Stories from 2019
In 1940, pilot Catherine Winne ’41 was the first Bates female student to take to the skies

Friday, March 22, 2019 11:17 am

In 1940, Winne learned to fly through a civilian pilot training program that was also about preparing for war.

18 items in the library’s Lost & Found on March 20, 2019

Friday, March 22, 2019 10:58 am

On a Wednesday afternoon busy with thesis, we saw a Ghostbusters T-shirt, Ray-Ban sunglasses, a snarky coffee mug, and a student paper about race-based clubs in high schools.

Visiting Assistant Professors of Economics Kurzfeld's class on"Crime, Punishment and Rehabilitation" attended by Joyce Vance , where she participated in a panel. She talked about the work she did on penal reform in Alabama when she was the US Attorney for the Northern District. From Kurzfeld:The class on Thursday meets in Pettingill G50 at 1:10. The other two members of the panel are Joseph Jackson, Director of the Maine Prisoner's Advocacy Coalition, and Jesse Archer, a local defense attorney. Joseph is an African American man who was incarcerated in Maine State Prison for 20 years, including time in solitary confinement. He founded the first chapter of the NAACP in the Maine prison system, was the first inmate in the MSP to complete a Master's degree while incarcerated, and has since his release become a leading advocate for improved conditions for prisoners in Maine. He also works with the Maine Inside Out program, which uses theater to help incarcerated youth find their voice and their place in their communities. Jesse Archer is a criminal defense attorney who has been very interested in the racial inequities he has observed in his work in the local courts, including the racial disparities in jury representation, among other issues.She will speak tonight on The Mueller Investigation and the Rule of Law: A talk by Joyce White Vance ’82, Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law, Culverhouse School of Law, University of Alabama. Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and frequent legal commentator for MSNBC. An entry in the Harward Center for Community Partnerships’ Theory Into Practice series. FMI 207-786-6202.Muskie Archives
Joyce White Vance ’82: Whatever Mueller report says, rule of law stands strong

Friday, March 22, 2019 10:30 am

As the mythical Mueller report looms, MSNBC's go-to special counsel explainer brings Bates up to speed.

Campus events: April 1–30, 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:48 am

This is a listing of public events at Bates College during April 2019.

Convocation, held at 11 a.m. today on the Historic Quad, “provided Bates with an opportunity to welcome the Class of 2022, to celebrate the opening of the college, and to consider, as a community, our shared goals and hopes for the academic year,” said President Clayton Spencer..Led by the College Mace Bearer Michael Murray, Phillips Processor of Economics, the Convocation procession included President Spencer, Student Body President Walter Washington '19 of Fleetwood, N.Y., and Associate Professor of History Joe Hall..According to Spencer, “the College has resuscitated what was once a Convocation tradition at Bates: asking the outgoing senior class to select a faculty speaker for the incoming freshman class.” In this case, the Class of 2018 chose Hall to address the Class of 2022 -- and the entire Bates community. His talk was titled, “Questions for Bates.”.Immediately following Convocation, members of the Bates community attended a brief tree-planting ceremony, on the Quad behind Carnegie Science, held in memory of those in the Bates community who died during the past year. The ceremony was followed by a lunch will be served on the Library Quad for the college community.
Video: For Walter Washington ’19, “it started with taking an opportunity”

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:09 am

An award-winning senior, Washington offers advice to Batesies just starting out.

Campus Construction Update: March 15, 2019

Friday, March 15, 2019 10:14 am

CCU conquers potholes and frost heaves to visit the rural studio where stained glass from Gomes Chapel is being restored.

Video: It’s a goaltender timeshare for Bates men’s lacrosse

Friday, March 15, 2019 8:03 am

Meet Mitchell Drake and Rob Strain: Two goalkeepers who deserve singular credit for helping Bates men's lacrosse succeed in 2019.

Bates in the News: March 15, 2019

Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:47 pm

A 1956 alumnus takes part in a photo series, Lisa Genova talks about empathy and storytelling, and two alumnae find purposeful work together.

Imani Perry: What if digital activism, such as via Twitter, doesn’t really do anything?

Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:24 pm

Instead of Twitter cancellations and Facebook face-offs, we should focus on transformation, says Perry, a Princeton professor and noted public intellectual.

Physics students Kingdell S. Valdez ‘19 of Andover, Mass. (gray sweater) and Cristopher Thompson '19 of Macon, Ga., (Bates track sweatshirt) pose for photographs and discuss a physics problem at the blackboard in third-floor Carnegie Science physics lab on March 7, 2019.They are working on a collaborative physics senior project, doing different aspects w/similar data, turning in separate documents.
Two physics majors talk about galaxies, gas, dust, and moments “when you’re like, ‘awesome!'”

Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:24 pm

Here's how doing research with a professor in a Bates lab is like "standing on the shoulders of giants."

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