{"id":125525,"date":"2019-06-25T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=125525"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:53:01","slug":"the-10-most-read-bates-news-stories-of-the-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/25\/the-10-most-read-bates-news-stories-of-the-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most-viewed Bates News stories of the 2019 academic year"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the college year ticks down to a close (the end of the giving year is June 30), here’s a top-10 countdown of the Bates News stories, from last August to now, with the most views.<\/p>\n

10. A year ahead of schedule, Bates achieves carbon neutrality (May 16, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

Out of some 700 U.S. colleges and universities to sign a carbon-neutrality pledge in 2007, Bates is one of only seven to date that have reached that goal.<\/p>\n

Page views: 3,552<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 4:04<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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9. Bates announces largest-ever group of Fulbright Student award offers (May 22, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

Twenty-five Bates students and alumni have been offered Fulbright awards for 2019\u201320, matching the college’s record from 2017.<\/p>\n

Page views: 3,600<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 5:16<\/strong>
\n\"Fullbright<\/a><\/p>\n

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8. Bates announces Commencement speaker for 2019 (March 27, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

An internationally renowned biochemist, Commencement speaker Jennifer Doudna is a leading public voice in the emerging discussion of the societal and ethical implications of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology.<\/p>\n

Page views: 3,921<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 3:21<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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7. Applications to Bates set record for second straight year (Feb. 28, 2018)<\/a><\/h5>\n

For the Class of 2023 that arrives this August, the college received a record-setting 8,222 applications, topping last year\u2019s record total by 7 percent.<\/p>\n

Page views: 4,015<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 3:12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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6. An annual summer favorite, the 2019 Good Reads reading list is here (May 30, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

Science fiction, magical realism, history, politics, graphic novels \u2014 whatever gets you reading till your eyes are sore or sleepy, the Bates community has a book recommendation for you.<\/p>\n

Page views: 4,420<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 6:19<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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5. Meet Navy Capt. J.J. Cummings ’89, commander of the world’s largest aircraft carrier (Aug. 16, 2018)<\/a><\/h5>\n

The U.S. has 11 nuclear-powered carriers, and a Bates grad commands one of them: the USS Gerald R. Ford<\/em>, the Navy\u2019s newest and the world\u2019s largest carrier.<\/p>\n

Page views: 4,432<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 8:03<\/strong><\/p>\n

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric M. Butler<\/p><\/div>\n

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4. Bates announces tenure decisions and faculty promotions (Aug. 10, 2018)<\/a><\/h5>\n

The faculty promotions offer “outstanding examples of the consequential scholarship and creative work going on at Bates,” said Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.<\/p>\n

Page views: 5,130<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 3:03<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bates\u2019<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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3. Favorite 2018 images from Bates photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo (Jan. 1, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

Our fourth annual Bates Photographers\u2019 Favorites list featured 20 photographs from 2018 that tried to answer the question, “What makes a photograph your favorite?\u201d<\/p>\n

Page views: 6,360<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 7:53<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Theophil<\/a>

Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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2. Eighteen years later, two Bates friends return to campus to tie the knot (Sept. 13, 2019)<\/a><\/h5>\n

Another summer weekend, another alumni wedding in the Gomes Chapel. But this time, we were there to tell the story, of best Bates friends who became much more.<\/p>\n

Page views: 6,968<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 5:00<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bates<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

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1. The incoming Class of 2022 “represents history” (Aug. 24, 2018)<\/a><\/h5>\n

The celebration began with a record number of admission applications. It peaked in August as the 550 members of the Class of 2022 arrived on campus.<\/p>\n

Page views: 7,949<\/strong>
\nAverage Time on Page: 3:55<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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