Stories by Emily McConville
Bates in the News: Jan. 18, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019 4:22 pm
Bates alumni join and leave Congress, an alumna helms a university, and we learn how Brooks Quimby mentored Ed Muskie '36.
Amidst sharks and coral reefs, Kelton McMahon ’05 unravels a paradox as old as Darwin
Thursday, January 17, 2019 3:43 pm
Over the course of his career, Kelton McMahon ’05 has developed tools that can tell you what an animal eats, by looking at the atoms in its body.
Grassroots activism: 6 insights from MLK Day speaker Barbara Ransby
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:35 pm
Michael Sargent, an associate professor of psychology and a podcaster, interviews Ransby ahead of her Jan. 21 keynote address.
‘Just like Bates’: Ngan Dinh ’02 helps build Vietnam’s first liberal arts university
Thursday, December 20, 2018 8:40 am
Among the first Vietnamese students to attend Bates, Ngan Dinh ’02 is now a key figure in the creation of Fulbright University Vietnam.
Video: 2018 in pictures
Monday, December 17, 2018 2:42 pm
Place, focus, teamwork, motion, connection: the year that was at Bates College.
Through hands-on research, Bates students help expand access to energy-saving window inserts
Friday, December 14, 2018 9:56 am
In a community-engaged environmental studies research course, the community engagement and the research happen simultaneously.
‘She saw herself as the Bride of Christ’: The story of an African nun in 18th-century Spain
Friday, December 7, 2018 12:40 pm
Bates professors Sue Houchins and Baltasar Fra-Molinero pooled their expertise in Spanish, African American studies, gender and sexuality studies, and more to bring an African nun’s story to an English-speaking audience.
What is truth? In a team-taught seminar, first-years learn to find out
Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:11 am
The truth is, the new seminar is less about figuring out what “the truth” actually is and more about exploring methods of discerning and crafting truth.
What I Mean When I Say: Joshua Rubin and ‘emergence’
Friday, November 30, 2018 11:28 am
As a scholarly term, "emergence" can explain political upheaval, a new fashion sense, or a good rugby match.
When legal nonprofit needs French language interpreters, Bates students step in
Friday, November 9, 2018 12:50 pm
French and francophone studies majors volunteer to interpret during asylum seekers' meetings with their potential lawyers, in a partnership that has only grown.