{"id":134534,"date":"2020-06-26T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=134534"},"modified":"2020-06-26T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:00:39","slug":"bates-in-the-news-june-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/26\/bates-in-the-news-june-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: June 26, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noelle Chaddock&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juneteenth: The history and significance of this holiday marking the end of slavery \u2014 <em>Maine Calling, <\/em>Maine Public&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to this year\u2019s widespread celebration of Juneteenth \u2014 and of the idea of making it a federal holiday \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m of two minds,\u201d Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Noelle Chaddock told Maine Public\u2019s radio program <em>Maine Calling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President for Equity and InclusionOffice of Equity and Inclusion Noelle ChaddockOIE Winter Welcome BackWednesday, January 15th 4-6pmCheese &amp; Crackers, Cookies &amp; Coffee!Hello OIE Universe! Happy first day of classes! Our winter semester Welcome Back will be THIS Wednesday from 4-6pm. Come through and see everyone you missed over break, connect with the OIE, and eat some delicious snacks.\" class=\"wp-image-134535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/200115_OIE_Welcome_Back_Reception_0104-1.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Noelle Chaddock speaks with students, faculty, and staff at a January 2020 event in the Office of Intercultural Education (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, it\u2019s useful if we can \u201cpause so Black folks can breathe and be together, re-engage, and do the reflection and healing that comes at this moment,\u201d Chaddock said of the June 19 holiday marking the emancipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery_in_the_United_States\">enslaved persons in the U.S.<\/a> On the other hand, \u201cI\u2019m wary of the rush to acknowledge or institute some sort of holiday [when] it feels like the work hasn\u2019t been done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have these very specific dates and documents and decorations, [but] we still have not gotten to a place where everyone in the U.S. is treated as if they were equal, and they still do not have the [same] access to basic human needs as white folks in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping for some deep work in acknowledging and bringing together folks to do the healing of racial trauma and intentionally moving forward in ways that don\u2019t just mark a day, but mark a moment in which we will actually get to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the interview:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/post\/juneteenth-history-and-significance-holiday-marking-end-slavery\">Juneteenth: The history and significance of this holiday marking the end of slavery<\/a>,\u201d Maine Public, June 19, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College graduates told to \u2018stay strong and walk like you got some sense\u2019 \u2014 <em>Sun Journal&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Daigle of the Lewiston <em>Sun Journal <\/em>covered Bates\u2019 154th Commencement, held virtually for the first time on May 31. Prominent in this story was the Senior Address of Alexandria Onuoha \u201920, who told the story of her mother\u2019s perseverance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Anna-Beaudet-Graduation-2020-900x599.jpg\" alt=\"Bates College graduate Anna Beaudet, center, watches the 2020 Bates Commencement ceremony on her laptop with her mother, Celeste, left, and sister, Bates College sophomore Grace, at their home in Auburn on Sunday. Graduation ceremonies were pre-recorded because of the COVID-19 pandemic.\" class=\"wp-image-134615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Anna-Beaudet-Graduation-2020-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Anna-Beaudet-Graduation-2020-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Anna-Beaudet-Graduation-2020-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Anna-Beaudet-Graduation-2020.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Anna Beaudet \u201920 watches the May 31 Commencement ceremony from her home in Auburn with her mother Celeste, left, and sister Grace Beaudet \u201922. (Daryn Slover\/Sun Journal) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[My mother] never lost faith, and never stopped when an obstacle confronted her,\u201d Onuoha said. \u201cShe instilled in me the values of consistency, activism, initiative and warmth. I got to exercise these values at Bates College, and during my four years here, I got to witness my lovely class embody these values. That\u2019s why Bates is like a second home to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and families across the country and around the world watched the Commencement livestream. <em>Sun Journal <\/em>photographer Daryn Slover joined Anna Beaudet \u201920 in her Auburn home, celebrating her graduation with sister Grace Beaudet \u201922 and mother Celeste.