Stories about "Elizabeth Strout"
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Bates in the News: Nov. 22, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019 9:46 am
Bates research gets a national spotlight, two bestselling alumnae authors release new books, and an alum investigates basketball flops.
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‘Keep writing and don’t ever stop’: Takeaways from Elizabeth Strout’s visit to Bates
Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00 am
In conversation with Clayton Spencer, Elizabeth Strout ’77 recounts how Olive Kitteridge “showed up” again and offers writing advice to both students and the Maine governor.
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Bates in the News: Sept. 20, 2019
Friday, September 20, 2019 9:44 am
An alum helps Colin Kapernick guest-edit a magazine, and Olive Kitteridge returns to Elizabeth Strout ’77.
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Bates in the News: August 3, 2018
Friday, August 3, 2018 12:50 pm
A train brings novelist Elizabeth Strout ’77 back to her childhood, a NASA scientist talks lunar eclipses, and a professor commemorates a dark chapter in Maine history.
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Q&A: Novelist Elizabeth Strout ’77 interviewed by President Spencer
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:09 am
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author talks about her approach to writing, being an English major at Bates, and how being a Mainer has given her the "opposite of a worldview."
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Bates in the News: June 2, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017 10:56 am
The Bates Campaign's $50 million gift goes national, glowing reviews for a new Elizabeth Strout '77 novel, and Patrick Dempsey at Commencement.
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Bates in the News: March 10, 2017
Thursday, March 9, 2017 12:51 pm
The media explain why pot is legal in Maine yet illegal at colleges like Bates, and why Bates is a case study of why a biofuel company might expand to Maine.
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Bates in the News: Jan. 8, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016 12:26 pm
Elizabeth Strout '77 has a wonderful new novel; two young alums continue the trend of grads hitting Forbes' 30 Under 30 list; and psychology professor Michael Sargent creates a (storytelling) scene.
2010 Commencement honorand panel discussion: 'Principles into action'
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 4:37 pm
The evening before Commencement, the honorary degree recipients gather in the Olin…
2010 Commencement honorand addresses
Friday, June 4, 2010 10:26 am
A pioneering choreographer, leading researchers in the fields of climate change and…