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
Carl Benton Straub, professor and dean with a pivotal effect on Bates’ academic character, dies at age 83
Friday, November 22, 2019 12:00 pm
Straub joined the Bates faculty in 1965 and retired in 2005 as dean emeritus of the faculty, professor emeritus of religion, and Clark A. Griffith Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies.
Six texts by Carl Benton Straub honoring Bates people, places, and institutional moments
Friday, November 22, 2019 12:00 pm
Whether writing Jimmy Carter's honorary degree citation or sharing thoughts about his office being razed, Straub imparted meaning through apt metaphor, historical comparisons, and scholarly references.
What’s in a Bates Name: Libbey
Friday, November 8, 2019 11:15 am
Dedicated 110 years ago, Libbey Forum was donated to Bates by Lewiston mill owner and entrepreneur W. Scott Libbey.
The 1898 Bates-Bowdoin football game that cemented a historic rivalry
Friday, November 1, 2019 11:05 am
The build-up to the 1898 Bates-Bowdoin game had disputes and divided loyalties. In the end, it was “universally admitted to be the greatest contest ever held between Maine colleges."
Then and Now: winter Bates campus then, colorful autumn now
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:00 am
One moment, it can feel like winter. Then, shazam!, we're enveloped in a cocoon of color and light.
11 words: Students describe indigenous archaeology in an Alaskan village
Friday, October 11, 2019 12:25 pm
At the site of an abandoned Alaskan village, an alumnus hears 11 words illuminating experiences of students and their professor conducting indigenous archaeology.
Announcing Bobcat339: a student-invented molecule with pharmaceutical promise
Friday, October 4, 2019 11:33 am
Protected by a provisional patent filing, the molecule Bobcat339 speaks to pharmaceutical promise and how students become cutting-edge science researchers at Bates.
18 items in the library’s Lost & Found on Sept. 25, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:32 pm
Busy Bobcats plan their days, store data, stay hydrated, and do course readings...while losing appointment notebooks, thumb drives, water bottles, and textbooks.
Slideshow: Osprey vs. goldfish at Lake Andrews
Thursday, September 12, 2019 10:00 am
Watch what happens when an osprey goes for the gold at Lake Andrews.
Arriving Monday, the Bates Class of 2023 steps into a ‘world of new connections’
Thursday, August 22, 2019 4:28 pm
Learn all about the 501-member Class of 2023, selected from the largest applicant pool in Bates history, and how they'll be welcomed on Monday.