Posts by Doug Hubley
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FridaySeptember 4, 2009 |
Wenzel receives national honor for chemistry researchThomas Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry, has received the American Chemical Society’s 25th Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, recognizing faculty at undergraduate institutions whose research has been widely recognized and who have contributed significantly to both the field of chemistry and the professional development of students. |
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ThursdaySeptember 3, 2009 |
Caltech chemistry professor visits Bates to discuss Earth's energy resourcesNathan Lewis, a chemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology, gives a lecture about Earth’s energy resources at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. |
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ThursdayAugust 27, 2009 |
A letter to students and parents: Help Bates prepare for H1N1As Bates excitedly anticipates a new academic year and the return of students to campus, we want to report that during our summer planning, we have monitored the situation with the H1N1 flu (aka “swine flu”). Symptoms of this strain of influenza have not been more severe than the usual seasonal flu symptoms, but because it is so easily transmitted we have made preparations for handling a busier-than-usual flu season at Bates. |
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MondayAugust 17, 2009 |
Emergency training exercise on campus ThursdayBates College is partnering with the Androscoggin Unified Emergency Management Agency, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center and Lewiston city services, including the fire and police departments, in an emergency training exercise at the College’s Underhill Arena from 7 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 20. |
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WednesdayAugust 5, 2009 |
Alumni survey will help Bates assess science, math programsAs part of a general assessment of its science and math programs, Bates is requesting that alumni who majored in those areas take part in a survey about their post-Bates careers. |
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WednesdayAugust 5, 2009 |
Bates, Bowdoin share $150,000 grant to improve quantitative educationA national foundation that supports liberal arts education has awarded nearly $150,000 to Bates and Bowdoin colleges for a collaborative effort to strengthen students’ quantitative reasoning skills. |
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WednesdayAugust 5, 2009 |
Bates Dance Festival, Lakeside Concerts offer season finalesThe Bates Dance Festival and the Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series end their seasons in high style this weekend, starting Thursday, Aug. 6, with the first of two “Different Voices” dance festival performances and a concert by Réveillons!, a Québécois folk band. |
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WednesdayAugust 5, 2009 |
Summer Scholars Program gives first-years solid start in math, scienceThe goal of the Bates Summer Scholars Program is to build a community of science scholars from among a diverse group of first-years, including first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in the sciences. It introduces these students to college-level academics and helps them develop time-management, research and study skills. |
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ThursdayJuly 23, 2009 |
Ti' Acadie brings Francophone folk to Bates' Midsummer Lakeside seriesTi’ Acadie, a lively Maine trio focusing on the Francophone folk music of Louisiana and Atlantic Canada, performs this week’s installment of the 2009 Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 23, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews. |
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ThursdayJuly 9, 2009 |
Kate Weare Company opens Bates Dance Festival with Bridge of SighsOpening the 2009 performance season of the internationally acclaimed Bates Dance Festival, the nuanced, sensual Kate Weare Company offers two Maine premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 11, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. |