{"id":125610,"date":"2019-06-28T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=125610"},"modified":"2019-09-27T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:33:25","slug":"bates-in-the-news-june-28-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/28\/bates-in-the-news-june-28-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: June 28, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purposeful Work<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Five ways to optimize your internship experience \u2014 <em>Forbes<\/em><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;At least 80 percent of us want purpose in our work,&#8221; says Rebecca Fraser-Thill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/11\/bates-gallup-study-finds-purpose-gap-between-what-college-graduates-want-and-find-in-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">referencing a recent study by Bates College and the polling firm Gallup,<\/a> &#8220;and having an internship during college is the most powerful way to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A <em>Forbes<\/em> contributor who is director of faculty engagement and outreach for Purposeful Work, Fraser-Thill also notes that an &#8220;internship is only as transformational&#8221; as a student makes it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>With that in mind, she offers tips for interns, such as how to make the most of each day, &#8220;beyond the office as well as within it.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rebeccafraserthill\/2019\/06\/27\/5-ways-to-optimize-your-internship-experience\/#32014e5d7305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Ways To Optimize Your Internship Experience<\/a>,\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>June 27, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College achieves carbon neutral status \u2014 multiple outlets\u00a0<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Media outlets reported on the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/16\/bates-college-attains-carbon-neutrality\/\">Bates achieved carbon neutrality<\/a> \u2014 bringing the college\u2019s net carbon emissions to zero \u2014 one year ahead of schedule.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL-900x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL-900x557.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL-200x124.png 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/Carbon-Neutral-Web_Banner_2100x1300_FINAL.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Out of 700 colleges and universities that pledged in 2007 to go carbon neutral, Bates is one of seven to have achieved the goal. It did so through a combination of efforts, most notably by reducing energy consumption, strengthening a culture of sustainability, and using wood-derived renewable fuel oil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cThe one that often gets overlooked, but is closest to my heart, is efficiency,\u201d Bates\u2019 sustainability manager Tom Twist told <em>Mainebiz<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s been our silent strength.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Read the stories:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainebiz.biz\/article\/bates-college-achieves-zero-carbon-emissions-as-green-ambitions-continue\">Bates College achieves zero carbon emissions as green ambitions continue<\/a>,\u201d <em>Mainebiz, <\/em>May 27, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2019\/05\/16\/bates-college-achieves-carbon-neutral-status-to-help-stave-off-climate-change\/\">Bates College achieves carbon neutral status to help stave off climate change<\/a>,\u201d <em>Sun Journal<\/em>, May 16, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2019\/05\/16\/business\/bates-becomes-latest-maine-college-to-achieve-carbon-neutrality\/\">Bates becomes latest Maine college to achieve carbon neutrality<\/a>,\u201d <em>Bangor Daily News<\/em>, May 16, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/energynews.us\/2019\/06\/05\/northeast\/heating-fuel-from-liquid-trees-helps-maine-college-hit-carbon-neutrality-goal\/\">Heating fuel from \u2018liquid trees\u2019 helps Maine college hit carbon neutrality goal<\/a>,\u201d <em>Energy News Network<\/em>, June 5, 2019<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carrie Diaz Eaton<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS \u2014 <em>The Washington Post\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ben Guarino of <em>The Washington Post <\/em>highlighted efforts by Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Carrie Diaz Eaton to teach her students how to sift through misinformation in the news.<\/p>\r\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/28\/the-bull-is-in-their-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">winter semester course, \u201cCalling Bull in a Digital World,&#8221;<\/a> was modeled on a similar course at the University of Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190320_Carrie_Eaton-Diaz_Class_0370.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption>Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Carrie Diaz Eaton teaches her course \u201cCalling Bull in a Digital World\u201d in Carnegie Science Hall. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe problem is not new,\u201d Diaz Eaton told Guarino. \u201cBS has been around forever. But it\u2019s the way that technology has exploded that has really scaled up the amount of information and the amount of BS and how much we\u2019re required to filter.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>One of Diaz Eaton\u2019s students, Carol Harding \u201919, learned\u00a0 to use statistical methods to make graphs\u00a0 showing Lewiston\u2019s declining crime rate, countering public perceptions of the city.