Stories about "Michael Murray"
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Professors, inspired by a Bates play, offer lessons in American redlining and racism
Friday, October 29, 2021 10:47 am
Bates professors offer a range of perspectives on racial justice, reparations, and housing inequity during a discussion inspired by the Bates production of the play The Luck of the Irish.
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What is truth? In a team-taught seminar, first-years learn to find out
Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:11 am
The truth is, the new seminar is less about figuring out what “the truth” actually is and more about exploring methods of discerning and crafting truth.
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Theodore Walther, a Bates ‘professor and friend’ for parts of six decades, dies at age 88
Thursday, June 7, 2018 2:21 pm
Walther traversed his long tenure with a New Yorker’s bemusement, leavened by a Navy sailor’s equanimity and undergirded by devotion to his students.
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Economist Michael Murray wins 2017 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching
Friday, April 7, 2017 10:06 am
The real-world power of economist Michael Murray’s teaching is on display everywhere his former students go. Here's an example.
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Video: a rookie mace bearer’s first carry at Commencement
Friday, June 3, 2016 12:34 pm
The mace bearer is an attention-grabber at Commencement, so when it changes hands, as it did this year, it's like getting a new James Bond.
Economics department ranked at top of leading liberal arts college
Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:28 pm
The Bates College Department of Economics ranks second in the nation in the number of times its faculty's scholarly research is cited by other researchers.