Bates in the News
Below is a sampling of news stories about Bates and Bates alumni.
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TuesdayMarch 10, 2009 |
Discussed the Icelandic recessionThe Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið took note of dance band FM Belfast’s tour of the U.S., including a stop at Bates College that was sponsored by WRBC-FM. Besides offering a concert, the Icelandic band participated in a discussion about the recession in their homeland. |
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WednesdayFebruary 25, 2009 |
Recession special gives college degree in three years, not fourBryan McNulty, director of Communications and Media Relations at Bates, was quoted in a Bloomberg.com story about colleges offering new, three-year programs to students looking to save money. |
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WednesdayFebruary 25, 2009 |
Of clams and climate: what bivalves can tell us about Arctic environmental historiesThe annual academic publication Polar Research in Tromsø included an article focusing on Arctic research conducted by Bates biology professor Will Ambrose and his students, including Greg Henkes ’08. |
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TuesdayFebruary 24, 2009 |
Othello: Love Curdled Through a Malevolent SchemeNew York Times reviewer Charles Isherwood praises the “extraordinary” Off Broadway directing debut of Arin Arbus ’99, who directed the Theater for a New Audience production of Othello. “Shakespeare is the star here,” Isherwood writes, “but he is handled with the kind of artistry we always hope for and rarely find. This is among the most sensitively directed, eloquently designed and impeccably acted productions of a Shakespeare tragedy that the city has seen in years.” |
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TuesdayFebruary 17, 2009 |
Sony adds ad man againVariety noted the return of Michael Pavlic ’96 to Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution as senior vice president of creative advertising. From 2003 to 2005, he worked at Sony Pictures as manager of creative advertising and helped produce ad campaigns for Hitch and other films. Pavlic most recently was producer-editor at Big Picture Entertainment. |
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FridayFebruary 13, 2009 |
Carleton official named Beloit College presidentVarious news outlets, including an Associated Press item in the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on the appointment of H. Scott Bierman ’77 as president of Beloit College. |
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FridayFebruary 13, 2009 |
Career centers see more students and fewer recruiters in tight job marketThe recession is forcing job-seeking seniors — and the colleges that are trying to help them — to refine their strategies, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education story. |
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TuesdayFebruary 10, 2009 |
A dot-com is bornThe Lewiston Sun-Journal reported on Elliot Moskow ’10 of Coral Springs, who is chairman and CEO of Pricefalls.com, Fla., a startup that hopes to turn the conventional model of online auctions upside down. |
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MondayFebruary 9, 2009 |
Entrepreneur finds success in luxury home marketChris Lynch ’84, CEO of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, founded his luxury real estate brokerage in Portland, Maine, in October 2005, now considered the best of times for the real estate market. |
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FridayJanuary 30, 2009 |
University of Iowa will help with development of future leadersIn an opinion column in the The Des Moines Register, Scott King ’75, director of the Office of International Students and Scholars at the University of Iowa, wrote about his trip to Iraq for an education forum, where he and other higher-education leaders discussed the country’s plan to send 10,000 Iraqi college students to the U.S. and other English-speaking nations in each of the next five years. |