Stories about "Maine/world"
Bates in the News: June 29, 2023
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 4:49 pm
An alumna's debut novel is making a national splash, The Bates Dance Festival is here, and some billion-year-old rocks are a hop, skip, and a jump away in Penobscot Bay.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 12:25 pm
June was full of rekindling: alumni pouring onto campus for Reunion, Bates' Employee Enrichment Week, and a new outdoor gear-lending library co-founded by Hallie Herz '11 — all in This Month at Bates.
Bates students learn biology skills, one invasive crab at a time
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 3:26 pm
A Short Term course led by Jesse Minor ’02 teaches marketable skills while helping with ongoing research on invasive green crabs along the Maine coast.
Hallie Herz ’11 co-founds nation’s first queer-focused outdoor gear lending library
Friday, June 23, 2023 9:52 am
Hallie Herz '11 co-founded the nation's first queer-focused outdoor gear library with their partner, Eva Fury. "Queer people need a space where they can be themselves and find connections to things that sustain them,” Herz said.
Bates in the News: June 9, 2023
Friday, June 9, 2023 5:01 am
The news media covers Bates Commencement, a professor's expertise in the ritual practice of firewalking, and alumni trying to save local journalism.
Bates students create a self-guided tour of Riverside Cemetery that tells historical stories of Lewiston
Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:46 pm
Created by Bates students, a self-guided online tour of Lewiston's Riverside Cemetery tells stories of Civil War veterans, immigrants to Lewiston, and Maine industrial workers.
An honors thesis creates a French connection between Martha Coleman ’23 and shuttle driver Herb Saucier
Friday, May 19, 2023 1:57 pm
Herb Saucier was flabbergasted. Invited to attend a senior’s thesis-binding ceremony on the porch of Coram Library, he suddenly found himself at the center of attention.
Reflections from a Fulbright alumna as Bates announces seven new Fulbright Student offers for 2023-24
Friday, May 19, 2023 11:01 am
Meet Bates' seven new recipients of Fulbright Student Awards, before they set out to teach English and do research projects in six different countries.
Bates in the News: Jan. 20, 2023
Friday, January 20, 2023 10:10 am
Marshall Hatch '10 returns to Bates, tips from an alumna on how business leaders can help their teams combat the winter blues, and how Bates President Clayton Spencer has "defined her presidency" around the concept of work.
‘Art & Activism’: The story behind this year’s two MLK Day posters
Thursday, January 12, 2023 11:49 am
Two distinctive posters for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates celebrates the idea that "the history of MLK is beautiful," says Olivia Orr, the graphic designer who created the posters. "We're allowed to be joyful and artistic and expressive.”