Detwiler ’95 plays key role in confirming new African monkey species

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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Tuesday February 19, 2013 1:02 pm	Detwiler ’95 plays key role in confirming new African monkey species An African monkey known as a lesula was recently confirmed as a new species by Kate Detwiler ’95 and her fellow primate researchers.
Tuesday February 5, 2013 12:00 pm	Figuring out Erica Rand, the scholar Red Nails, Black Skates is a crash course in Erica Rand’s areas of cultural criticism, through the lens of figure skating.
Monday January 28, 2013 12:00 pm	Shifts in student routines may explain 2009′s H1N1 surge, Bates researchers find The findings suggest that the patterns of student movement across a campus like Bates is not as “well-blended” as thought.
Thursday January 17, 2013 1:07 pm	Sun Journal profiles bio professor Williams and her zeal for zebrafish Examining zebrafish can tell us something about us, says Assistant Professor of Biology Larissa Williams.
Thursday December 6, 2012 9:35 am	Public radio interviews Kane about her book ‘The Gender Trap’ Customs like pink for girls and blue for boys are not necessarily benign choices, says Bates sociologist Emily Kane.
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.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:39 am	Party platforms reflect ideological battles, says political scientist Engel Changes in party platforms over time can reflect the winners and losers among the party factions.
Thursday July 26, 2012 1:41 pm	Slate turns to anthropologist Danforth for firewalking explanation The reason firewalkers don’t get burned lies in Loring Danforth’s research.
Monday June 18, 2012 9:54 am	Peasants Revolt included women, too, Federico proves “They were not shy to pick up staffs, sticks, and staves and wield them against perceived oppressors.”
Friday June 8, 2012 3:35 pm	Trading piano for pen, Glazer releases book Famed pianist Frank Glazer trades piano for pen with “Philosophy of Artistic Performance.”

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An African monkey known as a lesula was recently confirmed as a new species by Kate Detwiler ’95 and her fellow primate researchers.

Figuring out Erica Rand, the scholar

Red Nails, Black Skates is a crash course in Erica Rand’s areas of cultural criticism, through the lens of figure skating.

Shifts in student routines may explain 2009′s H1N1 surge, Bates researchers find

The findings suggest that the patterns of student movement across a campus like Bates is not as “well-blended” as thought.

Sun Journal profiles bio professor Williams and her zeal for zebrafish

Examining zebrafish can tell us something about us, says Assistant Professor of Biology Larissa Williams.

Public radio interviews Kane about her book ‘The Gender Trap’

Customs like pink for girls and blue for boys are not necessarily benign choices, says Bates sociologist Emily Kane.

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.