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FridayFebruary 12, 2010 |
Maine veteran, Afghan student to take part in Bates College panel on war in AfghanistanA panel of Bates College students and faculty, along with a Waterville peace activist, discuss the war in Afghanistan at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Bates College’s Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). |
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TuesdayFebruary 2, 2010 |
The Boston Globe reviews Pope.L's satiric political video at the DeCordovaBoston Globe art critic Sebastian Smee reviews the inaugural biennial at the DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum in Lincoln, Mass.,… |
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ThursdayDecember 3, 2009 |
Miller-McCune.com highlights immigrant research by politics professor Clarisa Perez-ArmendarizThe online magazine Miller-McCune.com highlights new research by Assistant Professor of Politics Clarisa Perez-Armendariz suggesting that the presence of Mexican… |
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WednesdayOctober 28, 2009 |
Video: 350 at New CommonsA video of table dancing at New Commons, organized by the student group Bates Energy Action Movement, has been posted… |
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TuesdayOctober 20, 2009 |
Newsweek calls on President Hansen for roundtable on higher educationFor its October 26, 2009 cover story, Newsweek magazine called on President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and four other thought leaders in American higher education to “debate the merits of a three-year degree and assess the state of higher education.” |
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FridayOctober 16, 2009 |
Rwandan genocide survivor, Berthe Kayitesi, to speak at BatesBerthe Kayitesi, an author and a survivor of the Rwandan genocide of 1994, speaks on her experiences and the rebuilding of communities in post-conflict Rwanda at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Muskie Archives at Bates College, 70 Campus Ave. The lecture, titled “Tomorrow My Life: Orphans in Post-Genocide Rwanda,” is open to the public and admission is free. It is part of the Civic Forum Series sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates. |
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FridayAugust 28, 2009 |
David Scobey tells Inside Higher Ed readers that colleges should launch community news organizationsAn Inside Higher Ed essay by Bates cultural historian David Scobey suggests how colleges might respond to the decline of… |
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ThursdayAugust 27, 2009 |
New England Cable News talks to politics professor John Baughman about Kennedy's last Maine visitNew England Cable News focuses on the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s last visit to Maine, in February 2008, to campaign for Barack Obama. At about the 45-second mark, reporter Marnie MacLean talks to John Baughman, associate professor of politics, who recalls Kennedy’s speech in the Bates Chapel. |
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WednesdayAugust 26, 2009 |
The Boston Globe and others interview Tom Whalen '86 about Ted Kennedy's legacyIn covering the death and legacy of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, many news outlets, including ABC News and The Boston Globe, turned to Boston University social scientist Tom Whalen ’86, an expert on Massachusetts politics and presidential leadership whose books include Kennedy Versus Lodge, about the 1952 Senate race in Massachusetts in which John F. Kennedy defeated Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Regarding the Kennedy political dynasty, Whalen tells ABC News that “frankly, we might be moving into a new era in American politics where people have grown tired of the dynasties.” |
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TuesdayJuly 21, 2009 |
Goodlatte gives raise to charitiesThe Daily News-Record of Harrisonburg, Va., reports that U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte ’74, R-Roanoke, gave $1,000 to the Big Brothers… |
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