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2020\/05\/31\/bates-college-graduates-told-to-stay-strong-and-walk-like-you-got-some-sense-2\/\">Bates College graduates told to \u2018stay strong and walk like you got some sense<\/a>,\u2019\u201d <em>Sun Journal, <\/em>May 31, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ther\u00ed A. Pickens&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ther\u00ed A. Pickens \u2014 <em>Tonight on WURD&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a wide-ranging discussion with host James Peterson on Philadelphia radio station WURD, Ther\u00ed A. Pickens, a professor of English at Bates and author of the book <em>Black Madness :: Mad Blackness<\/em>, explained how Blackness and disability \u2014 and racism and ableism \u2014 are \u201ctethered\u201d and must be considered in antiracist reforms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/BatesFaculty2011_Pickens_1444-357x500.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of English Ther\u00ed Pickens.\" class=\"wp-image-61609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/BatesFaculty2011_Pickens_1444-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/BatesFaculty2011_Pickens_1444-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/BatesFaculty2011_Pickens_1444.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption>Ther\u00ed Pickens, a professor of English and scholar of race and disability.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I say [Blackness] is tethered to disability, the reason that we had chattel slavery \u2014 or one of the reasons given for it \u2014 was that Blacks were [considered] lesser human beings, that they were not capable mentally, even though they were capable physically,\u201d Pickens said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The racist idea that Black people were not mentally capable was so entrenched that some believed Black people would die off after slavery. Over the next century the idea did not fade but evolved into the still-racist belief that Black people are physically superior to white people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many victims of police violence have some form of disability, Pickens said, but that intersection does not often factor into conversations about reform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlack folks are uncomfortable talking about disability because of the way it has plagued the notion of Blackness in this country,\u201d Pickens said. \u201cSo to create an affinity with disability is to also create an affinity with something that people think of as a denigration.\u201d That affinity is necessary, though, because \u201call of our revolutions are bound up together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the interview:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/onwurd\/tonight-on-wurd-61720-dr-theri-a-pickens?fbclid=IwAR1Kj_h3PhjMmTVmg3GSyFXbqUOmSqw7Hdz9uGTNKx9Bf0UO4AIgM5We1mo\">Ther\u00ed A. Pickens<\/a>,\u201d <em>Tonight on WURD, <\/em>June 17, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amy Geller \u201996<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Focus: \u2018The Rabbi Goes West\u2019 goes online \u2014 <em>The Boston Globe&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Documentary filmmakers Amy Geller \u201996 and her husband, Gerry Peary, spoke with <em>Boston Globe<\/em> correspondent Peter Keough about how they screened their latest film when film festivals, the main vehicle for showing independent films, were no longer happening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Rabbi Goes West, <\/em>about a rabbi from Brooklyn who wanted to put a mezuzah on the door of every Jewish household in Montana, had just begun the festival circuit when the pandemic put a stop to large gatherings. Thinking quickly, Geller and Peary worked with the Independent Film Festival Boston to organize a \u201cvirtual cinema\u201d with a live Q&amp;A.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like seeing a film on a big screen among movie-loving strangers,\u201d Geller acknowledged. \u201cWe miss that terribly. But sharing the film online could potentially reach an even wider audience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe challenge is getting through to folks who are being bombarded with online content. We don\u2019t have the marketing budget of a Netflix, HBO, or Amazon. For us, word of mouth is absolutely key.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/05\/20\/arts\/focus-rabbi-goes-west-goes-online\/\">In Focus: \u2018The Rabbi Goes West\u2019 goes online<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Boston Globe, <\/em>May 20, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephanie Kelley-Romano&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conspiracy theories: What do some people believe, and what makes these theories take hold in society? \u2014 <em>Maine Calling,<\/em> Maine Public<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As a guest on <em>Maine Calling, <\/em>Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano explained how conspiracy theories develop and take hold, and why the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly fertile ground for them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2020 winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/11\/exacting-empathetic-authentic-kelley-romano-receives-kroepsch-teaching-award\/\">Kroepsch teaching award<\/a>, Kelley-Romano explained that conspiracy theories emerge from feelings of fear and a lack of good information. The theories often use \u201cus vs. them\u201d language, look for connections where there may be none, and evolve to fit reality even if they are not themselves real.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190306_Classroom_9789A-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Kelley-Romano leads a &quot;Television Criticism&quot; class on March 6, 2019. