Stories about "Senior thesis"
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Video: How Sarah Rothmann ’19 learned to take a ‘step beyond’
Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:41 pm
“I just didn’t want to take any risks,” recalls Rothmann of her first-year mindset. But that sure has changed.
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Thesis examines seldom-studied role of motels as alternative to homelessness
Thursday, April 4, 2019 2:49 pm
Isolation, crowding, poor access to nutritious food are among challenges facing long-term motel residents, Abby Westberry ’19 finds.
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‘Nice bubble of artistry’: 14 show work in 2019 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 3:34 pm
Bates' senior studio art majors wield paintbrushes, fabric, clay, cameras, and more — but no cheesecloth — in this year's show.
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Senior thesis sees green inspirations in iconic West Coast homes
Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:52 am
The topic of Emerson Krull’s senior thesis was as near as her father’s business and as remote as the post-World War II era.
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Video: With a click, Zsofia Duarte ’18 nears the end of the honors thesis triathlon
Friday, March 30, 2018 11:01 am
Let's join Duarte in Ladd library as she clears the biggest honors-thesis hurdle: the online submission of her 115-page document.
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Q&A: Ben Tonelli ’18 creates model showing how songbirds spread ticks
Friday, March 2, 2018 10:34 am
"Until Ben’s model, we haven’t had a sense of where the redistribution might occur and the possible scale of that effect,” says his adviser.
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Bates at Night: Hitting the books, the chai, and the Thesis Café
Friday, December 1, 2017 11:00 am
On Wednesday night, students in Ladd Library helped themselves to chai as they pulled out their books and opened their laptops.
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Fall Dance Concert renamed to honor Bates dance icon Plavin
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:12 pm
Bates College has chosen to commemorate dance program founder Marcy Plavin, who died in 2016, by renaming its annual Fall Dance Concert after her.
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Q&A: Claire Brown ’17 measures the effectiveness of Maine’s adult drug court
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:14 am
In her honors thesis, Brown compares adult drug court to more traditional forms of incarceration and criminal justice in Maine.
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Q&A: Kat Harling ’17 explores the power of the graphic novel
Thursday, March 30, 2017 3:00 pm
Intellectual curiosity — plus chocolate — fueled senior Kat Harling's exploration of three powerful nonfiction graphic novels.