Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless passion and curiosity

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“‘If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.’” — Physics and Geology Lecturer Gene Clough, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson on the stars, while looking at Venus in the evening sky. During the semester that he teaches “Lunar and Planetary Science,” Clough stands outside of Carnegie Science for an hour at dusk on every clear night so that interested members of the Bates community can star gaze.

Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless passion and curiosity

Friday, November 1, 2024 2:04 pm

Gene Clough, a Bates teacher whose passion and curiosity inspired generations of Bates students during a 38-year Bates career, died Oct. 23 at age 77.

Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Oct. 11, 2024

Friday, October 11, 2024 11:35 am

This month: a 1925 watch fob going for $41.97; a 1950s Bates track singlet for $128; and a 1960 Deansmen album for $24.95.

‘They’re doing it’: Founded by students in 1995, Bates EMS stays grounded in care

Friday, October 4, 2024 9:39 am

Founded in 1995 by four students with a budding interest in EMT work, Bates Emergency Medical Services, grounded in caring for one’s community, is integral to how Bates supports the well-being of its campus.

Linh Vu ’26 , a double major in mathematics and economics from Hanoi, and environmental studies major Drew Williams ’25 of Guilford, Conn., pose for photographs at Promethos Capital, a Boston-based investment boutique focused on global equity investments with Joe Sylvester ’90, founder, director of research and managing partner, and Ifka Klaus, founder, chief investment officer, and managing partner. The two students have Purposeful Work-funded internships at the firm, located at 101 Federal Street.

Part I: Skills, surprises, and epiphanies when Bates students talk about their summer experiences

Friday, September 20, 2024 12:47 pm

In Part I of our photo stories about Bates students with college-supported summer experiences, we check in with eight students whose summer was spent somewhat far, and very far, from campus.

CatFacts: 10 historical highlights on the 100th anniversary of the Bates–Cambridge debate in Lewiston

Thursday, September 19, 2024 11:47 am

Bates' emergence as an international debate power stunned early-20th century news media. “It suggests emotions such as are aroused by winning a Carnegie hero medal,” wrote one newspaper.

Bates Alumni and Students in the News: Aug. 30, 2024

Friday, August 30, 2024 10:51 am

Ed Muskie '36 was in the know about global warming long before the rest of us. Plus, K-Fai Steel '04 lands a book deal for her graphic novel, and Lena LaPierre ’26 explores her Moxie flavored heritage.

Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Aug. 28, 2024

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:01 pm

Here's a curated offering of curious and quirky Bates-related items, such as a Maine charm bracelet, metal pen holder, and Village Club mug, that are just a click away on websites devoted to what's vintage, historical, and wicked cool.

In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain of sand at a time

Friday, June 28, 2024 11:50 am

Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.

Bates College Board of Trustees elects three new members, effective July 1, 2024

Friday, June 28, 2024 5:15 am

Serving new five-year terms on the Bates College Board of Trustees are Robert Alan “Hob” Brooks Jr. ’02, David M. Marchick P’26, and Natalie Sanchez Rodriguez ’92, P’26.

‘Friend, dad, brother, mentor,’ retired head coach Al Fereshetian dies at age 66

Friday, June 28, 2024 5:01 am

Professor Emeritus of Physical Education Albert M. Fereshetian Jr., affectionately known as “Coach Fresh” during his 26 years as head coach of Bates men’s cross country and track and field, has died at the age of 66.