Stories about "Faculty and staff"
Why banning cellphones in schools misses the point

Friday, March 23, 2018 10:13 am

Cell phones get at "the heart of rule-making" in classrooms: relationships and trust, says Lecturer in Education Anita Charles.

"I think the biggest thing I'll take away from this experience is the intersection of community building and scientific innovation. Whiting Farm is building the agricultural community in both Auburn and Maine. It's a really beautiful thing to see and be a part of."--Environmental Studies major Isobel Curtis '17, a student in ENVR 417, working collaboratively on a community engaged research project with Whiting Farm (876 Summer Street, Auburn) on Summer Street in Auburn. Her focus is sustainable greenhouse design. Kim Finnerty, shown with Isobel, is the farm's director. Melissa Collins was at the cash register.She is photographed with Tony Kieffer, Managing Director of Arch Solar in Portland. They work in sustainable greenhouse design, building new and retrofitting existing greenhouses, making them airtight, using LEDs and heat capturing, geothermal technology. Poinsettias and cyclamen, 15 varieties available.
Bates’ environmental studies program cited as national model for community engagement

Friday, March 9, 2018 11:30 am

“The way the Bates environmental studies program weaves public engagement into the fabric of the major produces fabulous outcomes."

Bates at Night: Dodgeball for a cause

Thursday, March 8, 2018 12:34 pm

Student and faculty-staff teams dodged, dipped, ducked, dived, and dodged to support a school food pantry.

Look What We Found: A note from Seamus Heaney to Georgia Nigro

Thursday, March 1, 2018 10:36 am

Heaney sent Nigro a poem with handwritten revisions.

Why the sultans read Socrates

Friday, February 16, 2018 1:14 pm

Ali Akhtar's first book explores how medieval caliphates were ruled, and how ancient thought influenced the rulers and their people.

Q&A: For Pat Schoknecht, Bates’ distinctive melding of IT and libraries was a draw

Thursday, February 8, 2018 4:34 pm

As Bates’ new head of Information and Library Services, Pat Schoknecht’s domain…

Video: Plowing Garcelon means “16 miles forward, 16 miles backward”

Friday, January 26, 2018 11:46 am

Clearing Garcelon's FieldTurf surface is "a sign of spring and a sign of spring sports," says Tim Kivus of Facilities Services.

What I Mean When I Say: Paul Shea and ‘bubble’

Friday, January 26, 2018 11:44 am

What do the Great Recession and Tulip Mania have in common?

Look What We Found: Mara Tieken’s green, battered, and beloved armchair

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:00 pm

Call it ugly, and she’ll agree, but Mara Tieken still loves the green chair for its personality and history, if not its Mad Men style.

Bates College names Malcolm Hill as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Monday, January 8, 2018 10:29 am

Hill, who comes to Bates from the University of Richmond, is a "seasoned academic leader with a deep commitment to the liberal arts," said President Clayton Spencer.

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