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Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on May 18, 2021
The month of May represents the end of the academic year. As the beauty of spring emerges, we experience bittersweet acknowledgments: of the work that remains to be done, the sudden anticipation of goodbyes, and contemplation of life after graduation.
Congratulations and thanks to all for the strength and determination you modeled during the challenging year of 2020–21.
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Adelaide Armah ’23 of Accra, Ghana, gains control of the ball during the Bates women’s soccer team’s scrimmage against Bowdoin, held on Garcelon Field in early May..
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Young people driving case counts higher in Maine, other New England states
A constellation of factors is likely at play: more virulent variants, increasing activity and pandemic fatigue.
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Cases of COVID-19 are rising faster in Maine and other New England states than in much of the rest of the country, driven by a dramatic surge in infections among younger, unvaccinated people.
Public health experts believe the surge in youth infections – including a more than 150 percent increase since January among Mainers under age 30 – is likely due to a complex combination of factors, from more transmissible variants to increased sports and social activities and “pandemic fatigue.”
Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 30, 2021
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade,” wrote Charles Dickens in
Great Expectations.
Yes, we saw exactly what Dickens meant as March 2021 came in cold, became warm, and departed with some chill winds (all in all, a benign month, weather-wise).
But whatever the weather, our forward-looking faculty, students, and staff took it in stride, as you’ll notice in these campus scenes from This Month at Bates.
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