Stories about "Innovation"
Microsoft’s Susan Dumais ’75: New technology can come from old ideas

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:24 pm

Some ideas that work today, like voice recognition, have a long history of not working, says Dumais, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Bates at Night: Bobcat Den Delivery

Friday, January 13, 2017 12:07 pm

From den to dorm, a nighttime look at the Bobcat Den Delivery operation on Jan. 11, 2017.

At Bates, high-performance computing is for everyone — not just superheroes

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:13 pm

The college's new high-performance computing cluster is a "once and future" proposition.

Literary symposium spotlights new scholars, new approaches

Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:39 am

Young scholars from diverse backgrounds brought fresh approaches to early modern literature at a Bates College symposium on Sept. 26.

Katie Vale named Bates Vice President for Information and Library Services and Librarian

Thursday, July 2, 2015 8:00 am

Vale, whose appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2015, is currently director of digital learning at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Auer ’15 creates an immersive interpretation of Apollinaire’s surrealist play

Friday, March 13, 2015 3:44 pm

Apollinaire's "The Breasts of Tiresias," adapted and directed by Nick Auer '15, appears in Bates College performances March 19-22.

Set to debut Nov. 3, the remodel of bates.edu was driven by mobile

Friday, October 31, 2014 11:00 am

The major changes, including a homepage redesign, are all about making a website that’s easier to use and thus more valuable.

Vice President for Information and Library Services Eugene Wiemers to retire

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:00 am

Wiemers built an "integrated library and information services organization [that is] regarded as a national model among liberal arts colleges," said President Spencer.

Gloom and misery begone? Statistics gets a major makeover from a student-professor team

Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:00 pm

The bane of many social science majors, statistics will be taught far differently next year, thanks to a student-faculty team led by Professor of Psychology Amy Douglass.

Short Term, alive and kicking and ‘optimized for experimentation,’ begins April 21

Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:37 pm

Two intriguing new programs this spring will play to Short Term's founding tradition of innovation.

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