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2 weeks ago | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
On a recent Thursday, Jose Carmona ’25, a politics major from Chicago, walked a few blocks from campus to see Carmen Thibodeau at her home. He’s been doing this throughout his four years at Bates, visiting the woman he considers his Lewiston grandmother. Thibodeau gives him everything from life advice to lemonade on these visits.
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4 weeks ago | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
Charles A. Dana Professor of English and Africana Therí Pickens’ first volume of poetry, What Had Happened Was, published by Duke University Press in March, was the subject of a two-page spread in Down East magazine’s April issue. Headlined “Well Versed,” the article included an interview with Pickens and a reprint of one of the poems in the collection, “The Amateur Gardener Considers a Time of Death.” Pickens has had a busy spring.
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1 month ago | 
businesswire.com | Mary Pols
LEWISTON, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Joanne Roberts, Ph.D., will join Bates College as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2025, Bates President Garry W. Jenkins announced today. “We are delighted to be welcoming Joanne Roberts, a seasoned administrator and eminent scholar of international renown, to Bates College,” said President Garry W. Jenkins.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
A selection of recent mentions of Bates faculty in the news, from a glowing review of a new poetry collection to economic analysis of a big move by Samsung and an exploration of what The New York Times describes as still “taboo” for many women. What Had Happened Was, the debut poetry collection by Charles A.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
In a recent episode of Hidden Brain, titled “Sitting with Uncertainty,” Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Sargent’s research on attitudes toward crime and punishment got a shoutout — and a ringing endorsement — from the week’s guest, author and scholar Dannagal Goldthwaite Young.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
Dan Mills, director of the Bates College Museum of Art and lecturer in the humanities, retires from the college at the end of the fall semester. He came to Bates in 2010 after serving as director of Bucknell’s Samek Art Gallery. In his 14 years at the museum, he has overseen dozens of exhibitions, encompassing multiple mediums and groupings of artists, including contemporary works by artists from Saudi Arabia as well as Native American and Black artists.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
downeast.com | Joel Crabtree |Mary Pols
John Meader runs a company called Northern Stars Planetarium, traveling around the midcoast and central Maine with an inflatable-dome star theater, for educational programming at schools, public libraries, and other groups. But his greatest passion is the genuine article, the real night sky.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque has been an expert source for the media on gun violence for years and has also regularly authored opinion pieces on the topic. In the wake of the mass shootings in Lewiston, one year ago, he wrote an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, calling for legislative action, as well as a column for The Daily Beast.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque has been an expert source for the media on gun violence for years and has also regularly authored opinion pieces on the topic. In the wake of the mass shootings in Lewiston, one year ago, he wrote an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, calling for legislative action, as well as a column for The Daily Beast.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
bates.edu | Mary Pols
Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Schofield has become an expert source on the social and moral issues surrounding homelessness, writing opinion pieces on what he calls the “unique injustice” associated with being unhoused and prompting further conversation on the topic. In August, a Seattle publication featured a profile of a photographer who chronicles the homeless in his community. The author of that profile had learned about photographer J.M. Simpson from Schofield’s posts on X about him.
