  {"id":68009,"date":"2013-08-29T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=68009"},"modified":"2016-02-10T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:37:38","slug":"batesnews-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/29\/batesnews-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½News: August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s items:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/29\/bates-welcomes-class-of-2017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-58897 alignright\" alt=\"web_120904_Convocation_0576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/web_120904_Convocation_0576-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/web_120904_Convocation_0576-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/web_120904_Convocation_0576-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=68078\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ welcomes the Class of 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Class of 2017 gets its official welcome on Sept. 3 at Convocation, the ceremonial opening the new college year. Check out a few stats and facts about the new class.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/tag\/summer-student-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67512 alignright\" alt=\"Balter displays her sediment core sample from Lake Lennor\u00e9 in Svalbard with de Wet. Photograph supplied by Greg de Wet '11.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/web2_DSCN3114-1-e1377627672685-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/tag\/summer-student-research\/\">Student summer research and work, from the Arctic to Chile (and at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, too)<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a set of Q-and-A stories with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students whose summer endeavors took them around the world. They share the lessons they learned along the way, including the big difference between ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the real world: meetings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-67288\" alt=\"web_111003_Dining_0188_rd\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/07\/web_111003_Dining_0188_rd-e1377627992708-147x150.jpg\" width=\"147\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67418\">Dining Services earns third star for &#8216;green&#8217; dining, joining just five other schools in category<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>How far is the journey from here to a star? For ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Dining Services and its quest for a third star for sustainable best practices, the answer to Irving Berlin&#8217;s musical question is 65 steps.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=68046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-68048 alignright\" alt=\"The new Bobcat athletics website debuted Aug. 1.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/athletics-website-screen-shot-2013-08-28-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/athletics-website-screen-shot-2013-08-28-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/athletics-website-screen-shot-2013-08-28-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=68046\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ athletics debuts redesigned website, new content management system<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A redesigned website for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ athletics promises better and quicker delivery of what sports fans want: scores and schedules, statistics and roster information, and game stories and video.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67862\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67896 alignright\" alt=\"At his reception last spring, Tom Hayward wears a librarian-themed T-shirt given to him by classics students. The Latin &quot;Scimus quae lemis, et non dicimuc&quot; means &quot;We know what you read and we don't tell.&quot; (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/web-130424_Hayward_Reception_1631-e1377627264800-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67862\">Tributes to retiring faculty of 2013: Baker, Hayward, Kuritz, Shulman, Thomas <\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ever wonder what professors say about each other behind closed doors? Nice things, it turns out. We&#8217;ve posted a set of remarks by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ professors, delivered at the final faculty meeting of the year in May, in tribute to colleagues who retired.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67841\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67842 alignright\" alt=\"Lake Auburn Watershed Protection staffers and environmental studies professor Holly Ewing (pale blue jacket) prepare to place a sensor buoy in  Lake Andrews. Kate Paladin '15\/ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/Lake-Auburn-Buoy-e1377627430299-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67841\">Racing to protect water supply, Auburn Water District is buoyed by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ collaboration<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lake Auburn, Lewiston-Auburn&#8217;s water supply, delivered a shock last September when more than 200 trout turned up dead in its waters. The incident prompted a new ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½-community collaboration to monitor lake conditions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67549 alignright\" alt=\"Seen here is an artist's conception of an unusual kind of supernova that Soderberg has explored. Known as an engine-driven supernova, it emits low-energy radio waves rather than high-energy gamma rays. Illustration by Bill Saxton.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk-596x600.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/slider-Bill-Saxton-engine-driven-supernova-explosion-with-accretion-disk.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67545\">Soderberg &#8217;00 and L\u00f3pez-Carr &#8217;93 selected to elite NAS symposium for best and brightest young scientists<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>When the National Academy of Sciences scoured the land for 35 of the best and brightest young minds, not one ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ graduate made the cut \u2014 not one, that is, but two alumni.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67759 alignright\" alt=\"Crystal Ann Williams of Reed College has been appointed associate vice president and chief diversity officer at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/crystal_williams-web-e1377627839964-150x139.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=67757\">Crystal Ann Williams named associate vice president and chief diversity officer<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Williams brings extensive experience and passion to &#8220;the task of reclaiming and refashioning for the present [our] commitment to inclusion,&#8221; says President Clayton Spencer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=66729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67648 alignright\" alt=\"V_SwordfishHunters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/07\/V_SwordfishHunters-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/07\/V_SwordfishHunters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/07\/V_SwordfishHunters-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=66729\">Video: Archaeologist Bruce Bourque tells a story about the prehistoric Red Paint People<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Complementing a feature in the Summer issue of <em>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Magazine<\/em>, this short video features Bourque talking about the Red Paint People, an ancient culture that lived along the Maine coast, then suddenly disappeared.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/tag\/bates-in-the-news\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-67925 alignright\" alt=\"Former Nordic skier Kaitlyn McElroy '07 has found new purpose in kayaking.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/McElroy-Kaitlyn_2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/McElroy-Kaitlyn_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/McElroy-Kaitlyn_2-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/tag\/bates-in-the-news\/\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the News<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>President Clayton Spencer comments on the Obama plan to tie federal financial aid to a scorecard of college cost and value. Gabe Clark &#8217;02 tells the <em>Bangor Daily News<\/em> that Maine is poised to market its grass-fed beef to a wider audience. And ESPNW features former Nordic skier Kaitlyn McElroy \u201907, who switched to kayaking after a debilitating training accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s items: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ welcomes the Class of 2017 The Class of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":67629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_estimated-read-time":"","_post-template":"","_header-color":"","_photo-credit":"","_header-effect":"","override_related_with_tag":"","_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enewsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68009"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99344,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68009\/revisions\/99344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}