Harward Center Archives

June 29, 2025

Community Capital

An innovative new Economics course called “Finance and Society,” led by Dr. Anamika Sen, completed its first semester this past…

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June 14, 2025

Gardens, Goats, and Growth

This May, students in professor Christine Martinez’s Environmental Studies Short Term course saw the spring season through the lens of…

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June 8, 2025

Robots, Spongebob, and Bubbles, Oh My!

The promise of summer at Bates looks like flowers in abundance, hammocks strung between trees on the quad, and local…

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May 18, 2025

Trust and Reciprocity in Research on Somali Daughterhood: A Conversation with Maggie Kornfeind ’25

Maggie Kornfeind ’25 of Ringoes, New Jersey was one of two Bates seniors recognized recently for outstanding community-engaged academic work.…

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May 4, 2025

Celebrating the Rookies

At campuses around the country, this time of year tends to be all about the graduating seniors, and rightfully so…

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April 13, 2025

Not Too Cool for School

Would the kids at Lewiston Middle School be too distracted or “cool” to engage with the Bates students from Intro…

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March 23, 2025

What Is Public Scholarship?

All Bates faculty members are scholars, but not all are public scholars. Public scholarship is research-based work for audiences beyond…

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March 9, 2025

Youth Activism in Action

Students in Psychology professor Elena Maker-Castro’s Youth Sociopolitical Development course (PSYC 379) are putting theory into action this semester through…

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February 21, 2025

Not All Sunshine and Roses: A Bates Journey

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda Brea, a former Harward Center Bonner Leader who graduated from Bates in…

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February 8, 2025

A Pedagogy of Love

Last year, Bates faculty member Brian J. Evans (Theater and Dance, Africana Studies) taught a First Year Seminar entitled “Embodied…

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