Jay Burns
As the editorial director for the Bates Communications Office, Jay guides Bates Magazine and BatesNews.
Stories by Jay Burns
Bates College announces faculty cohort-hire initiative in climate and the environment
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 11:58 am
Focusing on climate and the environment, Bates will make five tenure-track appointments in the coming two years. “Bates is taking advantage of this unique moment in a creative, interesting, and forward-looking way,” says Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.
‘The spirit of John’: Lewiston and Auburn dedicate the John T. Jenkins ’74 Memorial Bridge
Friday, July 1, 2022 4:08 pm
A big gathering of friends, family, colleagues, and admirers gathered to remember John Jenkins and to dedicate the span as the John T. Jenkins Memorial Bridge.
From Bates History: Pin, picture, fob, and trophy
Friday, June 24, 2022 4:03 pm
Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere.
What’s in a Name: Montello
Friday, June 17, 2022 4:12 pm
A residential area just north of campus, Montello is the name of a street, a rise of land familiar to generations of Bates joggers, and once home to two commercial mineral springs.
A 50th Reunion alumnus recalls a seminal Short Term trip to East Harlem in 1970
Friday, June 10, 2022 10:03 am
Mac Herrling '72 recalls one of the first off-campus Short Term courses, which traveled to East Harlem under a young religion professor, Garvey MacLean '57, to explore the possibilities of Love in Action.
‘Be someone who builds trust,’ Dr. Nirav Shah tells seniors at 156th Bates College Commencement
Sunday, May 29, 2022 2:09 pm
“We treat those with different beliefs not just as incorrect, but as ignorant," said Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and a luminary in the state’s COVID-19 response. "Don't do that," he told the seniors. Instead, "be someone who builds trust."
Video: Class of 2022 arrives for their class photo at Garcelon
Friday, May 27, 2022 3:49 pm
The Class of 2022 gathered this morning for their senior photo at Garcelon Field. Aside from a round of good-humored booing, all went well.
A science first: Bates physicist Nathan Lundblad leads research to create ultracold atomic bubbles in space
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1:45 pm
The prestigious journal Nature has published research by Lundblad, a professor of physics, and his coauthors on their history-making research aboard the International Space Station.
When ‘The Birth of a Nation’ came to Lewiston and struck fear in a young Benjamin Mays
Thursday, April 28, 2022 5:06 pm
On this weekend in 1919, Benjamin Mays and Bates friends went to see a movie in Lewiston. Afterwards, they ran back to campus, fearing for their safety. Professor Charles Nero helps explain what happened.
Video: Watch Bobcats have a ball at their softball photo session
Thursday, April 7, 2022 5:07 pm
Give Bates students a few props — say, bright yellow softballs and multicolored bats — and they’ll find a way to transform a routine team photo session into an afternoon of improv.