Stories about "Awards"

Blown ashore on the Maine coast, Bates geology students were blown away by their magical visits with artist Ashley Bryan
Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:23 pm
Whike kayaking the Maine coast in May 2014, geology professor Dyk Eusden '80 and his students were blown off course — and into the welcoming an magical world of artist Ashley Bryan, who died last week at age 98.

Bates gains national recognition for student voting turnout
Thursday, November 18, 2021 4:18 pm
With 85 percent of eligible students heading to the polls in 2020, Bates was recognized for having one of the highest voting rates in the nation.

Charles Nero: This Spike Lee film is an ‘awesome takedown’ of the interracial buddy film genre
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:41 pm
Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as "simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here's why.

Video: ‘Nostalgic bookends’ as seniors lead Bobcats to fourth straight NCAA rowing title
Thursday, June 24, 2021 10:40 am
After a year where everything was so uncertain, everything came together in...

Slideshow: Joy, exultation in Bates’ fourth straight NCAA rowing title
Friday, June 4, 2021 9:49 am
The Bates women’s rowing team won a fourth straight NCAA championship with...

Q&A: Hannah McKenzie ’21 and the ‘unfathomable beauty’ of a Watson Fellowship
Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:31 am
As she concludes her Bates education, McKenzie is at a crossroads. the Watson Fellowships, she believes, will be the perfect guide.

Bates’ Jason Fein named athletics director of the year
Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:39 pm
In a year in which the pandemic stopped NESCAC sports, Fein and his team found creative ways to maintain team identities, create positive student experiences, and make a major contribution to Bates' successful COVID testing program.

Campus Construction Update: Dec. 4, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:05 pm
Chapel preservation award shows true colors of Nutting '76. Not to be outdone, the Bonney Science Center gets the bronze metal.

Hope abounds as Fulbright offers awards to 10 Bates seniors and young alumni
Friday, May 29, 2020 7:51 am
Seven members of the Bates Class of 2020 and three young alumni...

Bates biochemist and physicist receive $373,000 for Lyme research
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 4:31 pm
A cutting-edge microscope at Bates will provide new insights — literally — into bacterial genetics.