Stories about "Science and technology"
Video: Campus osprey tries to build a nest at Garcelon

Friday, April 21, 2023 1:52 pm

Immense talent at finding prey doesn’t mean that an osprey, or any bird, will also be good at nest-building.

Video: ‘The light and the forest and the whole system together’ — Caleb Ireland ’23

Friday, March 3, 2023 8:21 am

As he grew up, Ireland loved to roam the forests, fields, and swamps near his rural home. At Bates, he's become an award-winning environmental studies major ready tell stories that "an really inspire and teach people."

And now: The answer to how ancient plants could live on dry land

Thursday, December 8, 2022 1:28 pm

Researchers including Bates biologist Brett Huggett answer a long-unanswered question: how early plants made the big move to dry-land living 400 million years ago.

Dana Hall re-opens to the Bates community on Monday, Aug. 29 from 2-4 pm for light refreshments and a chance to celebrate its renovation.The renovation of Dana is an important part of both our revitalization of STEM at Bates and creating new flexible classrooms for all - this is truly an all-campus building. You’ll see new student spaces throughout the building, teaching labs on the first and third floors, and three new flexible classrooms on the second floor. Core facilities and accessibility have been improved as well. We are excited about the impact these spaces will have on teaching and learning in the decades to come. We are looking forward to sharing Dana with you and to celebrate the work of the many Bates employees and our partners who made this renovation possible.
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 22, 2022

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:47 am

After a renovation that redefined Dana Hall’s role in Bates science education, the building reopened with an Aug. 29 celebration. Also: an abyss in Chase Hall!

Video: An immersive visit to the coastal gem, Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area

Friday, September 2, 2022 1:10 pm

Time spent in nature is great. Time spent even looking at images of nature help, too. With that in mind, here’s a brief but enveloping video from Bates–Morse Mountain on a summer day.

Video: Devanshi Trivedi ’22, neuroscience, philosophy, and ‘what makes us who we are’

Thursday, May 26, 2022 4:35 pm

Trivedi has wanted to study the brain ever since a childhood friend told her that our eyes see the world upside down, but our brains flip everything right side up.

A science first: Bates physicist Nathan Lundblad leads research to create ultracold atomic bubbles in space

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1:45 pm

The prestigious journal Nature has published research by Lundblad, a professor of physics, and his coauthors on their history-making research aboard the International Space Station.

Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 7): Four scientists who are opportunistic, chemiluminescent, continuity-minded, and nosey

Monday, May 16, 2022 2:07 pm

Our final installment of a series profiling the folks who work in the college's new Bonney Science Center: Four scientists who are opportunistic, chemiluminescent, continuity-minded, and nosey.

Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 6)

Monday, May 9, 2022 12:36 pm

Meet three biology and biochemistry professors: one who finds the Lyme bacteria is "pretty amazing"; another whose honors student has ants in her plans; and a third who's delivering a CURE for first-year students.

Assistant In Instruction Alyson FarringtonChemistry and Biochemistry BonneyScence Center laboratory, BSC 360
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 5): veteran custodian, neuroscientist giving signals, instructor with good chemistry

Monday, May 2, 2022 2:21 pm

Here’s the fifth installment of our series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.

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