Harward Center Archives

March 8, 2021

Community Food Systems in Lewiston/Auburn and Maine: A StoryMap

During the extended break between the Fall and Winter semesters, I was fortunate to work as an Action/Research Team fellow…

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March 1, 2021

Students Capitalize on Extended Break to Pursue Community-Engaged Research

In this week’s blog post, we share a recent article from The Bates Student (newspaper) that spotlights several of the projects…

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February 22, 2021

Racial Disparities in Access to Healthcare: A StoryMap

During the extended winter break, I had the opportunity to work as an Action/Research Team fellow for the Harward Center.…

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February 9, 2021

Take a Hike!

We may have had a lengthy winter break at Bates this year, but for some students the hiatus between semesters…

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February 1, 2021

Introducing DALI x Bates!

DALI x Bates is an exciting new collaboration between Bates and the Digital Applied Learning and Innovation (DALI) Lab at…

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January 11, 2021

Mutual Benefit, Long-Term Impact: A Story from Fall 2020

Feedback from community partners is essential to our work at the Harward Center. As a staff, we spend much of…

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December 15, 2020

I’ll Take “What is Rhetoric?” for $400

Although the oldest discipline, rhetoric may be the least understood. Aristotle defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any…

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December 7, 2020

Planning for New Trails at the Katherine Breton Memorial Preserve

The Androscoggin Land Trust (ALT) has been an outstanding partner for Bates over the years, and this year was no…

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November 30, 2020

Changing with the Times: Bates Book Buddies Get Creative

Bates Book Buddies is a tutoring and enrichment program designed to help elementary school students with their reading comprehension. I…

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November 16, 2020

Laying the Groundwork for a Community Food Center for Lewiston-Auburn

A few short weeks ago, the Lewiston/Auburn area Local Foods Local Places (LFLP) network unveiled their action plan for improving…

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