Stories about "Current topics"
Bates professors prove key players in national gathering on social justice in biology education
Thursday, June 29, 2023 10:11 am
Three Bates professors worked as key players at this week's Gordon Research Conference on equity and inclusion in STEM reflecting the school's reputation for “doing a lot of work now on how we talk about power and privilege across all majors,” said Carrie Diaz Eaton, Bates associate professor of digital and computational studies — and one of the conference’s co-chairs.
This ‘beautiful, dreamlike’ cloud photo by a Bates professor is Best in Show
Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:20 am
The clouds above Maine on April 23 suggested a psychedelic landscape painting — Salvador Dali meets John Constable? — and created a photographic moment for Associate Professor of Biology Andrew Mountcastle
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 12:25 pm
June was full of rekindling: alumni pouring onto campus for Reunion, Bates' Employee Enrichment Week, and a new outdoor gear-lending library co-founded by Hallie Herz '11 — all in This Month at Bates.
Hallie Herz ’11 co-founds nation’s first queer-focused outdoor gear lending library
Friday, June 23, 2023 9:52 am
Hallie Herz '11 co-founded the nation's first queer-focused outdoor gear library with their partner, Eva Fury. "Queer people need a space where they can be themselves and find connections to things that sustain them,” Herz said.
Announcing the 27th annual Bates College summer book list
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 1:52 pm
In the words of Madeleine L'Engle, “a book, too, can be a star." The Bates community offers up over 200 "stars" in this year's book list.
Bates in the News: June 9, 2023
Friday, June 9, 2023 5:01 am
The news media covers Bates Commencement, a professor's expertise in the ritual practice of firewalking, and alumni trying to save local journalism.
Bates students create a self-guided tour of Riverside Cemetery that tells historical stories of Lewiston
Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:46 pm
Created by Bates students, a self-guided online tour of Lewiston's Riverside Cemetery tells stories of Civil War veterans, immigrants to Lewiston, and Maine industrial workers.
Q&A: Bates Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a ‘big part of who I am’ at Bates
Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:42 am
This year's Senior Address at Commencement will be offered by Rishi Madnani ‘23 of Langhorne, Pa., who came to Bates with two major expectations about his path forward. And both were upended.
Bates physics professor earns NASA’s ‘exceptional achievement’ award, plus $1.89 million in grant funding, for groundbreaking research in space
Friday, May 19, 2023 11:11 am
Recognizing Professor of Physics Nathan Lundblad's groundbreaking experiments in the Cold Atom Laboratory aboard the International Space Station, NASA has awarded him a $1.89 million grant extension and its prestigious Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.
From Bates history: Granite from Mount David and a prince from Liberia
Friday, May 12, 2023 11:34 am
A few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere on campus, and our thoughts about what they are and mean.