Stories about "Evelynn Hammonds"
Bates in the News: Nov. 16, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018 10:14 am
Two alumni — one Democrat, one Republican — get elected to Congress, two more are quoted in a major National Geographic feature, and another coaches his 300th winning football game.
Evelynn Hammonds, eminent scholar on issues related to women of color in STEM, elected to Board of Trustees
Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:00 am
Evelynn Hammonds is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.
Commencement report: The only failure is the failure to persist
Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:24 pm
"You will fail -- you should fail," Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, told the Bates College class of 2011 on May 29. "But if you stick with it, and let your peculiarities become assets, you will succeed." Hammond, who is also a historian of science and professor of African American studies at Harvard, was one of three honorary degree recipients who spoke at the college's 145th commencement. The others were Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown and member of the Bates music faculty, and Robert Langer, an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a highly prolific inventor of healthcare technologies.
Video: Commencement 2011 honorand remarks
Sunday, May 29, 2011 1:41 pm
Video of Commencement 2011 remarks by honorary degree recipients: Frank Glazer, pianist…
Bates pianist, MIT inventor and Harvard dean are 2011 honorary degree recipients
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 1:15 pm
An internationally renowned pianist based at Bates, a leading scholar on the…