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2019\/06\/24\/misinformation-is-everywhere-these-scientists-can-teach-you-fight-bs\/?utm_term=.137cd5010bd2\">Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0 <em>The Washington Post, <\/em>June 24, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h3>Louis Scolnik \u201945<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ACLU of Maine honors Judge Scolnik <em>\u2014 Andover Townsman\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Andover Townsman <\/em>covered the news that the ACLU of Maine has honored its founding president, Louis Scolnik \u201945, with its annual award for \u201coutstanding commitment to the protection of civil liberties.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Scolnik, born in Lewiston and a local resident for many years, is a retired justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_125633\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125633\" class=\"wp-image-125633 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Scolnik '45 is seen in 2013 at the annual luncheon for graduates of the Navy V-12 officer training program stationed at Bates during World War II.  (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/T_131008_scolnik-V-12_Reunion_0017.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louis Scolnik &#8217;45 is seen in 2013 at the annual luncheon for graduates of the Navy V-12 officer training program stationed at Bates during World War II. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>Scolnik was honored for a number of achievements during his long legal career including, as chair of an advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in the 1960s, efforts to end housing discrimination against African American military personnel stationed at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor.<\/p>\r\n<p>He also had a hand in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/back-issues\/y2003\/spring03\/features\/the-end-of-mayoralty\/the-lawyer-of-mayoralty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an unusual court case involving Bates students<\/a> in 1959.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.andovertownsman.com\/news\/townspeople\/aclu-of-maine-honors-judge-scolnik-of-andover\/article_454bc0e0-d0e1-51e2-8c91-79130124c5e1.html\">ACLU of Maine honors Judge Scolnik of Andover<\/a>,\u201d <em>Andover Townsman, <\/em>June 13, 2019 <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Jennifer Guckel Porter \u201988<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to move from self-awareness to self-improvement \u2014 <em>Harvard Business Review\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>In <em>Harvard Business Review, <\/em>regular contributor Jennifer Guckel Porter \u201988 took on a prickly topic: changing unproductive behavior and rewiring bad habits in the workplace.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The answer is self-management, \u201ca conscious choice to resist a preference or habit, and instead, demonstrate a more productive behavior,\u201d wrote Porter, who is the managing partner of The Boda Group.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092-900x720.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Guckel Porter '88 moderates a discussion during a Boston Bates Business Network discussion on &quot;Women in Leadership&quot; event on Sept. 28. (Paige Brown '96 for Bates College) \" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092-900x720.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/12\/BBBN_porter-Womens_Leadership_0092.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption>Jennifer Guckel Porter &#8217;88 moderates a discussion during a Boston Bates Business Network discussion on &#8220;Women in Leadership&#8221; event in 2017. (Paige Brown &#8217;96 for Bates College)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cStart by recognizing your current actions, considering alternative options, and then putting in the hard work required to resist what may be most familiar or comfortable,\u201d she wrote. \u201cInstead, commit to effectively executing what is most productive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2019\/06\/how-to-move-from-self-awareness-to-self-improvement\">How to move from self-awareness to self-improvement<\/a>,\u201d <em>Harvard Business Review, <\/em>June 19, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Kevin Lentini \u201913<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Married teachers win trip to Croatia \u2014 <em>Today\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Using creativity and humor, Kevin Lentini \u201913 and his wife, Kristin, won a seven-day vacation to Dubrovnik, Croatia, in a contest sponsored by NBC\u2019s <em>Today<\/em> show and Airbnb.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Both teachers, the Lentinis submitted a video showing the pair standing at a marked-up whiteboard delivering a lesson on how to use persuasive rhetoric \u2014 specifically, how to \u201cuse persuasive rhetoric to persuade AirBnb and Today show to gift us a vacation.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>In the \u201clogos\u201d part of the lesson (an appeal to logic), they calculated that together they had graded 9,000 assignments this year. Conveniently, the distance from their Massachusetts schools to Dubrovnik and back is \u2014 wait for it \u2014 about 9,000 miles.