Jay Burns
As the editorial director for the Bates Communications Office, Jay guides Bates Magazine and BatesNews.
Stories by Jay Burns
Video: With a click, Zsofia Duarte ’18 nears the end of the honors thesis triathlon
Friday, March 30, 2018 11:01 am
Let's join Duarte in Ladd library as she clears the biggest honors-thesis hurdle: the online submission of her 115-page document.
Slideshow: Anarchy to zebrafish, Mount David Summit is an A-to-Z smorgasbord of smarts
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:25 pm
The summit is a living, breathing encyclopedia of student achievement at Bates.
Professor of German Craig Decker ’78, an ‘irascible and quick-witted’ teacher and scholar with ‘great depth and curiosity,’ dies at age 61
Friday, March 23, 2018 11:29 am
Decker, a member of the Bates faculty for 34 years and a renowned translator who explored German and Austrian social, literary, and cultural history, died on March 17 of cardiac arrest.
Meet Ella Knowles, Class of 1884, Bates’ most dangerous alumna
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 2:34 pm
Meet Ella Knowles, Class of 1884 — a suffragist, trailblazing lawyer, and career boat-rocker whose life was a succession of singular female accomplishments.
Climate change is ‘not something you believe. It just is,’ says Trump whistleblower Joel Clement
Friday, March 16, 2018 12:40 pm
Clement is the former climate policy chief who says the Trump administration retaliated against him and fellow scientists for climate-change advocacy.
Q&A: Ben Tonelli ’18 creates model showing how songbirds spread ticks
Friday, March 2, 2018 10:34 am
"Until Ben’s model, we haven’t had a sense of where the redistribution might occur and the possible scale of that effect,” says his adviser.
Video: Watch ski jumping off Mount David in 1936
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 2:51 pm
The spectacle of ski jumping from Mount David in 1936 was no less grand, or less popular, than the Olympic version.
Bates College attracts record number of applications for incoming class
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 10:23 am
“We are meeting more prospective students where they are and telling a story that is more compelling and relevant than ever,” said Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Leigh Weisenburger.
Bates College ranks No. 1 in Fulbright Student awards for 2017–18
Monday, February 19, 2018 11:06 am
The prestigious Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship initiative for international educational exchange.
NBC’s Olympic-sized shout-out to Bates and skier Dinos Lefkaritis ’19
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:45 pm
Marching into the opening ceremonies, Bates Olympian Dinos Lefkaritis ’19 of Larnaca, Cyprus, drew an extended shout-out from NBC announcers.