Senior thesis Q-and-A: The 1950s debate over Androscoggin River pollution

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The honorary degree candidates “show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.

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Thursday May 2, 2013 12:00 pm	Senior thesis Q-and-A: The 1950s debate over Androscoggin River pollution In her thesis, Taryn O’Connell ’13 examines strategies used to reach different social classes in Lewiston during a landmark pollution debate.
Wednesday April 10, 2013 12:14 pm	Bangor Daily News quotes biologist Ambrose in story on worm digger dispute Bates marine biologist Will Ambrose says that coastal worm diggers don’t do significant harm to clams.
Thursday March 28, 2013 8:40 am	Recent tenure appointee Sonja Pieck explores “the nexus of power and nature” What is nature, who gets to decide its fate and why? And how can those who are excluded from environmental governance get some say?
Wednesday January 23, 2013 11:41 am	Otis Intern Kate Paladin ’15 learns the value of green ‘action’ Kate Paladin ’15 discovers what happens when a community becomes an epicenter of poverty and pollution.
Wednesday September 26, 2012 4:28 pm	As Clean Water Act’s 40th nears, panel to discuss history, future of landmark legislation Bates presents a panel discussion exploring the history and future of the Clean Water Act on Oct. 1.
Wednesday September 26, 2012 1:24 pm	Environmental photographer Chris Jordan to give Otis Lecture Photographer Chris Jordan, known for depicting the environmental devastation produced by the consumer society, gives the Otis Lecture on Oct. 9.
Friday January 20, 2012 1:46 pm	Slide Show: Highlights of 2012 MLK Day observance http://www.flickr.com/photos/batescollegephotography/sets/72157628901934327/show/
Wednesday January 18, 2012 11:31 am	Sun Journal publishes op-ed by Wenzel and Costlow on Androscoggin-focused projects In an op-ed in the Sun Journal, Bates professors Tom Wenzel and Jane Costlow explain their students’ partnership with the…
Thursday December 15, 2011 4:55 pm	ES students seek to reconnect Androscoggin, residents Twenty-eight Bates students in environmental studies spent the fall contributing to the next chapter of the Androscoggin River’s story.
Thursday November 17, 2011 10:16 pm	Sonja Pieck, Kroepsch Award recipient, to discuss education as activism Sonja Pieck, assistant professor of environmental studies and co-recipient of the 2011 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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Thursday

May 2, 2013
12:00 pm

In her thesis, Taryn O’Connell ’13 examines strategies used to reach different social classes in Lewiston during a landmark pollution debate.

Wednesday

April 10, 2013
12:14 pm

Bangor Daily News quotes biologist Ambrose in story on worm digger dispute

Bates marine biologist Will Ambrose says that coastal worm diggers don’t do significant harm to clams.

Thursday

March 28, 2013
8:40 am

Recent tenure appointee Sonja Pieck explores “the nexus of power and nature”

What is nature, who gets to decide its fate and why? And how can those who are excluded from environmental governance get some say?

Wednesday

January 23, 2013
11:41 am

Otis Intern Kate Paladin ’15 learns the value of green ‘action’

Kate Paladin ’15 discovers what happens when a community becomes an epicenter of poverty and pollution.

Wednesday

September 26, 2012
4:28 pm

As Clean Water Act’s 40th nears, panel to discuss history, future of landmark legislation

Bates presents a panel discussion exploring the history and future of the Clean Water Act on Oct. 1.

Wednesday

September 26, 2012
1:24 pm

Environmental photographer Chris Jordan to give Otis Lecture

Photographer Chris Jordan, known for depicting the environmental devastation produced by the consumer society, gives the Otis Lecture on Oct. 9.

Friday

January 20, 2012
1:46 pm

Slide Show: Highlights of 2012 MLK Day observance

http://www.flickr.com/photos/batescollegephotography/sets/72157628901934327/show/

Wednesday

January 18, 2012
11:31 am

Sun Journal publishes op-ed by Wenzel and Costlow on Androscoggin-focused projects

In an op-ed in the Sun Journal, Bates professors Tom Wenzel and Jane Costlow explain their students’ partnership with the…

Thursday

December 15, 2011
4:55 pm

ES students seek to reconnect Androscoggin, residents

Twenty-eight Bates students in environmental studies spent the fall contributing to the next chapter of the Androscoggin River’s story.