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Economics department tops in scholarly publication citations
Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:01 am
The Bates College Department of Economics ranks number one in terms of total citations per capita and third overall among 50 top liberal arts colleges studied.
Ladd Internships help Bates students explore career opportunities
Monday, June 17, 2002 9:04 am
Thirteen Bates College students have been selected for summer internships through the Ladd Internship Program, which provides unique opportunities for career exploration at businesses and institutions ranging from the Ah Haa School for the Arts to Thieme Medical Publishers.
Alumni receive awards at Reunion Weekend
Saturday, June 8, 2002 9:06 am
Bates College presented awards to distinguished alumni Saturday at the college's Reunion Weekend 2002, held this year from June 6 to 9. The Rev. Arthur E. Higgins '43, received Bates' highest honor, the Benjamin Elijah Mays Award. Paula M. Colahan '87, received the Distinguished Young Alumni Service Award. Norman E. Brackett '52, received the Alumni Community Service Award, and David O. Boone '62 and Carol Huntington Boone '63, received the Helen A. Papaioanou '49 Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
Carl Sprinchorn, Maine's King of the Woods, featured at Bates College Museum of Art
Thursday, June 6, 2002 9:11 am
An exhibit of some three dozen works by Carl Sprinchorn, renowned for the art he made while exploring the Maine wilderness over four decades, opens at the Bates College Museum of Art with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7. The exhibit runs through Aug. 23. Admission to the museum, located in the Olin Arts Center on Russell Street, is open to the public free of charge.
Newprofessorship honors economist and commentator Thomas Sowell
Tuesday, June 4, 2002 8:47 am
Bates College has announced the creation of a new professorship in honor of Thomas Sowell, the economist, writer and commentator called America's "most valuable public intellectual" for his challenge to orthodox thought across the spectrum of society.
Glazer and Cumming performance
Monday, June 3, 2002 9:28 am
Frank Glazer, a resident artist at Bates College since 1980 and arguably Maine's best-known pianist, is joined by his former student Duncan Cumming for an evening of music by Brahms, Dvorák and others at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, June 6, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street. The concert is free and open to the public.
Coffey honored by Institute for International Sport
Thursday, May 30, 2002 3:29 pm
Bates College Director of Athletics Suzanne R. Coffey will be honored June 1 with the Institute of International Sport's (IIS) 2002 Keaney Award at the University of Rhode Island. The Keaney Award, presented every other year by the IIS, is given to educators who personify the scholar-athlete ideal.
Arrest made in April 5 sexual assault
Wednesday, May 29, 2002 3:36 pm
Late Tuesday evening, May 28, 2002, the Lewiston Police announced the arrest of a suspect in the sexual assault of a Bates student in Pettengill Hall on April 5, 2002. The suspect is jailed and charged with gross sexual assault.
Bates celebrates Commencement 2002
Monday, May 27, 2002 3:38 pm
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg asked Bates College's graduating class Monday to join him as "allies in a movement that is about 300 years old - the movement known as the Enlightenment."
Trustees announce $1.7 million gift to endow Harward Center for Community Partnerships
Friday, May 24, 2002 4:01 pm
A $1.7 million gift to endow the new Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Center for Community Partnerships was announced Friday in a dedication ceremony on the Bates College Quad.