Stories about "People and groups"
Transformative: The Bates Mission Statement at age 10
Thursday, May 28, 2020 1:09 pm
Even as COVID-19 puts it to the test, the 2010 mission statement is a cultural touchstone for Bates.
By hand-making face masks for Bates workers, students feel ‘part of something’
Thursday, May 21, 2020 3:21 pm
Bates hopes to provide cloth face coverings for every student and employee who needs one. In their new jobs in the costume shop, resident students are contributing hundreds.
My Last Year: Teaching in Russia
Friday, April 24, 2020 2:43 pm
From Gorbachev to Putin and St. Petersburg to Orel, retiring professor Jane Costlow looks back on leading students through 10 trips to Russia.
Bates in the News: April 24, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020 10:13 am
It's good Bates in the News: On April 17, Jack Allard ’16 left a Philadelphia hospital after a highly publicized weeks-long battle with COVID-19.
‘Great work!’ Two seniors meet the honors thesis deadline
Friday, April 3, 2020 12:23 pm
"Hannah Johnson and Emma Wheeler have been great to work with — always positive, always thinking,” says thesis adviser Mike Retelle.
My Last Year: ‘Long goodbyes lead to too many tears’
Friday, April 3, 2020 3:41 am
With the college's move to remote learning, Jane Costlow, in her final year, saw her classroom teaching career end in a way she never could have imagined.
Bates in the News: March 27, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:47 am
As COVID-19 affects study and work, we revisit Bates history, celebrate fellowships and promotions, and follow a Bates alum reality star.
My Last Year of Teaching: ‘I really love the one-on-one interaction’
Friday, March 6, 2020 10:38 am
Jane Costlow shares stories and insights from 34 years of advising senior thesis students.
Taxing e-cigarettes may push vapers to conventional cigarettes, says Bates economist Nathan Tefft
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 1:21 pm
A study coauthored by Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Tefft finds that attempts to cut vaping by raising taxes on e-cigarettes may push users toward conventional, and many would say far more deadly, tobacco cigarettes.
My Last Year: Jane Costlow encourages young faculty to be themselves
Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:24 pm
As she approaches retirement, Costlow considers her progress through the cycle of faculty mentoring.