Stories about "Society and culture"
My Last Year: Teaching in Russia
Friday, April 24, 2020 2:43 pm
From Gorbachev to Putin and St. Petersburg to Orel, retiring professor Jane Costlow looks back on leading students through 10 trips to Russia.
Video: Coaches grade Bobcat athletes of 70-plus years ago
Monday, April 13, 2020 3:12 pm
After reviewing vintage film clips from the 1930s, Bates coaches critique the abilities of Bates athletes in tennis, hammer throw, pole vault, and baseball.
Bates Purposeful Work expert: Sense of purpose offers a path forward during COVID-19
Friday, April 10, 2020 11:22 am
“These are extremely hard times. They are also extremely purposeful times, as a result,” says Bates psychologist and Purposeful Work expert Rebecca Fraser-Thill
Going virtual, Multifaith Chaplaincy reminds students that ‘you are still a part of this place’
Friday, April 10, 2020 8:40 am
As COVID-19 has forced most students to go home, employees to work remotely, and religious services to move online, the Multifaith Chaplaincy's mission hasn't changed: fostering connection.
A brief history of Bates and bugs, from smallpox to swine flu, ‘and the best preventive that we have’
Friday, April 3, 2020 10:35 am
People worldwide have, for eons, confronted infectious diseases and overcome them as communities working together — and so too has the Bates community.
Picture story: A community rallies as students depart campus
Monday, March 23, 2020 12:18 pm
Compelling and poignant photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen captures a historic community effort to support students leaving campus due to the COVID-19 crisis.
This Month in Bates Outing Club History: Video from the 1936 Winter Carnival
Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:19 pm
If a sporting event could be done on bare ground, Bates students were probably trying it on skis, skates, and snowshoes during Winter Carnival.
Beyond ‘founded by abolitionists’: Students and faculty undertake a more inclusive examination of Bates’ founding story
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:07 pm
Ongoing research by Bates faculty and students into the college’s early connection to the U.S. slave economy seeks to add long-silenced voices to the college’s founding narrative.
Worms ate my coffee cup! and other Green Innovation Grants for 2019–20
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:36 pm
From plastic-eating worms to stapleless staplers, Bates' Green Innovation Grants support surprising — and surprisingly effective — sustainability projects.
Multimedia: Three days with art and artists, music and musicians in Olin Arts Center
Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:05 pm
Bates photographers and writers share what they saw and heard in from students and professors in the college's arts center during three days in February.