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)\" class=\"wp-image-123701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190306_Classroom_9789A-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190306_Classroom_9789A-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190306_Classroom_9789A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/190306_Classroom_9789A.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano leads a television criticism class in 2019. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How, a caller to the program asked, do you tell if a conspiracy theory is true or false? How do you know the difference between, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plandemic\">Plandemic<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment\">Tuskegee syphilis experiment<\/a>, and actual conspiracy?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes down to media literacy, Kelley-Romano said: reading multiple sources, understanding who\u2019s saying what and why, finding independent sources to vindicate or rebut theories. \u201cAdopting the right orientation to information, a healthy skepticism, and good research practices totally is helpful in figuring stuff out,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other guest on the show was Ryan Neville-Shepard \u201904, a communications professor at the University of Arkansas. Timothy Kaplowitz \u201920 also called into the show to explain the subject of his senior thesis: the vast, complicated QAnon conspiracy theory.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the interview:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/post\/conspiracy-theories-what-do-some-people-believe-what-makes-these-theories-take-hold-society\">Conspiracy Theories: What do some people believe, and what makes these theories take hold in society?<\/a>\u201d Maine Public, May 28, 2020&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rishi Madnani \u201923<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dispelling the myth of the model minority \u2014 TikTok&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Protests against racism and police brutality against Black Americans have fed conversations about how other groups experience discrimination, and how those groups can be antiracist themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a TikTok video, Rishi Madnani \u201923 addressed racism against and within Asian communities, rebutting the \u201cmodel minority myth\u201d that holds that Asians are smarter or more capable than other racial groups.&nbsp;The video went viral: Several celebrities, including Kelly Rowland, shared it, and it featured in news stories about racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CA8vhvkl9WB\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The model minority myth is fed in part by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which favored immigrants with advanced degrees or special skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRemember, Black Americans were not introduced to society on the base of education,\u201d Madnani said. \u201cThey were brought in as slaves, as property. And then they were lynched and segregated against and forced into ghettos and not given jobs, and they were mass-incarcerated against and criminalized for petty drug crimes and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese issues generationally affect their communities because it\u2019s a part of the system. So, yes, South Asians face ignorance \u2014 casual racism, hate crimes \u2014 but we have never in American history been systematically dehumanized and oppressed in the way that Black people have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caylin Carbonell \u201912<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">W&amp;M grad student\u2019s dissertation breaks historical convention, offers new possibilities for telling stories \u2014 College of William &amp; Mary<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Research on 17th- and 18th-century New England households by Caylin Carbonell &#8217;12 is \u201cpathbreaking,\u201d her doctoral adviser told the college&#8217;s news site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbonell studies power and authority within households, gleaning insights about women from creatively interpreted sources, from men\u2019s diaries to court records to loose slips of paper found within those records.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to be enamored by our sources and to get absorbed by your archive because, in a way, it\u2019s a world that we want to know intimately,\u201d Carbonell said. \u201cYet there\u2019s a constant challenge of reminding myself that I am a foreigner, writing against narratives that have been so established.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2020\/wm-grad-students-dissertation-breaks-historical-convention,-offers-new-possibilities-for-telling-stories.php\">W&amp;M grad student\u2019s dissertation breaks historical convention, offers new possibilities for telling stories<\/a>,\u201d College of William &amp; Mary,<em> <\/em>May 21, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beverly Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coast offers climate mitigation potential \u2014 <em>The Working Waterfront&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For an article about the potential of coastal plant life to reduce atmospheric carbon, Susie Arnold of <em>The Working Waterfront, <\/em>a publication of Maine\u2019s Island Institute, spoke with Professor of Geology Beverly Johnson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/180820_Johnsn_Sprague_Marsh_0300-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Professor of Geology Bev Johnson uses a sediment elevation table to measure the height of the Sprague River salt marsh in the Bates\u2013Morse Mountain Conservation Area. The information helps assess the response of the marsh to rising sea level and increased storm activity. