Jay Burns
Recently retired as editor of Bates Magazine, Jay now occasionally contributes stories to the magazine as well as Bates News.
Stories by Jay Burns
And now: The answer to how ancient plants could live on dry land
Thursday, December 8, 2022 1:28 pm
Researchers including Bates biologist Brett Huggett answer a long-unanswered question: how early plants made the big move to dry-land living 400 million years ago.
13 favorite Bates sportraits from the fall season
Friday, December 2, 2022 12:52 pm
Bobcats talk about their creative sports portraits. "We have to remember that sport is a performance, and athletes are performers," explains Amy Bass '92, an expert in sport, culture, and society.
13 insights about the 2022 midterms from Bates politics professors
Friday, November 18, 2022 12:56 pm
What the pundits got wrong, why a new same-sex marriage law doesn't make constitutional sense, and why election denying isn't a strong strategy;.
Q&A: ‘It’s a skill’ — Lindsey Hamilton ’05 explains the ins and outs of inclusive teaching and learning
Friday, November 18, 2022 11:32 am
A nationally regarded expert in the field of inclusive teaching, Hamilton is the inaugural director of the college’s new Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning. "The field of teaching is backed up with scholarship and evidence just like any other discipline. We can improve it but we just have to do things that we know work.”
From a Distance: What can you see in the bike garage on Frye Street?
Friday, November 11, 2022 2:06 pm
This interactive photograph depicts the goings-on at the bike garage on Frye Street.
Bates economist’s new research sees a shift in what young Americans want from the federal government
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:14 am
As they’ve experienced the pandemic young American voters have shifting notions of what they want from the federal government, according to new research co-authored by Bates Associate Professor of Economics Sandra Goff. But just what they want remains to be seen.
Audio: Hear the powerful voice of Edmund Muskie ’36, who launched the Clean Water Act 50 years ago
Friday, October 14, 2022 9:55 am
On the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a selection of audio clips featuring the compelling and powerful voice of Sen. Edmund Muskie '36, each explained by Bates Director of Debate Jan Hovden.
Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: Oct. 7, 2022
Friday, October 7, 2022 1:00 pm
What the lefthanded tennis player said plus other quotes in our latest roundup of what Bates folks are saying about this and that.
From Bates History: World War II flag, women’s sports pin, ash tray (what’s that?)
Friday, September 30, 2022 12:09 pm
Here's another selection of item from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Librarythat tell stories about Bates' past.
Seven inventive door stops on move-in day for the Class of 2026
Friday, September 23, 2022 1:56 pm
Since Bates doors aren't made to be propped open, students have to be inventive on Propped Door Day — err, move-in day.