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWe know that teaching is hard,\u201d said host Jenna Bush Hager as she congratulated the couple. \u201cY\u2019all could really use a vacation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Watch the video:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/see-the-winners-of-our-croatia-trip-contest-59593285522\">See the winners of our Croatia trip contest<\/a>,\u201d <em>Today, <\/em>May 14, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Dorothy Foster Kern \u201942<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Auburn natives \u2014 all named Dorothy \u2014 turn 100 this year \u2014 <em>Sun Journal\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The Lewiston <em>Sun Journal <\/em>reported that Dorothy Foster Kern \u201942 is one of three local women named Dorothy celebrating their 100th birthdays in 2019. All three graduated from Edward Little High School and have been friendly with each other for nine decades.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Kern worked in newspapers in the area before becoming Edward Little\u2019s school librarian. As a child, she recalls one special treat: doughnuts.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWe had to be very careful how we spent money, but whenever we could have a doughnut, it was a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2019\/05\/10\/3-auburn-natives-all-named-dorothy-turn-100-this-year\/?fbclid=IwAR3eAL7-XXZM1NCCEeD3x9U_QmeCyl3TlzLq0dDhZybe4ApgtouEscZyWso\">3 Auburn natives \u2014 all named Dorothy \u2014 turn 100 this year<\/a>,\u201d <em>Sun Journal<\/em>, May 10, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Mara Tieken\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"subhead wp-block-heading\">Why more teachers should consider working in rural communities \u2014 <em>Ed.<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>For a dive into the challenges, misconceptions, and promises of rural schools, Elaine McArdle of<em> Ed.,<\/em> the magazine of Harvard&#8217;s Graduate School of Education, talked to Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_118505\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118505\" class=\"wp-image-118505 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken teaches \u201cCommunity Organizing for Social Justice\u201d in May 2018. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/180509_Community_Organizing_Tieken_0357.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken teaches \u201cCommunity Organizing for Social Justice\u201d in May 2018. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Rural schools are often assumed to be white and one-size-fits-all, Tieken said. In fact, they are quite diverse and function as \u201cnerve centers\u201d of rural communities, bringing people together and tackling issues of sustainability and equity.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThere is some really, really good work happening in rural places,\u201d Tieken told McArdle. \u201cWe should be getting behind those good efforts and listening to people who live in rural areas and seeing their needs and strengths and what\u2019s going well and how can we support that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/news\/ed\/19\/05\/middle-somewhere\">The Middle of Somewhere: The unique strengths of rural communities and why more teachers should consider working in them<\/a>,\u201d <em>Ed., <\/em>Summer 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Benni McComish \u201920<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s in your recycling bin? Interns will grade the contents this summer in 4 communities \u2014 <em>Portland Press Herald\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Kate Lusignan of the <em>Portland<\/em> <em>Press Herald <\/em>covered a new internship program in four southern Maine cities and towns, in which interns peek at residents\u2019 recycling to rate how well they\u2019re sorting their waste. Benni McComish \u201920 of Williamstown, Mass., is one of the interns.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>In the program piloted by waste management company ecomaine, interns open recycling bins and study the contents at the top. Then they tag the bins with a sticker \u2014 green for good sorting, yellow for some contaminants, red for so many non-recyclable contents that the city won\u2019t pick it up.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cMost often, the items they see that do not belong include paper towels and plastic bags \u2014 items that are commonly thought to be recyclable,\u201d Lusignan wrote. \u201cSeeing similar items in every bin implies that residents care about recycling efforts, but are unaware that certain materials are not recyclable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2019\/06\/19\/interns-will-grade-contents-of-recycling-bins-in-4-communities-this-summer\/\">What\u2019s in your recycling bin? Interns will grade the contents this summer in 4 communities<\/a>,\u201d <em>Portland Press Herald, <\/em>June 19, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Joselle Deocampo-Gautam \u201901\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A woman of influence works to bring women and minority groups into startup funding \u2014 <em>Silicon Valley Business Journal\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Silicon Valley Business Journal <\/em>named Joselle Deocampo-Gautam \u201901, a new product innovation portfolio lead at Linkedin, one of its 100 Women of Influence.