Stories about "Faculty and staff"
30 years ago: Gulf War, Angela Davis, and a memorable night
Friday, January 15, 2021 10:54 am
Bates folks recall when the iconic activist, intellectual, and scholar Angela Davis — this year's MLK Day speaker — addressed a huge gathering in the chapel on Jan. 16, 1991, the night the bombs began falling in Baghdad.
Bates students dig into the science of dirt in a historic Maine landscape
Monday, December 7, 2020 5:46 pm
Bates environmental studies professor Holly Ewing guides her students to historic coastal Maine farmland for course that digs into the science of dirt.
Three recipes from the 2020 Harvest Meal (no flamingo, sorry)
Friday, November 20, 2020 1:15 pm
Pink flamingos weren’t on the Harvest Meal menu (they just helped with the theme, "Life’s a Beach”). But seafood chowder, beef brisket with brown sugar and chili rub, and herbed stuffing were — and here are the recipes.
Bates Dining Services keeps the magic alive ‘until we can dine together again’
Friday, November 20, 2020 10:17 am
In big and small ways during trying times, Bates Dining Services works to sustain what students love about Bates dining.
A ‘status quo election,’ say Bates professors — with disappointments, surprises, lessons
Friday, November 6, 2020 10:52 am
Regardless of who ends up in the White House, the 2020 election may have "revealed who we are as a country.”
Meet new faculty: Michael Boyd Roman and the divine beauty of Black men
Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:02 pm
A lecturer in art and visual culture, Roman uses drawing, installation, and digital media to “portray the ordinary grace of contemporary Black men.”
Video: Beautiful campus photos grace poet Robert Farnsworth’s ‘Toward Hallowe’en’
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:01 pm
In 2015, poet Rob Farnsworth, then a senior lecturer in English and…
Picture story: “Thankful to get off campus and my hands dirty”
Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:01 pm
Follow along as Bates environmental studies students go off campus and dig into the science of dirt at a stunning coastal Maine site.
Meet new faculty: Katie Adkison and what the Bard tells us about the power of voice
Thursday, October 8, 2020 11:51 am
In early modern English literature, the spoken voice becomes a sensation with considerable power, says Adkison, a new assistant professor of English. Shakespeare shows how.
Meet new faculty: Yunkyoung Garrison and the impact of racism and classism on mental health
Thursday, October 1, 2020 3:40 pm
Garrison studies the impacts of racism and classism on mental health, including how the social concept of meritocracy contributes to stress.