Stories about "1900s"
Monica Wood, bestselling author of ‘When We Were the Kennedys,’ visits on Oct. 28
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:44 pm
Monica Wood, author of a popular memoir about growing up in a small Maine town in the early 1960s, speaks at Bates on Oct. 28.
Architect of post-apartheid constitution in South Africa to speak at Bates
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:15 pm
Justice Albert Sachs, a key architect of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, speaks at Bates Oct. 24.
ESPNW profiles resilient former Nordic skier Kaitlyn McElroy ’07
Friday, August 23, 2013 9:22 am
ESPNW features the story of Kaitlyn McElroy ’07, a former Nordic skier…
Marcus ’82 pens Globe Magazine story of ‘Uncle Arthur,’ famed gambling racketeer
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:33 am
From the 1950s to the 1970s Arthur Marcus was one of the best at his job.
Former Maine labor commissioner to discuss Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:07 am
Laura Fortman, Maine's former commissioner of labor, gives the lecture "Frances Perkins: New Deal Legacy and Lessons for Today" on Oct. 10.
Convocation 2012 reveals common ground in art of compromise
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:45 pm
What's political compromise got to do with a Bates education? As Convocation 2012 reveals, plenty.
Boone ’52, former Montford Point Marine, joins Congressional Gold Medalists
Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:00 am
Nate Boone is one of 20,000 Marines who went through segregated basic training in the '40s.
In NAACP project, students get fresh lesson in value of old papers
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:44 pm
Thanks to a two-year collaboration among the Portland branch of the NAACP, the University of Southern Maine and Bates, valuable papers of the Portland branch are being made accessible to researchers and the public for the first time.
Plastas book explores prejudice, progress in women’s activism between world wars
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:30 pm
Plastas book explores prejudice, progress in women's activism between world wars
Public radio follows pianist Frank Glazer’s ‘Long Road’
Friday, March 9, 2012 4:42 pm
Public radio's popular interview program The Story visits pianist and Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer.