Stories about "Michael Bonney"
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Campus Construction Update: May 10, 2019
Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:05 am
The May 2 groundbreaking for Bates’ new science building was also the occasion for proclaiming the building's name: the Bonney Science Center.
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John Gillespie ’80 elected next chair of the Bates College Board of Trustees
Friday, March 1, 2019 10:00 am
Gillespie, who has served as a trustee since 2004, succeeds Michael W. Bonney ’80, who retires from the board June 30 after nine years as chair.
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Brains and how we study them: Views from the Kelsey Professor of Neuroscience
Thursday, November 1, 2018 1:12 pm
Listen to Nancy Koven for a minute, and you’ll understand why Bates’ approach to teaching neuroscience is distinctive.
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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.
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Bates announces $10 million gift from Elizabeth Kalperis Chu ’80 and Michael Chu ’80 to name new residence halls
Friday, October 28, 2016 10:01 am
“I am deeply grateful to Elizabeth and Michael for their wonderfully generous gift,” said President Spencer at the dedication of Kalperis Hall and Chu Hall on Friday afternoon.
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Alison Bernstein, trustee of Bates and higher-education scholar, policy expert, and activist, dies at age 69
Friday, July 22, 2016 10:32 am
In her service to the college, Bernstein was a "champion of equity and diversity, both for the campus community and the Board of Trustees."
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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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Video: $19 million in gifts shine two spotlights, says Michael Bonney ’80
Friday, February 12, 2016 9:22 am
Michael Bonney '80 talks about how new Bates gifts of $19 million are shining spotlights on two great Bates qualities.
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Benjamin Bates Society welcomes Lynn Willsey ’54 and Beverly Hayne Willsey ’55
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 1:29 pm
The Benjamin Bates Society recognizes donors who have given $1 million or more in lifetime gifts to Bates.
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$11.5 million Catalyst Fund will support ‘transformational change’ at Bates College
Monday, October 28, 2013 11:34 am
The money will be spent, over and above our annual operating budget, over five years to move forward on key college initiatives.