Stories about "Awards"
$300,000 Mellon grant to support humanities, social sciences
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:39 am
Author Carolyn Chute, center, has worked with Bates students since 2001 through the Mellon Learning Associates Program in the Humanities. She is shown in class with her husband, Michael Chute (right) and Professor of English Carole Taylor. Bates College has received a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a learning-associates program that in the past has involved experts like author Carolyn Chute and film director István Szabó in work with senior thesis students.A
Emotions Symposium starts with 'happy' for Bates students
Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:17 am
Neuroscience major Whitney Sheen '05 of Flagstaff, Ariz., and psychology major Keith Hengen '06 of Concord, N.H., were among just seven undergrads to receive grants defraying travel costs for the 11th annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, held in April by the HealthEmotions Research Institute at UW-Madison.
Bates geologist receives $50,190 for climate-change research
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 9:39 am
Michael J. Retelle, a professor of geology at Bates, is one of 13 scientists across the nation to share nearly $1,500,000 in National Science Foundation funding for Arctic research related to global climate change.
Phillips, Otis fellowships support research abroad for nine students
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 9:34 am
Thanks to two Bates College fellowship programs, nine Bates students will have the opportunity to pursue cultural and environmental research in countries around the globe this year.
Students, faculty and staff honored for service-learning
Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:24 am
Six members of the Bates College community -- four students, a psychology professor and a staffer for the chaplain's office -- were among a select group of individuals from campuses across the state to receive awards from the Maine Campus Compact in recognition of outstanding contributions in community service and service-learning.
Six named Phillips Student Fellows
Monday, March 28, 2005 9:01 am
Six students from have been named 2005 Phillips Student Fellows, recipients of an award that provides major funding for summer research projects involving meaningful immersion in different cultures.
Three students receive Philip J. Otis Fellowships
Monday, March 28, 2005 8:50 am
Three students have received Philip J. Otis Fellowships to support research into the relationships among individuals, societies and nature, the college Dean of the Faculty's office has announced.
Activist to speak and present William Stringfellow Awards
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:53 pm
A Jesuit priest and professor of history, John Staudenmaier will give a lecture and present the annual William Stringfellow Lecture in Justice and Peace Wednesday, March 30, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Chemistry professor awarded research grants totaling $210,000
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:06 pm
Rachel Narehood Austin, associate professor of chemistry at Bates, has received two grants totaling $210,000 to support her research into the oxidation of hydrocarbons in the environment.
Debate team takes on Oxford, Cambridge, the Worlds
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:30 pm
"It has been a fantastic year," said debate coach Bryan Brito. "Once again Bates debaters won the novice tournament, and we have trophied at virtually every tournament we have attended."