23, 2002 2:25 pm
In response to a Jan. 11 meeting in Lewiston planned by the World Church of the Creator, a national white supremacist and anti-Semitic organization, Bates College is working with the Lewiston-Auburn community to schedule alternative programs to oppose hatred and bias.