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Bates Alumni and Students in the News: Nov. 1, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024 12:14 pm
This edition’s items include a new documentary celebrating civil rights leader Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920, astonishing art sales by painter Takako Yamaguchi ’75, and humanitarian efforts by Army veteran Christine Quinn Antal ’98.
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 in the News: June 14, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024 8:58 am
Bates-related media stories include insight into the recent Mount Everest tragedy by Ben Ayers '04, the retirement of legendary Maine lawmaker Sawin Millett '59, and glowing reviews of a new novel by Jessica Anthony '96.
Bates in the News: May 10, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024 11:16 am
From the founder of a 10-year-old machine learning company and two hall of fame inductees to a Bates Film Festival packed with several Hollywood stars, this month’s installment of Bates In the News highlights high achievement and notable Bates news.
Bates in the News: March 29, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024 2:01 pm
A Bates couple married on Valentine’s Day 71 years ago, neuroscientist and author Lisa Genova ’92 explains why it’s OK to forget what you had for dinner, and $2.2 million grant to scientist Prerana Shrestha ’03 to study PTSD.
Bates in the News: Feb. 15, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024 4:40 pm
A Bates love story in the pages of The New York Times, an alumna's take on Super Bowl LVIII, and Puddle Jump photographs circle the world.
Bates in the News: Jan. 12, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024 9:26 am
Bates professor Tyler Harper writes about the racial politics of the movie American Fiction, and the international media reports the death of a provocative performance arist who was a former longtime member of the Bates faculty.
Bates in the News: Dec. 7, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023 2:20 pm
Among other media stories, The Japan Times covers the 1990 alum who pedaled a vintage high-wheel bike from Nagasaki to Yokohama, joined by his Bates roommate.
Bates in the News: Nov. 3, 2023
Friday, November 3, 2023 10:53 am
A selection of recent mentions of Bates in the news media, including a summary of coverage of Bates during the Lewiston tragedy.
Bates in the News: Sept. 29, 2023
Friday, September 29, 2023 11:40 am
Bates photographer Phyllis Graber Jensen's pathbreaking past, a student's new insight into the humanity of religion, and a faculty member's take on the conspiracy rhetoric of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.