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\n\" class=\"wp-image-117894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/180820_Johnsn_Sprague_Marsh_0300-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/180820_Johnsn_Sprague_Marsh_0300-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/180820_Johnsn_Sprague_Marsh_0300-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/180820_Johnsn_Sprague_Marsh_0300.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Professor of Geology Bev Johnson uses a sediment elevation table to measure the height of the Sprague River salt marsh in the Bates\u2013Morse Mountain Conservation Area in 2019. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson works on coastal and marine issues for the Maine Climate Council, a government program whose goals include helping the state reach carbon neutrality by 2045. She and her colleagues have found that while salt marshes, seaweeds, and sea grasses cover a tenth of a percentage point of Maine\u2019s land, they could sequester, through photosynthesis, 1 to 6% of its carbon production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe healthier the system, the higher the rates of carbon sequestration,\u201d Johnson told Arnold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandinstitute.org\/working-waterfront\/coast-offers-climate-mitigation-potential\">Coast offers climate mitigation potential<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Working Waterfront, <\/em>June 19, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tom Whalen \u201986<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mining Bobby Orr: BU\u2019s Thomas Whalen celebrates hockey great and the Big Bad Bruins of 1970 in new book \u2014 <em>BU Today&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Brown of Boston University news site <em>BU Today <\/em>spoke with university social science professor Tom Whalen \u201986, who recently published a chronicle of how Bobby Orr led the Boston Bruins to the team&#8217;s first Stanley Cup win in decades, bringing ice hockey a newfound prominence along the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kooks and Degenerates on Ice: Bobby Orr, the Big Bad Bruins, and the Stanley Cup Championship That Transformed Hockey <\/em>is Whalen\u2019s third book about Boston sports. It was a story long in the making: Whalen, like many New England kids, had a poster of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b6rJtQ-hJZY\">Orr\u2019s famous \u201cflight\u201d<\/a> during the 1970 Stanley Cup final.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOrr was kind of like Michael Jordan on ice,\u201d Whalen says. \u201cYou never knew what you were going to get. There\u2019d always be some unbelievable new move that you never saw before, and frankly, haven\u2019t seen since.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2020\/mining-bobby-orr\/\">Mining Bobby Orr: BU\u2019s Thomas Whalen celebrates hockey great and the Big Bad Bruins of 1970 in new book<\/a>,\u201d <em>BU Today, <\/em>May 20, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anita Charles&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday Puzzle: Lost IDs \u2014 <em>Weekend Edition<\/em>, NPR<em> <\/em>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Lecturer in Education Anita Charles appeared on NPR\u2019s popular Sunday Puzzle with <em>New York Times <\/em>puzzle editor and NPR <em>Weekend Edition<\/em> puzzle master Will Shortz.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/180322_Anita_Charles_Class_0054-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Anita CharlesEducation Lecturer\/Director of Secondary Teacher EducationShe teaches EDUC 362 - Basic Concepts in Special Educationin Pettengill G50.\" class=\"wp-image-113984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/180322_Anita_Charles_Class_0054-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/180322_Anita_Charles_Class_0054-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/180322_Anita_Charles_Class_0054-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/180322_Anita_Charles_Class_0054.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Lecturer in Education Anita Charles is shown teaching in 2018. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Show contestants are chosen from among listeners who correctly solve a &#8220;Challenge&#8221; puzzle the week before. This was the challenge that Charles solved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThink of a familiar three-word name of something. The first word in that name is a number. Let&#8217;s call that number X. The last X letters of the second word of the name are a French translation of the third word. What&#8217;s the name?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How she got to the answer of this wordy clue was \u201cserendipitous,\u201d Charles said to the segment&#8217;s hosts. She was driving when she heard the clue. At that moment, her GPS happened to read, \u201c3 MI.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like that, there was the answer: Three Mile Island.