Stories about "Digital and Computational Studies"
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Current affairs: Student programmers simplify electricity management
Thursday, June 4, 2020 8:11 am
In a special Digital and Computational Studies project, three seniors join EcoReps to improve how Bates measures campus electrical use.
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Faculty and students find low cost, versatility in open educational resources
Thursday, October 24, 2019 2:36 pm
Faculty, staff, and students across Bates are using advances in information technology to make course materials cheaper and more accessible.
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Students bring new analytical, visual skills to busting fake news
Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:50 pm
The bull is in their court as students in a new digital studies course learn to discern real facts from fake.
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Bates in the News: March 30, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018 11:29 am
After the Trump administration rolled back the definition of an organic egg, PBS NewsHour interviewed Jesse Laflamme ’00, CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs.
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An overview of new faculty, and the look of Bates’ future, from Dean of the Faculty Matt Auer
Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:10 pm
What Bates College looks like in the future is at least partially revealed each time we hire a new faculty member.
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Multimedia: The major stories at Bates College in 2015-16
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:07 am
With the Bates academic and giving year coming to an official close on June 30, here's a look back at the year's major stories in text, photographs, and video.
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Neuroscientist Jason Castro receives ‘most prestigious’ NSF early career award of $720K
Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:43 am
A $720,000 National Science Foundation award will support Jason Castro's brain structure research and the creation of new neuroscience course materials.
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The unique proposition of Bates’ new Digital and Computational Studies Program
Friday, February 26, 2016 10:00 am
The new DCS Program's goal is squarely in the liberal arts wheelhouse: To give Bates graduates "the capacity to claim the world," in the words of one professor.
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Bates in the News: Feb. 26, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016 10:00 am
Bates gets praise for building a distinctive Digital and Computational Studies Program; and researcher Matt Bogyo '93 discovers a new tool in the fight against malaria.
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Slideshow: Smiles, cheers, songs, and a toast at the $19 million gift announcement
Friday, February 12, 2016 2:38 pm
The surprise announcement of $19 million in new gifts to Bates took place on Feb. 5, 2016, in historic Memorial Commons.