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Deocampo-Gautam \u201cdemocratize[s] finance for historically underserved and underbanked communities,\u201d contributor Becky Bergman wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cDeocampo-Gautam is an immigrant to the U.S., as well as the first in her family to earn a college degree,\u201d she wrote. &#8220;Never forgetting her roots, Deocampo-Gautam works to reform global finance in a way that brings more of the hidden market of women and minority groups into startup funding, global growth strategies and values-based entrepreneurship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/news\/2019\/05\/14\/joselle-deocampo-gautam-linkedin.html?fbclid=IwAR2hFSPozUFZRWHBibT6-CVw5k43PsyPwGjXXb4lKGhzYgLWntx9qd9pqzs\">A woman of influence: LinkedIn&#8217;s Joselle Deocampo-Gautam works to bring women and minority groups into startup funding<\/a>,\u201d <em>Silicon Valley Business Journal, <\/em>May 14, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>STEM at Bates<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lots of \u2018cool science\u2019 at Bates spurred by federal program \u2014 <em>Sun Journal\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Steve Collins of the Lewiston <em>Sun Journal <\/em>covered Bates students\u2019 and faculty\u2019s participation in Maine INBRE, a federal- and state-funded program led by MDI Biological Laboratories that promotes biomedical research.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The program, which helps students do high-level research, includes a wide range of projects, from a Short Term course to MDI Lab to use mouse poop to study gut microbiomes, to developing a high-resolution imaging system, to understanding aspects of nervous system cells.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>INBRE shows students that \u201cevery student can thrive, not just survive, in an academic discipline,\u201d said Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2019\/06\/09\/lots-of-cool-science-at-bates-spurred-by-federal-program\/\">Lots of \u2018cool science\u2019 at Bates spurred by federal program<\/a>,\u201d <em>Sun Journal, <\/em>June 9, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Nick Mazuroski \u201909<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entrepreneurs on a mission: Three Maine eco-innovators out to conquer the green economy \u2014 <em>Mainebiz<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Solar entrepreneur Nick Mazuroski \u201909 was one of three \u201ceco-innovators\u201d <em>Mainebiz<\/em> featured in order to highlight the green economy.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Mazuroski is a part-time law student in Portland and vice president at Biomass Power Association. He also co-founded Dirigo Solar LLC, which in partnership with an Irish company is preparing to build solar power plants, employing more than 1,000 Maine residents in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Any green entrepreneurship has to make business sense, Mazuroski told reporter Renee Cordes. \u201cWe live in a capitalist society,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the economics don\u2019t work, you\u2019ve got to find another way.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainebiz.biz\/article\/entrepreneurs-on-a-mission-three-maine-eco-innovators-out-to-conquer-the-green-economy\">Entrepreneurs on a mission: Three Maine eco-innovators out to conquer the green economy<\/a>,\u201d \u2014 <em>Mainebiz<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Sophie Claus \u201919<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beverly&#8217;s Claus reflects on fantastic crew career \u2014 <em>The Salem News<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Columnist Jean DePlacido of <em>The Salem News <\/em>profiled Sophie Claus \u201919, whose decision to try rowing for the first time in her first year at Bates made her an integral part of a wildly successful team.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>A co-captain in her senior year, Claus helped lead the Bates women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/14\/video-behind-the-scenes-of-bates-third-straight-ncaa-rowing-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to their third straight NCAA championship this year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/190215_Womens_Rowing_bb-0124.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been wonderful, and now my teammates are my best friends,\u201d said Claus. \u201cYou\u2019re out there all working hard together and moving faster than you thought you could.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salemnews.com\/sports\/jean-deplacido-column-beverly-s-claus-reflects-on-fantastic-crew\/article_990772bd-5f83-5f50-979f-83744a7a7242.html\">Beverly&#8217;s Claus reflects on fantastic crew career<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Salem News, <\/em>June 14, 2019\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h3>Sameer Maskey \u201902<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Conversation with Sameer Maskey \u2014 <em>Voices in AI\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>For analysis firm GigaOm\u2019s podcast <em>Voices in AI, <\/em>Byron Reese talked to Sameer Maskey \u201902, founder and CEO of fusemachines, a company that recruits artificial intelligence programmers from around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Maskey said he came to Bates with the goal of eventually building a machine that could read a book and then discuss the book with the human, preferably in Nepali, his native language.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_125635\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125635\" class=\"wp-image-125635 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N-900x599.jpg\" alt=\"Kristyma Alexova B'19 interns during Career Trek in NYC with  Sameer Maskey B'02, founder of FuseMachines\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/NR18BatesAlexovaNYC3280N.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sameer Maskey \u201902 works with Kristyna Alexova \u201919, a 2018 Purposeful Work intern at fusemachines. 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