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the puzzle:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/870610245\">Sunday Puzzle: Lost ID\u2019s<\/a>,\u201d <em>Weekend Edition, <\/em>June 7, 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicholas Basbanes \u201965<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is there to love about Longfellow? \u2014 <em>The New Yorker <\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>James Marcus of <em>The New Yorker <\/em>reviewed <em>Cross of Snow, <\/em>a new biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by journalist-turned-author Nicholas Basbanes \u201965. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At issue is the Maine poet\u2019s historical reputation: While Longfellow was a giant in American poetry, later critics dismissed his legacy. Basbanes \u201cseems to take Longfellow\u2019s banishment rather personally,\u201d Marcus wrote, and seeks to rehabilitate him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Richard Duckett of the Worcester, Mass., <em>Telegram &amp; Gazette<\/em>, Basbanes delved into a variety of archives, including at the poet\u2019s Cambridge, Mass., home, and explored Longfellow\u2019s relationships with the people in his life, particularly his second wife, Fanny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longfellow \u201chad a huge, consequential life,\u201d Basbanes told Duckett. \u201cNow we\u2019re in the 21st century \u2014 maybe it\u2019s time for a reappraisal.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2020\/06\/08\/what-is-there-to-love-about-longfellow\">What is there to love about Longfellow?<\/a>\u201d <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, June 1, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/entertainmentlife\/20200606\/grafton-author-nicholas-basbanes-forges-biographers-bond-with-longfellow\">Grafton author Nicholas Basbanes forges biographer\u2019s bond with Longfellow<\/a>,\u201d<em> Telegram &amp; Gazette, <\/em>June 6, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joshua Rubin&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COVID-19 and humankind: The lasting effects of the pandemic on our overall culture and society \u2014 <em>Maine Calling<\/em>, Maine Public <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As a <em>Maine Calling <\/em>guest, Lecturer in Anthropology Josh Rubin explored how social scientists are thinking about the coronavirus pandemic. Overall, he\u2019s noticed that a heightened sense of risk has changed people\u2019s behaviors, from technology-assisted social gatherings to young children \u201cplaying hospital\u201d to authorities making decisions perhaps too quickly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Anthropology faculty pose in and around their offices.Visiting Assistant Professor Joshua Rubin\" class=\"wp-image-132339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/170927_Anthropology_Faculty_0010-1.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Lecturer in Anthropology Joshua Rubin. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, risk \u201cgets attached to bodies,\u201d Rubin said \u2014 both in terms of how people consider each other more or less risky, and how easily people are able to avoid risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe risk of who leaves the house and who doesn\u2019t is not equally distributed,\u201d said Rubin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/17\/jennifer-koviach-cote-and-joshua-rubin-share-2020-kroepsch-teaching-award\/\">a 2020 Kroepsch award winner<\/a>. And \u201cwho feels comfortable at a police stop is not equally distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s required, particularly for white Americans, is to address the fact that other people are experiencing terror in their lives as a result of social encounters with police \u2014 as much as fears about the coronavirus are respected and acknowledged.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the interview:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/post\/covid-19-humankind-lasting-effects-pandemic-our-overall-culture-and-society\">COVID-19 and humankind: The lasting effects of the pandemic on our overall culture and society<\/a>,\u201d <em>Maine Calling, <\/em>June 4, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Karr \u201922<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suburban Philly bodyboarder takes big-wave world by storm \u2014 <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Anastasia of <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer <\/em>talked to Andrew Karr \u201922, a bodyboarder who\u2019s \u201cgone higher, dropped faster, and tunneled deeper \u2014 into the seemingly breathing heart of a big wave \u2014 than most followers of his sport believed possible for a bodyboarder.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past year, Karr \u2014 already unusual in the bodyboarding world for being from Pennsylvania, as opposed to California or Hawaii \u2014 has ridden a 60-foot wave at Nazar\u00e9, Portugal, and the barrel of a wave off Maui, Hawaii, probably the first bodyboarder to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard in life to find things that really force you to be 100% present,\u201d Karr said. \u201cRiding big waves, it becomes a survival instinct and forces me into another level of focus that is unattainable in anything else. That makes me feel really, really alive.