Stories about "Current topics"
Maine College GOP to host Youth Leadership School at college
Friday, March 4, 2005 11:01 am
The Maine College Republicans will host the Leadership Institute's flagship program, the Youth Leadership School, at Bates College on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
World Music Weekend features gamelan, steel pans, African drumming
Thursday, March 3, 2005 10:47 am
Offering music from Caribbean, Indonesian and African traditions, this year's World Music Weekend at Bates takes place Friday through Sunday, March 4-6, in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Maine essayist Franklin Burroughs to give Otis Lecture
Thursday, March 3, 2005 10:09 am
Franklin Burroughs, author of the acclaimed books "Billy Watson's Croker Sack" and "The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country," visits Bates College to give the eighth annual Otis Lecture Wednesday, March 9, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Vietnamese victim and plaintiff to discuss historic Agent Orange case
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:36 am
Dr. Phan Thi Phi Phi, one of three Vietnamese plaintiffs in a lawsuit against American chemical manufacturers, and Susan Hammond, deputy director of the New York-based Fund for Reconciliation and Development, will discuss this historic case in a lecture titled "Agent Orange: A New Vietnam War" Thursday, March 3, in Chase Hall Lounge.
Edmund Muskie Oral History Project completed
Monday, February 21, 2005 9:09 am
Edmund S. Muskie's alma mater has completed a project that tells the late U.S. statesman's story in the voices of those who knew him.
Lecturers shed light on holography exhibition
Wednesday, February 9, 2005 3:10 pm
A British holography artist and a member of the Bates College physics faculty offer lectures relating to the current Bates College Museum of Art holography exhibition, "The Body Holographic: Harriet Casdin-Silver," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Room 104, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Literary theorist challenges the value of a liberal arts education
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 3:02 pm
An outspoken literary theorist and controversial critic of university politics, Stanley Fish will challenge the value of a liberal arts education in a talk titled "Why Liberal Arts Education Cannot Be Justified" at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave., Bates College.
Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran to make case for war
Friday, February 4, 2005 2:29 pm
Scott E. Rutter, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who led his battalion in the capture of Baghdad's airport in 2003, will discuss his Iraq experiences and make a case for the war at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.Scott E. Rutter, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who led his battalion in the capture of Baghdad's airport in 2003, will discuss his Iraq experiences and make a case for the war at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase 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.
Lecture to explore challenges to liberal arts education
Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:02 am
Author Elizabeth Minnich speaks on the complex challenges of providing a liberal arts education Thursday, Jan. 20, in Chase Lounge, Bates College, Campus Avenue.