Latest news from Bates College on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/faculty-in-the-news-michael-rocque-on-the-decline-in-hunting-and-a-shift-in-what-guns-mean-and-what-they-symbolize-in-the-u-s/?sc=rsin /articles/faculty-in-the-news-michael-rocque-on-the-decline-in-hunting-and-a-shift-in-what-guns-mean-and-what-they-symbolize-in-the-u-s/?sc=rsin Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:55:34 EST 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. Bates College /articles/faculty-in-the-news-philosophy-professor-paul-schofield-on-homelessness-being-a-unique-form-of-injustice/?sc=rsin /articles/faculty-in-the-news-philosophy-professor-paul-schofield-on-homelessness-being-a-unique-form-of-injustice/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:05:34 EST 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. Bates College /articles/worrisome-research-findings-of-a-common-industrial-chemical-s-harmful-effects/?sc=rsin /articles/worrisome-research-findings-of-a-common-industrial-chemical-s-harmful-effects/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:05:07 EST Story details how research at Bates College examined how TPhP, a known developmental toxicant, impacts zebrafish at much lower levels than previously studied. This research began as an undergraduate thesis project and blossomed into a multi year (and student) project. It is ongoing and further study will be conducted. Bates College /articles/at-bates-college-stem-interested-black-students-now-50-more-likely-to-earn-a-stem-degree/?sc=rsin /articles/at-bates-college-stem-interested-black-students-now-50-more-likely-to-earn-a-stem-degree/?sc=rsin Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 EST Typically there is a gap nationally in higher education between the percentages of students who arrive at college expressing a desire to study science, technology, engineering, and math fields and those who stick with them. Statistics show that the fall-off is even higher among Black and Hispanic students. Bates College in Maine set out to change that. Bates College