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/life\/andrew-karr-body-boarding-jaws-nazare-world-record-20200519.html\">Suburban Philly bodyboarder takes big-wave world by storm<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer, <\/em>May 23, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rebecca Fraser-Thill<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to find direction amid uncertainty and change \u2014 <em>Forbes&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Fraser-Thill, a visiting instructor in psychology and director of faculty engagement and outreach at the Center for Purposeful Work, rounded out her four-part series in <em>Forbes<\/em> on purpose during a pandemic by discussing how to recover a sense of purpose when nothing is certain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/160829_Purposeful_Work_-fraser-thill-Presentation_0059-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"During Orientation last August, Rebecca Fraser-Thill talks about Purposeful Work with parents of students in the Class of 2020. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" class=\"wp-image-107929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/160829_Purposeful_Work_-fraser-thill-Presentation_0059-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/160829_Purposeful_Work_-fraser-thill-Presentation_0059-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/160829_Purposeful_Work_-fraser-thill-Presentation_0059-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/160829_Purposeful_Work_-fraser-thill-Presentation_0059.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>In 2016, Rebecca Fraser-Thill explains to parents of the Class of 2020 why purpose is important. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She drew on the work of psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, who said that amid uncertainty, we should ask less about the meaning of life and more about what life requires of us right now. For Fraser-Thill, that putting of one foot in front of the other means being present for her young children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s an in-between state, where the state of emergency has abated but things have not returned to normal. In this case, Fraser-Thill wrote, we can turn to work that has a lasting impact beyond ourselves \u2014 creating a product, helping a client, taking action against injustice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we can find our sense of direction when everything around us is up in the air, imagine how powerful and impactful we\u2019ll be in work and life when things eventually firm up,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rebeccafraserthill\/2020\/06\/04\/how-to-find-direction-uncertainty-and-change\/#3e9adb8f4ab3\">How to find direction amid uncertainty and change<\/a>,\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>June 4, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rebeccafraserthill\/2020\/04\/18\/need-purpose-pandemic\/#73c05a612b5c\">Want to stay healthy? Having purpose is an ideal starting point<\/a>,\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>April 19, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rebeccafraserthill\/2020\/04\/23\/purpose-and-productivity-arent-the-same\/#74b05f2c6359\">Purpose and productivity aren\u2019t the same: Embracing a new metric during a pandemic,<\/a>\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>April 23, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rebeccafraserthill\/2020\/04\/29\/turn-work-disruptions-into-opportunities\/#5d40630171b5\">Five steps to turn work disruptions into opportunities<\/a>,\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>April 29, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex Baldwin \u201993<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex Baldwin says golf must remain \u2018unrelenting\u2019 in its return to competition \u2014 <em>The Florida Times-Union&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Garry Smits of <em>The Florida Times-Union <\/em>spoke with Alex Baldwin \u201993, who was preparing for the June 11 reopening of the Korn Ferry Tour, of which she is president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baldwin, who is in her second year as Korn Ferry president, led that PGA Tour through a 103-day pandemic-induced closure and a safe reopening. Precautions the tour is taking include testing 400 people each week, providing charter flights and hotels to help players and staff physically distance, and, of course, no fans on the course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the process, Baldwin said she tried to keep both safety and the Korn Ferry Tour players, who depended on the tournaments for income, front of mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to remember we\u2019re running a business, to maintain opportunities for our players,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s the human side of this that carries us forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/sports\/20200610\/alex-baldwin-says-golf-must-remain-lsquounrelentingrsquo-in-its-return-to-competition\">Alex Baldwin says golf must remain \u2018unrelenting\u2019 in its return to competition<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Florida Times-Union, <\/em>June 10, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Krista Aronson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maine libraries and bookstores seeing increased demand for books about race \u2014 <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As protests spark conversations about race in America, demand for books about racism has skyrocketed in Maine libraries and bookstores, the <em>Portland Press Herald <\/em>reported. There is a similar demand for children\u2019s books.