Stories by Emily McConville
Bates in the News: May 22, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:34 pm
An alumnus monitors Balkan border violence, and two alumnae care for patients' physical and spiritual health in Massachusetts hospitals.
By hand-making face masks for Bates workers, students feel ‘part of something’
Thursday, May 21, 2020 3:21 pm
Bates hopes to provide cloth face coverings for every student and employee who needs one. In their new jobs in the costume shop, resident students are contributing hundreds.
Slideshow: Photography gives Bates student unique view of semester in Ghana
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:18 pm
“I was able to build relationships with other students, with Ghanaians, with musicians, that I don’t think would have been possible if I hadn’t been pursuing photography.”
Can people’s tweets help find coronavirus outbreaks?
Friday, May 1, 2020 10:55 am
Chris Danforth ’01 of the University of Vermont, who studies emotions through millions of social media posts, noticed a big dip in national mood — and thinks Twitter can prove useful for public health officials.
Bates in the News: April 24, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020 10:13 am
It's good Bates in the News: On April 17, Jack Allard ’16 left a Philadelphia hospital after a highly publicized weeks-long battle with COVID-19.
![Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Carrie Diaz Eaton teaches (in Carnegie 226) her course DCS 105. Calling Bull in a Digital World.Our world is rife with misinformation. This course is designed to hone digital citizenship skills. It is about "calling b***s*** ": spotting, dissecting, and publicly refuting false claims and inferences based on quantitative, statistical, and computational analysis of data (with R). Students explore case studies in policy and science; possible examples include food stamps, caffeine, improving traffic, and gendered mortality rates. Students practice visualizing data; interpreting scientific claims; and spotting misinformation, fake news, causal fallacies, and statistical traps. In so doing, the course offers an introduction to programming. New course beginning Winter 2019. Enrollment limited to 29. [Q] C. Diaz Eaton.](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2020/04/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0535-400x267.jpg)
Bates professor Carrie Diaz Eaton wins $300K grant to support open education
Friday, April 24, 2020 8:16 am
Reflecting Bates' leadership in the field, Bates professor Carrie Diaz Eaton and colleagues will use a $300,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation to create and share free educational materials — with a focus on equity.
Jennifer Koviach-Côté and Joshua Rubin share 2020 Kroepsch teaching award
Friday, April 17, 2020 11:50 am
The winners of this prestigious Bates award discuss the value of confusion, building confidence, and the “joy in a student getting it.”
‘Be gentle with yourself’: teaching and learning in troubled times
Thursday, April 16, 2020 2:01 pm
While the routine of schoolwork can be good for kids, families and teachers should cut themselves a lot of slack, says education professor Anita Charles.
Going virtual, Multifaith Chaplaincy reminds students that ‘you are still a part of this place’
Friday, April 10, 2020 8:40 am
As COVID-19 has forced most students to go home, employees to work remotely, and religious services to move online, the Multifaith Chaplaincy's mission hasn't changed: fostering connection.
‘We’ve always dealt with these issues’: How COVID-19 affects rural schools
Thursday, April 9, 2020 3:34 pm
As schools scramble to provide meals and technology in the pandemic, a Bates scholar looks to the future — and a student school board member makes decisions in the present.