Stories about "Bates values"
Bates faculty member Kati Vecsey helps give voice to a fellow Hungarian’s right-to-die case
Thursday, November 16, 2023 11:33 am
Dániel Karsai, a Hungarian human rights lawyer, has ALS and wants the right to die with dignity. Vecsey, a Bates faculty member and voice expert, is helping him voice his case before the European Court for Human Rights, Nov. 27–28.
Slideshow: Plastic-bag swan, name-tag kilt, and cardboard giant on stilts elevate the Trashion Show
Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:00 am
See Bates students on the Trashion runway in fashions crafted from cardboard boxes, name tags, plastic bags, transit cards, zero-balance gift cards, face masks, newspapers, paper banners, bubble wrap, sticky notes, and paperback book pages.
Video: Behind the scenes at Bates volleyball’s sportrait session
Friday, October 6, 2023 12:50 pm
The volleyball team gathered for their team and individual marketing photos, known as “sportraits,” and had some fun along the way.
For Bates students, a trip to the Appalachian Trail is a trip back in time
Friday, October 6, 2023 9:32 am
During Orientation, a group of first-year Bates students paid a visit to…
(Off-)Campus Construction Update: Sept. 28, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:14 pm
After about a year of construction, the juice has started to flow from a solar array of nearly 18,500 photovoltaic panels that Bates established in the Maine town of Skowhegan.
Cool, comfortable, and connected to Bates: AESOP delivers its promise to the Class of 2027
Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:42 am
Outdoor orientation trips are not unique to Bates, nor are they new. But in recent years, more has been done make the beloved Bates program, AESOP, more welcoming to all students.
Picture Story: From pre-arrival heights to a buoyant first day of Bates classes
Friday, September 15, 2023 2:13 pm
Follow along as a new year kicks off: from a quiet moment from the local balloon festival to the high-energy first day of classes of the new Bates year.
Video: ‘A beautiful place’ for Beverly Johnson and students to drill into the science of blue carbon
Friday, September 8, 2023 1:47 pm
Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson savors the outdoor work - and data - gathered by a team of research students who studied blue carbon sinks with Johnson this summer in four Maine salt marshes.
Bates research featured in ‘groundbreaking’ EPA blue carbon report
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 10:47 am
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the first ever regional assessment of the blue carbon. “It’s groundbreaking and a true joint project," said Beverly Johnson, Bates Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, a co-author of the new report.
Bates student and faculty researchers take high-tech lead in critical blue carbon research
Friday, August 4, 2023 3:45 am
Bates students are among the first in Maine to use state-of-the-art technology to better understand the potential of coastal "blue carbon" to help mitigate effects of climate change.