Stories about "Larissa Williams"
Bates biology professor and three young graduates publish ‘worrisome’ research findings of a common industrial chemical’s harmful effects
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 8:22 am
New research from Bates reveals that daily exposure to triphenyl phosphate, a chemical used in many fire retardants as well as nail polish, harms developing zebrafish and, perhaps, humans.
Bates students learn biology skills, one invasive crab at a time
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 3:26 pm
A Short Term course led by Jesse Minor ’02 teaches marketable skills while helping with ongoing research on invasive green crabs along the Maine coast.
Here’s what the NASA astronaut said to the Bates sophomore STEM students
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:36 pm
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara joined a sophomore science class as part of program that seeks to disrupt the "weed-out" approach to STEM education.
2019 Commencement speaker Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize
Friday, October 9, 2020 12:16 pm
Doudna, Bates' 2019 Commencement speaker, won the Nobel for co-discovering CRISPR-Cas9 technology, now in use in Bates classrooms.
Amidst sharks and coral reefs, Kelton McMahon ’05 unravels a paradox as old as Darwin
Thursday, January 17, 2019 3:43 pm
Over the course of his career, Kelton McMahon ’05 has developed tools that can tell you what an animal eats, by looking at the atoms in its body.
Bates announces eight faculty promotions, including tenure, for 2018–19
Friday, August 10, 2018 8:00 am
The faculty promotions offer "outstanding examples of the consequential scholarship and creative work going on at Bates," says Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.
Take a look at Short Term’s five weeks of ‘incredibly intense focus’
Friday, April 28, 2017 10:34 am
During Bates College's Short Term, when students choose only one course, faculty members "have their complete imagination. And that is just intoxicating."
New confocal microscope is a ‘future-proof’ game-changer
Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:38 pm
Bates College is now home to a state-of-the-art confocal microscope, only the second of its kind in the state, that professors call a "game-changer" for student learning and faculty research.
Biomedical research at Bates gets $459K boost from INBRE
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 3:38 pm
Thanks to funding from a partnership of institutions in Maine, Bates will receive more than $459,000 this year to support biomedical research.
Summer Student Work: Students in Larissa Williams’ zebrafish lab among first to use innovative technique
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:00 pm
James Meyo '14 and Jenny Chen '16 are the first U.S. undergraduates to employ an innovative research technique currently used in only three labs in the world.