Bates launches EcoService Day with green projects on, off campus

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Bates launches EcoService Day with green projects on, off campus

Monday, April 25, 2011 9:13 am

From the shores of the Androscoggin River to the slopes of Bradbury Mountain, dozens of Bates College students, staff and faculty will fan out through Lewiston-Auburn and beyond on Saturday, April 30, to give the environment a helping hand.

Campus Construction Update: April 18, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011 10:55 am

Like cars and telephones, buildings are catching up rapidly to their human masters in the realm of intelligence. The renovated Roger Williams and Hedge halls, for instance, will wisely empower their occupants to stay comfortable without wasting energy.

The Burlington Free Press profiles artists and cheesemakers Sessions '99 and Bernhardt '99

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 11:11 am

Burlington Free Press correspondent Melissa Pasanen profiles Hannah Sessions ’99 and Greg…

Chevron's Lisa Barry '77 brings global energy insights to College Key residency

Friday, March 25, 2011 9:11 am

Lisa Barry '77, on campus March 23 and 24 as the 2011 College Key Distinguished Alumna in Residence, is vice president and general manager of Chevron government affairs.

Campus Construction Update: March 4, 2011

Friday, March 4, 2011 10:22 am

The renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls boasts a long list of environmentally sustainable measures. Discarded wood, for example, was chipped by the ton and burned as biomass fuel (with any nails left in the wood being picked up by magnets so the metal could be reused). But not all the old wood went up in smoke. Some will come back to Hedge and the Bill in the coming weeks.