Stories about "Society and culture"
The top 13 Bates College Facebook posts of 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:15 pm
The top 13 Bates College Facebook posts of 2020 puts into sharp relief just what, in the midst of the trials of a pandemic, the Bates community values.
Oh Henry! Bill Henry ’85 wins editing Emmy for HBO’s ‘Succession’
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 10:20 am
Henry has seen the film industry’s shift from “100 years on acetate film to a completely digital medium.”
Three recipes from the 2020 Harvest Meal (no flamingo, sorry)
Friday, November 20, 2020 1:15 pm
Pink flamingos weren’t on the Harvest Meal menu (they just helped with the theme, "Life’s a Beach”). But seafood chowder, beef brisket with brown sugar and chili rub, and herbed stuffing were — and here are the recipes.
A ‘status quo election,’ say Bates professors — with disappointments, surprises, lessons
Friday, November 6, 2020 10:52 am
Regardless of who ends up in the White House, the 2020 election may have "revealed who we are as a country.”
Bates dedicates Veterans Plaza, now ‘part of our mission to educate and transform lives’
Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:21 am
"Veterans Plaza will be part and parcel of our mission to educate and transform lives," said President Clayton Spencer at the virtual dedication event on Oct. 9.
Meet new faculty: Brian J. Evans and the meaning of dance
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:15 pm
We create meaning with more than our brains, says Evans, a new lecturer in dance. Through the embodied arts, we can literally "dance through life" — and gain the power "to be unabashedly human.”
Meet new faculty: Yunkyoung Garrison and the impact of racism and classism on mental health
Thursday, October 1, 2020 3:40 pm
Garrison studies the impacts of racism and classism on mental health, including how the social concept of meritocracy contributes to stress.
Meet new faculty: Lisa Gilson and political words that fit the need
Friday, September 25, 2020 9:18 am
A political theorist, Gilson explains why activists need to use language that is "adapted to their specific situation" — even if the language is off-putting to voters.
Meet new Bates faculty: Nivedhitha Subramanian and what job-searching women in Pakistan seek
Thursday, September 10, 2020 10:39 am
A development and labor economist, Subramanian studies economic challenges in less-developed countries, especially for women/
Meet new Bates faculty: Seulgie Lim and gender equality in West Africa
Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:54 am
Born in South Korea and raised in Mauritania, Lim researches gender equity efforts in West African nations. At Bates, she anticipates learning her students' "experiences and stories."