Stories about "Education"
Grant supports physics research hinting at new basis for computing
Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:43 am
A Bates physicist has won a grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to study a phenomenon that hints at a possible basis for the next generation of computers.
Should you go with your head or your heart?
Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:19 am
Clinical psychologist Jon Adler ’00 talks to Elle magazine for an article…
Forms of Resonance
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:19 am
From encounters with the MRI, a surprising inspiration
Bates president receives alumnae honor as 'outstanding educator'
Friday, June 26, 2009 11:11 am
Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has been honored as an outstanding alumna educator by the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association.
Bates students advocate for research funding in Washington event
Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:45 pm
A Bates College junior from Maine and a senior from New York state presented biochemistry research to a U.S. representative from Maine this month as part of "Posters on the Hill," an annual event designed to remind Congress of the importance of undergraduate research.
Genova '92, author of best-selling Still Alice, to visit
Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:47 pm
Lisa Genova, a member of the Bates College class of 1992 whose…
Navigating rough economic seas
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:44 am
By drawing on inspirational ancestors and marshaling its community, Bates moves forward.
Lumina's leader sets lofty goals for fund's role in policy debates
Friday, May 1, 2009 10:18 am
A major profile in the The Chronicle of Higher Education portrays Jamie Merisotis '86, president of the Lumina Foundation for Education, as a U.S. higher education policy leader whose "big goal" has caught the attention of the Obama White House.
It's the season of college acceptances, financial aid and gratitude
Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:22 am
Currently, about 37 percent of Bates students receive more than $20 million in scholarship grant aid. A few of them spoke at the April luncheon, held in the Jarnryd Room of the new dining Commons on the day of the annual Mount David Summit. "It makes it gratifying to give and compelling to give more."Rising from her seat, Nicole Svirsky '09 of Newburyport, Mass., talked about her senior thesis combining political economy and law.
Seniors' development plan for Tanzanian town named Project for Peace
Friday, April 10, 2009 12:16 pm
Two Bates seniors have received a 2009 Davis Projects for Peace award for their plan to create an economic stimulus project in an African village.