Stories about "Justice and poverty"
Poverty and the Two Maines
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:00 pm
"Poverty and the Two Maines" discussed poverty in the state and how it can be addressed. (Total length: 1:16:55).
Bates tennis player a semifinalist for national citizenship award
Monday, December 17, 2007 11:10 am
Mallika Raghavan (Chappaqua, N.Y.) is one of 14 semifinalists for the Wooden Cup, and the only tennis player or Division III athlete on that list. There are five others who have earned finalist honors, one of whom will be announced on Jan. 24 as the Wooden Cup's college recipient.
Chechen surgeon and human rights activist to speak
Saturday, December 8, 2007 11:25 am
Dr. Khassan Baiev, a Chechen physician, author and human rights activist, will speak at Bates College on International Human Rights Day, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.
Panelists discuss 'Poverty and the Two Maines' in Harward Center forum
Monday, November 26, 2007 1:19 pm
The Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College kicks off its "Civic Forum on Reimagining Maine in the 21st Century" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., with a panel titled "Poverty and the Two Maines."
Phillips Fellows present international research
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:50 pm
Five students who conducted international research with the support of Phillips Fellowships from Bates present their research in October.
Sociologist, PBS 'History Detectives' investigator to discuss Africa
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:06 pm
The 2007–08 Bates College Lecture Series opens with a discussion of Africa in the modern world by sociologist Tukufu Zuberi at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Bates' Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Bates students' Rwandan initiative named Project for Peace
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:47 am
A plan by Bates College students to help support a home for street children in Rwanda won a $10,000 award from the 100 Projects for Peace program sponsored by noted philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis.
Bates hosts international conference on Rwandan genocide
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:59 pm
Scholars and human-rights advocates will join survivors of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda to discuss its origins and outcomes on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, at Bates College. Titled "Rwanda: From National Disintegration to National Reunification: The Legacy of the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda," the conference is open to all free of charge. Sponsors of the event include the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
College hosts international conference on Rwandan genocide
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:30 am
Scholars and human-rights advocates will join survivors of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda to discuss its origins and outcomes on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, at Bates College.
Andrews lecturer to discuss the 'prison industrial complex'
Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:22 pm
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, writer, professor of geography and director of the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, will give a presentation titled "The Prison Industrial Complex After 25 Years" Thursday, March 22, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.