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBooks can provide platforms for conversation with our children in a way that is familiar to our kids,\u201d Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson told reporter Emma Sorkin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/170818_Picture_Books_Ladd_0247_HZ-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson poses in Ladd Library with daughter Hope (2).Children's Book Creator Anne Sibley O'Brien (blue shirt, black sweater)Brenna Callahan '15, Harward Center for Community Partnerships and ME Campus Compact Civic Leadership Post-Baccalaureate Fellow (sleeveless dress);Bates Humanities Librarian Christina Bell (purple dress, black glasses); Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson (blue blouse)As part of a team including Bates humanities librarian Christina Bell, noted children'sauthor-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien, and Callahan, KristaAronson has created the Picture Book Project: a set of interrelated resources that bring new accessibility to the world ofdiverse children's books:A comprehensive collection of some 2,000 diverse books, housed at the Georgeand Helen Ladd Library, that is unique in that the books are available for anyoneto sign out; the Diverse BookFinder, a database and search language mirroring the collection,which for the first time makes diverse picture books findable by both the humancharacteristics and, importantly, narrative themes that recur in them; and an analytical tool, based on the DBF resources, that will enable librarians tounderstand how diversity is represented in their own children's sections.\" class=\"wp-image-128985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/170818_Picture_Books_Ladd_0247_HZ-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/170818_Picture_Books_Ladd_0247_HZ-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/170818_Picture_Books_Ladd_0247_HZ-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/170818_Picture_Books_Ladd_0247_HZ.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson reads in Ladd Library with her daughter Hope in 2017. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aronson studies multicultural children\u2019s books and is the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/diversebookfinder.org\/\">Diverse BookFinder<\/a>, a program that, among several other initiatives, created a database of diverse children\u2019s books. DBF also sponsors the Beautiful Blackbird Children\u2019s Festival, which shares the work of Black artists and authors with Maine children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPicture books can not only help children but also parents in their thinking and growth,\u201d Aronson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/06\/13\/libraries-and-bookstores-see-increased-demand-for-books-about-race\/\">Maine libraries and bookstores seeing increased demand for books about race<\/a>,\u201d <em>Portland Press Herald, <\/em>June 13, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raj Saha&nbsp;\u201903<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Widely cited health institute keeps missing the mark on Maine death projections \u2014 <em>Portland Press Herald&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For an article about the wild fluctuation in COVID-19 death projections in Maine, <em>Portland Press Herald <\/em>reporter Kevin Miller talked to Lecturer in Geology and Physics Raj Saha \u201903 about the shortcomings of modeling disease spread.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Models often fail to include the assumptions and data underlying them in a way the public can understand, Saha said, which means people could mix up cause and effect. For example, a community could relax its prevention measures based on a low death projection \u2014 when the low projection was caused by the prevention measures in the first place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/160721_Raj_Saha_Researchers_0326-900x527.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Wax \u201919, researching \u201cModeling the Indian Monsoon\u201d and Salim Ourari \u201918, researching \u201cDesigning and Building an Aerial Instrument to Measure Sea Ice Thickness,\u201d both working with Visiting Assistant Professor Raj Saha, a 2003 Bates alumnus.\" class=\"wp-image-121861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/160721_Raj_Saha_Researchers_0326-900x527.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/160721_Raj_Saha_Researchers_0326-400x234.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/160721_Raj_Saha_Researchers_0326-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/160721_Raj_Saha_Researchers_0326.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>In 2016, geology and chemistry lecturer Raj Saha \u201903, left, works with Ian Wax \u201919 and Salim Ourari \u201918. