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Thursday

March 27, 2008
3:35 pm

Belief in ET abduction isn't alien, says Kelley-Romano

Associate Professor of Rhetoric Stephanie Kelley-Romano has interviewed many people whose deeply held personal beliefs help give meaning to their lives. And, by the way, these people think they were once abducted by aliens.

Monday

March 17, 2008
2:07 pm

Stephen Lattanzi '08 ponders the next stage

“I’ve always had a plan for myself,” says Stephen Lattanzi ’08 of Winchester, Mass. And ever since he performed in a production of Robin Hood in second grade, theater has been central to that plan. At Bates, Lattanzi has acted in eight stage productions, often in lead roles.

Tuesday

March 4, 2008
12:00 pm

Emmy-winner Kevin Jackson ’01 knows the right shift points

When he shifted from NFL Films to NASCAR Images in 2006, producer Kevin Jackson ’01 went from being a greenhorn…

Friday

December 21, 2007
1:37 pm

For geochemist Beverly Johnson, shells tell a story

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.

Wednesday

May 9, 2007
2:26 pm

Taegan McMahon '07 gives frogs the acid test

A childhood trip to the rainforests of Costa Rica introduced Taegan McMahon ’07 to poison dart frogs. Immediately, she was smitten. “They are very cool and absolutely beautiful,” she says.

Wednesday

May 9, 2007
2:11 pm

Jenny Sadler '07 develops therapeutic role for photography

For a senior thesis project, psychology major Jenny Sadler has put a fresh spin on an old cliché — the one about a picture being worth a thousand words.

Tuesday

April 10, 2007
1:34 pm

Biologist Lee Abrahamsen honored for community work

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.