Stories about "Science and technology"
Scientist, panel to discuss DNA testing and identity

Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:05 pm

The Bates College Office of Multicultural Affairs presents a lecture and panel discussion titled "Does Your Identity Fit Your Genes?" at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archive.

For geochemist Beverly Johnson, shells tell a story

Friday, December 21, 2007 1:37 pm

Organic geochemist Beverly Johnson knows that an eggshell can endure even for tens of millennia. Moreover, that shell can reveal much about the world in which it was made.

Lynd '79, pioneering ethanol researcher, to speak at Bates

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:19 am

Professor Lee Rybeck Lynd '79, a pioneer in the sustainable production of ethanol fuels from abundant, inexpensive and renewable plant materials, gives two public presentations at Bates College in October.

Campus Construction Update: Week of Aug. 27, 2007

Friday, August 31, 2007 8:39 am

On Aug. 31, 2007, construction crews rushed to get much of Alumni Walk ready for traffic as Bates College students returned in force.

Hughes program boosts students' math, science prospects

Thursday, August 9, 2007 9:22 am

Students at Bates College this summer explored crime-scene chemistry and cultural diversity in mathematics through a program designed to make math and science more inviting to groups underrepresented in those fields. Eleven members of the class of 2011 were chosen to be Hughes Summer Scholars.

Muskie Archives opens historic Androscoggin River data to researchers

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:14 am

The papers of a Bates College professor who spent decades studying pollution in the Androscoggin River -- pollution that prompted the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 -- are newly accessible to researchers.

College Dance Festival presents video dance works

Friday, August 3, 2007 10:25 am

Showcasing the innovative use of new technologies, Bridgman Packer Dance and BoánDanz Action present the Maine premieres of new work incorporating live dance and music with state-of-the-art video. The festival presents Bridgman Packer Dance Saturday, Aug. 4, and BoánDanz Action Sunday, Aug. 5, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St., Bates College.

Commencement 2007 stories, photographs and videos

Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:08 pm

"If you want to solve all the problems that we're facing in this world, it's unlikely that the people and ideas that got us to where we are will be the ones that are going to get us to a different place," Segway inventor Dean Kamen told 464 graduates at Bates College' 141st Commencement.

Taegan McMahon '07 gives frogs the acid test

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 2:26 pm

A childhood trip to the rainforests of Costa Rica introduced Taegan McMahon '07 to poison dart frogs. Immediately, she was smitten. “They are very cool and absolutely beautiful,” she says.

'Science image' talk marks opening of Imaging and Computing Center

Friday, February 16, 2007 10:38 am

Felice Frankel, a leading expert in the use of imagery to express scientific data and concepts, offers a lecture titled "More Than Pretty Pictures: The Power of the Science Image" Friday, March 2, in the Keck Classroom (G52) in Pettengill Hall, Bates College, Andrews Road.

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