Stories about "Maine and New England"
Look What We Found: Joe Hall’s chunk of ash wood
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:06 pm
The ash tree looms large in Wabanaki culture. That’s why Hall, a Bates historian, keeps a hunk of the hardwood in his Pettengill Hall office.
When legal nonprofit needs French language interpreters, Bates students step in
Friday, November 9, 2018 12:50 pm
French and francophone studies majors volunteer to interpret during asylum seekers' meetings with their potential lawyers, in a partnership that has only grown.
Bates at Night: S’mores and more at the Bates Outing Club Lean-to
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:57 pm
“S'mores and campfires in the outdoors have been parts of the most empowering and connecting experiences during my time at Bates,” says Chandler Ryan ’19.
A tuna tournament helps Michaela Pinette ’19 get in tune with purposeful work
Friday, August 10, 2018 10:29 am
Michaela Pinette '19 wasn't expecting a summer of sifting through bloody tuna parts for science, nor enjoying it so much.That's the beauty Purposeful Work.
Q&A: For Bates interns, there’s ‘no better outlet’ for economics skills than alum-founded Analysis Group
Monday, August 6, 2018 3:34 pm
Find out what three Purposeful Work interns have learned at Analysis Group, which works on everything from antitrust cases to the opioid crisis.
Cheers for the Chairs: Holly Ewing appointed to Johnson Professorship
Monday, May 7, 2018 3:35 pm
Ewing's research, often with student collaborators, investigates the interconnections among atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic ecosystems.
Ian Erickson ’18 takes the first critical look at HIV/AIDs activism in 1980s rural Maine
Friday, March 9, 2018 11:22 am
In the beginning, “people in Maine, whether they were queer or not, viewed themselves as immune and separate from HIV/AIDS."
Video: Relive the Blackout Relay — the night the lights went out in Merrill
Friday, February 9, 2018 10:20 am
The Maine State Championships in men's indoor track proceed like any other meet — until the final event. That's when the lights go out, and the fun begins.
Climate change is behind storm-petrels’ breeding decline
Thursday, January 11, 2018 3:51 pm
In the deep cold of a Maine winter, the reality of our...
Video: Bates cross country programs host NESCAC Championships Saturday
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:56 am
For the fourth time ever and the first time since 2008, the Bates cross country programs get to host the NESCAC Championships this Saturday at Pineland Farms.