Stories about "Maine/world"
High School science fair to feature more than 450 projects
Monday, April 28, 2003 9:08 am
The fourth annual Lewiston High School Science Fair takes place in the high school gymnasium at 156 East Ave. from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 8. Presented in partnership with the Bates College Center for Service-Learning, the fair features more than 450 projects created by students in grades 9 through 12.
Campus watches, waits, reacts as war news arrives
Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:05 am
Peace prevailed on campus the week it ended in Iraq, but a close look revealed reactions that covered the spectrum — from student and faculty participation in a community war protest to remarks at Bates in support of the U.S.-led attack by national policy analyst Dinesh D'Souza.
New York Times reporter to discuss immigrant experience
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:14 pm
New York Times reporter Joseph Berger, author of the acclaimed memoir Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust (Scribner, 2001), will give a talk at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue.
Portland photographer to discuss 'Landscape Diary' series
Monday, February 24, 2003 3:09 pm
Green has been making photographs for more than 20 years. His most recent images, the three "Landscape Diary" series, are about the personal significance and surprising beauty of ordinary, often-overlooked places: an empty lot, a quiet meadow we pass every day, a stand of trees along the turnpike, a salt marsh along the highway.
Junior injured in Rhode Island fire recovering at home
Monday, February 24, 2003 2:52 pm
Bates College junior Philip B. Barr, of Lincoln, R.I., was injured in the February 20 nightclub fire in West Warwick, R.I., that killed 99 people and injured more than 180.
Lewiston Middle School students to show art
Monday, February 24, 2003 2:49 pm
The popular annual art exhibit by students from Lewiston Middle School returns to the Museum of Art next month. The exhibit will run from March 6 through March 21.
Bates hosts major conference on Lewiston-Auburn diversity
Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:00 pm
Well-known Maine politicians, officials from the public and private sectors, and local Somali residents will join educators and students at Bates College in March for the conference "Toward Harmony: A New Diversity in Lewiston-Auburn."
McDuffee Memorial 5K Run/Walk to support youth-violence prevention
Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:28 pm
With proceeds destined for a Red Cross program addressing issues of youth violence, a 5-kilometer run/walk dedicated to the memory of slain Bates College senior Morgan McDuffee will be held on Sunday, March 2.
Classmates Freeman, Chamberlain compete in Nordic World Championships
Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:22 pm
Classmates Justin Freeman '98 and Dave Chamberlain '98 are members of the U.S. cross country team competing in the World Championships Feb. 18-March 1 at Val di Fiemme, Italy. Freeman and Chamberlain join Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler '78 as the only Bates alumni to represent the United States at a Winter Olympics or World Championships.
Busiest season for arts, humanities events begins
Monday, February 10, 2003 2:00 pm
With the end of the winter semester coming into view, public events in the arts and humanities reach their peak in late February and March. To assist with your story planning,listed are the following highlights from the arts and humanities calendar through the end of March.