Stories about "Faculty and staff"
For geochemist Beverly Johnson, shells tell a story

Friday, December 21, 2007 1:37 pm

Organic geochemist Beverly Johnson knows that an eggshell can endure even for tens of millennia. Moreover, that shell can reveal much about the world in which it was made.

Lecture to open economist's tenure as Stangle Professor at Bates

Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:39 am

Professor Margaret Maurer-Fazio inaugurates her tenure in the newly established Betty Doran Stangle Professorship in Applied Economics at Bates with a lecture at 4:30 p.m Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.

Whiting Foundation to support humanities faculty at Bates College

Friday, November 30, 2007 12:37 pm

The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation of New York City has invited Bates to join a select group of institutions participating in a program that provides a year-long sabbatical for research and scholarly development to pretenure faculty in the humanities. The $100,000 Whiting Teaching Fellowship will be awarded to one Bates faculty member a year for the next four years.

Using Bates as a model, media outlets demystify the admissions process

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:10 am

A reporter's unrestricted access to all stages of the Bates admissions process results in a major feature in Down East magazine called "Who Gets In?"

Pianist Frank Glazer joins Bates College Orchestra for Bach concerto

Friday, November 9, 2007 9:43 am

Frank Glazer, one of Maine's best-known pianists, joins the Bates College Orchestra for the performance of a concerto by J.S. Bach at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Graduate programs in health care accept 89 percent of Bates applicants

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 10:04 am

Eighty-nine percent of Bates College students who worked with the college's Medical Studies Committee in applying to health care-related graduate programs for fall 2007 matriculation were accepted.

Bates receives $450,000 Mellon grant for faculty development

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:59 am

Bates College has been awarded a three-year, $450,000 grant for faculty development from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York, N.Y. The Mellon Faculty Innovation Fund will support Bates faculty in three areas. Two of these are new, interconnected program areas related to important initiatives at Bates: the implementation of the college's new General Education curriculum, and the infusion of diversity into the overall academic program. The third area is continuing support for faculty scholarship and research.

Bates presents East Coast premiere of Elvgren's 'Five Cups of Coffee'

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:46 am

A dark romantic comedy about the nature of time and the human condition, Gillette Elvgren's play "Five Cups of Coffee" will be performed at Bates College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 1-3, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3 and 4. Performances take place in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

Harward Center launches intergenerational community dialogue project

Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:08 am

The Harward Center for Community Partnerships has launched Youth+Adults+Dialogue=Action or YADA, an intergenerational dialogue project that will bring together more than 100 community members to discuss how to make Lewiston/Auburn a better place for youth.

Four appointed to Bates Board of Trustees

Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:55 am

President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced four appointments to the Bates College Board of Trustees: Alison R. Bernstein of New York, N.Y., H. Scott Bierman of Northfield, Minn., Scott D. Freeman of Newton, Mass., and Kathleen M. Whelan of Boston, Mass.

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