Stories about "Science and technology"
Wenzel receives national honor for chemistry research
Friday, September 4, 2009 10:00 am
Thomas Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry, has received the American Chemical Society's 25th Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, recognizing faculty at undergraduate institutions whose research has been widely recognized and who have contributed significantly to both the field of chemistry and the professional development of students.
Caltech chemistry professor visits Bates to discuss Earth's energy resources
Thursday, September 3, 2009 3:53 pm
Nathan Lewis, a chemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology, gives a lecture about Earth's energy resources at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College.
Alumni survey will help Bates assess science, math programs
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 3:20 pm
As part of a general assessment of its science and math programs, Bates is requesting that alumni who majored in those areas take part in a survey about their post-Bates careers.
Bates, Bowdoin share $150,000 grant to improve quantitative education
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 3:17 pm
A national foundation that supports liberal arts education has awarded nearly $150,000 to Bates and Bowdoin colleges for a collaborative effort to strengthen students' quantitative reasoning skills.
Summer Scholars Program gives first-years solid start in math, science
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 2:48 pm
The goal of the Bates Summer Scholars Program is to build a community of science scholars from among a diverse group of first-years, including first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in the sciences. It introduces these students to college-level academics and helps them develop time-management, research and study skills.
John Kelsey's neuroscience lab brings in the brains
Friday, July 24, 2009 12:54 pm
If you’re a student in Professor of Psychology John Kelsey’s neuroscience laboratory, you might get a chance to co-author a research article. And if you’re Kelsey, your students might inspire you to explore a new area of neuroscience. "My research is done with my students and through my students," says Kelsey.
Grant supports physics research hinting at new basis for computing
Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:43 am
A Bates physicist has won a grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to study a phenomenon that hints at a possible basis for the next generation of computers.
Bare Bones
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:23 am
In ancient fish bones, archeologist Bruce Bourque and geochemist Beverly Johnson find a contemporary story.
Still Lisa
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:13 am
Lisa Genova ’92 just wanted to honor her grandmother. What she did was write a best-selling novel about Alzheimer’s
Passion, intensity drive Short Term offerings
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:50 pm
As students choose just one intensive course from a portfolio of offerings, Bates' Short Term is amenable to all kinds of academic experimentation. But one of its most desirable qualities is the precious time it affords for sustained concentration.