Stories by Emily McConville
Bates in the News: June 26, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020 9:21 am
A Bates equity VP explores Juneteenth, an alumnus pens a new book on Bobby Orr and the Bruins, a student TikTok video goes viral, and a professor answers an NPR puzzle.
In the 2020 list of faculty and staff book reccs, some Good Reads for a trying time
Friday, June 19, 2020 9:10 am
Among the titles: When You Reach Me, Where the Crawdads Sing, Why We Sleep, and How to Be an Antiracist
‘Hang in there’: 2009 graduates offer words of wisdom for new alumni
Friday, June 12, 2020 9:42 am
The Class of 2020 isn't the only one to graduate into a recession. Here's what the Class of 2009 has to say.
Truman Scholar Essie Martin ’21 looks to create sustainable fishing and communities
Thursday, June 4, 2020 1:01 pm
Good policy, Martin says, stems from good science — and giving everyone a seat at the table.
‘To give an edge’: Purposeful Work internships go remote — and include graduating seniors
Friday, May 29, 2020 9:07 am
In a newly tight job market, the Center for Purposeful Work has helped employers design remote internships.
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.