Stories about "Faculty and staff"
Bates student receives undergraduate research award
Monday, May 21, 2007 12:39 pm
Akiko Doi, a Bates College senior from Kyoto City, Japan, recently won the Undergraduate Student Research Achievement Award Poster Competition in the enzymology category.
Alumna directs Dawn Powell's Prohibition-era play 'Big Night'
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:08 pm
Bates presents the play "Big Night," a Depression-era satire by Dawn Powell, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 17-19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall. Admission is $6 for the general public and $3 for Bates faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Bates students. For reservations call 207-786-6161.
Bates celebrates Harward Center for Community Partnerships Awards
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 1:14 pm
Twelve individuals and organizations, recipients of the first Bates College Harward Center for Community Partnership Awards, were recently recognized in a celebration at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.
Symposium on diversity and demographics at Bates May 10
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 11:05 am
A symposium titled "A College for Coming Time: Diversity and the Changing Demographics of Higher Education" on May 10 takes its title from early writings of Bates founder Oren B. Cheney, who envisioned a new institution of learning to serve those who did not have easy access to higher education.
Calder Quartet, pianist Frank Glazer to perform
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 11:45 am
The Calder Quartet, a string ensemble praised for its bold programs and technical excellence, will be joined by leading Maine pianist Frank Glazer for a concert spanning 140 years of music at 8 p.m. Friday, May 4, in Bates College's Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Bates students' Rwandan initiative named Project for Peace
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:47 am
A plan by Bates College students to help support a home for street children in Rwanda won a $10,000 award from the 100 Projects for Peace program sponsored by noted philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis.
Don't look now, but we've been medicalized
Friday, April 20, 2007 9:03 am
Not so long ago, shyness was usually seen as a random character trait, sadness the natural reaction to misfortune and alcoholism a sign of personal weakness. In recent decades those conditions, and many others, have been "medicalized" — associated with biological causes and redefined as medical diagnoses, not merely products of personality or fate.
Kevin McHugh appointed director of athletics at Bates College
Monday, April 16, 2007 11:55 am
Kevin McHugh of The College of New Jersey has been named director of athletics and chair of the Department of Physical Education at Bates College, effective July 1.
Biologist Lee Abrahamsen honored for community work
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:34 pm
Several years ago, students in Lee Abrahamsen's 300-level virology course undertook a project for a hepatitis-C support group at a local hospital.
Biologist Lee Abrahamsen honored for community work
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:44 am
Several years ago, students in Lee Abrahamsen’s 300-level virology course undertook a…