Thanks to Watson Fellowship, Norrmén-Smith ’13 will research perceptions of stroke in Africa, Asia

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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Monday April 8, 2013 1:57 pm	Thanks to Watson Fellowship, Norrmén-Smith ’13 will research perceptions of stroke in Africa, Asia A 2013 Watson Fellowship will make it possible for a Bates alumna to spend a year in Africa and Asia researching cultural perceptions of one of humankind’s leading causes of death and disability.
Wednesday October 17, 2012 11:12 am	Neuroscientist Jason Castro fields brain questions for Minnesota Public Radio Jason Castro, assistant professor of psychology, discusses free will and the brain, among other things.
Wednesday October 17, 2012 8:29 am	Bates announces new tenure-track faculty teaching in autumn 2012 Six new tenure-track members of the faculty began teaching at Bates in autumn 2012, representing dance, economics, German, neuroscience and psychology, religious studies, and classical and medieval studies.
Tuesday January 24, 2012 2:27 pm	Genova ’92, best-selling author of ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Left Neglected,’ to speak Lisa Genova ’92, author of the popular novels Still Alice and Left Neglected, speaks at Bates at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, in the Olin Concert Hall.
Tuesday October 4, 2011 10:27 am	Koven, Kroepsch Award recipient, to discuss stories of mental illnesses Nancy Koven, assistant professor of psychology, gives a talk titled Irreducible Stories of Mental Illness at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom ( G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
Tuesday May 31, 2011 3:37 pm	Video: Looking back, Margaret Cadden '11 reflects on the ebb and flow of Bates life Each Commencement season, we offer brief videos of Bates seniors reflecting on their Bates experience. Here, Margaret Cadden ’11 of…
Monday March 28, 2011 2:41 pm	Storytelling approach to teaching science gets results for Kroepsch recipient Praised by students for her creativity and clarity in conveying the complex technical and moral aspects of neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Psychology Nancy Koven is one of this year’s two recipients of the Bates College award for superior teaching.
Thursday April 29, 2010 10:06 am	Dartmouth College professor to speak on interpersonal differences and race biases Catherine J. Norris, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth University, speaks at Bates College on the intricacies of response to social and emotional stimuli at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road.
Friday January 15, 2010 11:13 am	Psychologist to discuss unconscious mind and its relation to behavior Mahzarin Banaji, a social psychologist at Harvard University, visits Bates College to discuss what happens when well-intentioned people behave in ways that deviate from their own consciously stated intentions. Her talk takes place at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
Tuesday September 29, 2009 4:50 pm	Bates welcomes two new trustees Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced the appointment of two Bates College alumni to the college’s Board of Trustees, Laura L. Young Connelly ’88 and Stuart B. Abelson ’97.

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A 2013 Watson Fellowship will make it possible for a Bates alumna to spend a year in Africa and Asia researching cultural perceptions of one of humankind’s leading causes of death and disability.

Neuroscientist Jason Castro fields brain questions for Minnesota Public Radio

Jason Castro, assistant professor of psychology, discusses free will and the brain, among other things.

Bates announces new tenure-track faculty teaching in autumn 2012

Six new tenure-track members of the faculty began teaching at Bates in autumn 2012, representing dance, economics, German, neuroscience and psychology, religious studies, and classical and medieval studies.

Tuesday

January 24, 2012
2:27 pm

Genova ’92, best-selling author of ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Left Neglected,’ to speak

Lisa Genova ’92, author of the popular novels Still Alice and Left Neglected, speaks at Bates at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, in the Olin Concert Hall.

Tuesday

October 4, 2011
10:27 am

Koven, Kroepsch Award recipient, to discuss stories of mental illnesses

Nancy Koven, assistant professor of psychology, gives a talk titled Irreducible Stories of Mental Illness at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom ( G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).

Tuesday

May 31, 2011
3:37 pm

Video: Looking back, Margaret Cadden '11 reflects on the ebb and flow of Bates life

Each Commencement season, we offer brief videos of Bates seniors reflecting on their Bates experience. Here, Margaret Cadden ’11 of…

Monday

March 28, 2011
2:41 pm

Storytelling approach to teaching science gets results for Kroepsch recipient

Praised by students for her creativity and clarity in conveying the complex technical and moral aspects of neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Psychology Nancy Koven is one of this year’s two recipients of the Bates College award for superior teaching.

Thursday

April 29, 2010
10:06 am

Dartmouth College professor to speak on interpersonal differences and race biases

Catherine J. Norris, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth University, speaks at Bates College on the intricacies of response to social and emotional stimuli at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road.

Tuesday

September 29, 2009
4:50 pm

Bates welcomes two new trustees

Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced the appointment of two Bates College alumni to the college’s Board of Trustees, Laura L. Young Connelly ’88 and Stuart B. Abelson ’97.