Stories about "Teaching and education"
Australian research suggests human potential to change environment
Monday, August 8, 2005 10:59 am
Why did one species disappear while the other survived? The simple answer is diet. Genyornis couldn't adapt to radical changes in the available food supply, while the emu could, according to a geological study published in the July 8 issue of Science magazine and co-authored by Bates geochemist Beverly Johnson.
UConn's Rowe to receive Bates honor
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:39 pm
Donald "Dee" Rowe, legendary former Worcester Academy and University of Connecticut basketball coach, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural induction ceremony of the newly created Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the Mays Center on the Bates College campus. Rowe will also be inducted as the society's first honorary member.
Biologist named first Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences
Thursday, May 5, 2005 3:05 pm
Bates College has named Pamela Baker, a biology professor known for her research into periodontal disease, as the college's first Helen A. Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences.
Maine governor, Legislature honor Bates' 150th anniversary
Monday, May 2, 2005 3:43 pm
The state of Maine's pivotal role in the founding of Bates College 150 years ago made Monday afternoon's Statehouse celebration, featuring a "Bates College Day" proclamation by Maine Gov. John Baldacci and a legislative joint resolution sponsored by State Sen. Peggy Rotundo, D-Androscoggin, a proud event for both college and state.
Bates ranked No. 1 'Best Value' by Princeton Review
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45 am
Bates College is the nation's "best value" college, The Princeton Review announced April 18. The New York-based education services company features the school in its "Top 10 Best Value Colleges" ranking list in the 2006 edition of its book, "America's Best Value Colleges," which goes on sale April 19, 2005.
Noblitt is front and center during rescue at sea
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:40 pm
When a sailing ship carrying 22 college students on an educational voyage in early March rescued 49 Haitians from their disabled vessel, a Bates sophomore was right in the middle of the widely reported story.
French professor wins lifetime achievement award
Friday, March 18, 2005 1:18 pm
Richard Williamson, Charles A. Dana Professor of French at Bates College, recently received the 2005 Sister Solange Bernier Lifetime Achievement Award.
Literary theorist challenges the value of a liberal arts education
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 3:02 pm
An outspoken literary theorist and controversial critic of university politics, Stanley Fish will challenge the value of a liberal arts education in a talk titled "Why Liberal Arts Education Cannot Be Justified" at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave., Bates College.
Lecture to explore challenges to liberal arts education
Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:02 am
Author Elizabeth Minnich speaks on the complex challenges of providing a liberal arts education Thursday, Jan. 20, in Chase Lounge, Bates College, Campus Avenue.
2005 Martin Luther King Day Workshops
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:02 am
2005 Martin Luther King Day Workshops.