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are all used to seeing weather projections \u2013 for example, the path of a hurricane which always comes with error zones,\u201d Saha said. \u201cBut how a public reacts to the projected paths of a hurricane is not going to affect the actual path of the hurricane. The same cannot be said here in the case of disease projections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/06\/18\/widely-cited-model-keeps-missing-the-mark-on-maine-death-projections\/\">Widely cited health institute keeps missing the mark on Maine death projections<\/a>,\u201d <em>Portland Press Herald, <\/em>June 18, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anne Williams&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soaring sales for $4,500 puzzles? In a lockdown, it all fits<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>John D. Tulenko of <em>The New York Times <\/em>spoke with Anne Williams, professor emerita of economics and author of <em>The Jigsaw Puzzle, Piecing Together a History<\/em>, about the history of a puzzle-making company that caters to the rich and famous \u2014 and is seeing soaring sales today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Par Puzzles was founded by two out-of-work businessmen during the Great Depression and sold one-of-a-kind, hand-cut puzzles to the likes of legendary actor Humphrey Bogart. They passed it down to an apprentice, John Madden, who now runs it with his son Justin. The Maddens still hand-cut each puzzle for a growing clientele.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why pay $900 or more for a puzzle? Because they\u2019re handmade, unique, and very challenging. (The puzzles don\u2019t come with a picture of the finished image.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re someone who starts a puzzle with corners and edges,\u201d Williams said, \u201ca Par puzzle would be very hard for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/19\/nyregion\/par-jigsaw-puzzles-lockdown.html\">Soaring sales for $4,500 puzzles? In a lockdown, it all fits<\/a>,\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, June 19, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isa Moise \u201919<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cFarming should be the richest trade on earth\u201d: An interview with Isa Jamira \u2014 Slow Food USA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Isa Moise \u201919 told a writer for the Slow Food USA website about her experience as an urban farmer and how she hopes to grow healthy food in an accessible and sustainable way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/08\/web-170706_Isa_Moise_Farm_0100-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;These internships have really opened my eyes. Farming can happen in New York. We actually have 250 days of a farming season here. I want to go into food and agriculture to help out with people who don't have access to fresh foods and medicinal herbs so they can take care of what they put into their bodies.&quot;.-- Environmental Studies major Isa Moise '19 of Mount Vernon, N.Y., poses at Oko Farms in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she works with an organization that utilizes a hybrid of aquaculture and hydroponics known as aquaponics to raise freshwater fish along with a variety of vegetables and fruits. &quot;This has really humbled me,&quot; she says of her experience of learning to grow and nurture plants and raise fish. &quot;You really can't control everything.&quot; That's part of the learning process, she says of &quot;how to grow sustainable food that's good for the environment.&quot;.Moise also has an internship this summer at the Farm School NYC, an organization that trains local residents in urban agriculture to build self-reliant communities and inspire positive local action around food access and social, economic, and racial justice issues..Moise's two internships are funded by the Bates Purposeful Work Internship Program.\" class=\"wp-image-108981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/08\/web-170706_Isa_Moise_Farm_0100-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/08\/web-170706_Isa_Moise_Farm_0100-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/08\/web-170706_Isa_Moise_Farm_0100-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/08\/web-170706_Isa_Moise_Farm_0100.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Isa Moise \u201919 poses during an internship at Oko Farms in Brooklyn in 2017. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moise, who majored in environmental studies and politics at Bates and worked with The Bates Garden, has made sustainable food central to her burgeoning career. She has worked at her father\u2019s vegan restaurant and at a New York City aquaponics farm; she now works as a seasonal farmer and educator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFarming takes a very deep understanding of Mother Earth and all the interconnected systems. The interactions that you\u2019re making in the earth right now, they matter,\u201d Isa said. She continued: \u201cAs a farmer, I have never seen a not-struggling farmer. And to me, that\u2019s just the craziest thing because I know the land is the richest thing on Earth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/slowfoodusa.org\/farming-interview-isa-jamira\/\">Farming should be the richest trade on earth\u2019: An interview with Isa Jamira,<\/a>\u201d Slow Food USA, June 18, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bates equity VP explores Juneteenth, an alumnus pens a new book on Bobby Orr and the Bruins, a student TikTok video goes viral, and a professor answers an NPR puzzle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":134671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[4,7,14,195],"tags":[11051],"class_list":["post-134534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-life","category-alumni","category-faculty-staff","category-news-politics","tag-bates-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134534"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166677,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134534\/revisions\/166677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}