Stories about "Science and technology"
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 4): custodian with views; resource manager hot and cold; professor moving in space

Monday, April 18, 2022 5:58 pm

Our fourth installment in a series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.

Meet the Bonney Science Center places and faces (No. 2): Gram staining, defense scheduling, thesis meeting

Monday, April 4, 2022 3:13 pm

The second installment of our series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.

Meet the places and faces of the new Bonney Science Center

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:50 pm

In a series of photo and text profiles, we turn our lens on the professors, students, and staff as they interact and innovate in the new Bonney Science Center.

Ecorep Tamsin Stringer ’22 of Bloomington, Ind., poses at the new electric charger stations behind Underhill in the Merrill Gym parking lot.“Underhill Electric Vehicle Chargers Project “Bates has installed other EV chargers in the past. This project will be different for three primary reasons. First, we have already received a grant from CMP for the make-ready infrastructure portion of the project, which has historically been the bulk of the expenses for EV charger installations. Secondly, this project will include installing level 2 chargers for the first time at Bates, which will allow for monetary collections for charging, tiered charging for different kinds of customers, and incentivize to move one’s car once it's fully charged. Finally, this project allows for future EV charger installations in the same location for much lower cost, because the make-ready infrastructure for more EV chargers will be easily accessible.
Bates College announces plan to become climate positive by 2030

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:04 am

Meeting the goals of the Bates Sustainability Roadmap will "touch and enrich our lives here on campus," said President Clayton Spencer, while also furthering the college's stated mission of "to prepare leaders with a commitment to responsible stewardship of the wider world."

NESCAC Snow Poll: 24 inches is a Jumbo-sized blizzard

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 1:13 pm

What NESCAC campus got the most snow on Jan. 29? Where does "blizzard" come from? Answers to those questions, and more.

NESCAC Chill Poll for Jan. 22: 19 below zero is really cold, but was the cold real?

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 3:38 pm

As dawn broke on Jan. 22, the summit of Mount Washington, famed for its intense winter weather, was warmer than six campuses in the 'CAC.

Ecorep Tamsin Stringer ’22 of Bloomington, Ind., poses at the new electric charger stations behind Underhill in the Merrill Gym parking lot.“Underhill Electric Vehicle Chargers Project “Bates has installed other EV chargers in the past. This project will be different for three primary reasons. First, we have already received a grant from CMP for the make-ready infrastructure portion of the project, which has historically been the bulk of the expenses for EV charger installations. Secondly, this project will include installing level 2 chargers for the first time at Bates, which will allow for monetary collections for charging, tiered charging for different kinds of customers, and incentivize to move one’s car once it's fully charged. Finally, this project allows for future EV charger installations in the same location for much lower cost, because the make-ready infrastructure for more EV chargers will be easily accessible.
Student energy puts a charge into new electric-vehicle stations

Thursday, November 11, 2021 2:07 pm

One finding from a Bates survey on electric vehicle use gave Tamsin Stringer '22 a jolt: Bates needed more EV plugins, so she set out to help.

Video: It’s go time for the Bates ginkgo tree

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 3:54 pm

“I had a feeling that today would be the day,” said Emma Christman ’22, a biology and geology double major who stopped to watch the ginkgo’s bright yellow leaves cascade to the ground. “It’s cold enough.”

Campus Construction Update: Aug. 27, 2021

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 2:48 pm

With a champagne toast and synchronized chops from ceremonial ribbon-cutting shears, the Bonney Science Center was declared open for business.

Bitter experience? A student intern tests Lewiston craft beers in a Bates lab

Thursday, August 12, 2021 10:56 am

When a Lewiston craft brewery wanted a partner to research the bitterness of their beers, they turned to Bates and Purposeful Work intern Emily Tamkin '23.

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