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AMHERST – Lorraine Alice Hamilton of Amherst, New Hampshire, Beach Haven, New Jersey and Rancho Mirage, California died June 14, 2020 from pancreatic cancer at her home in California. She was 73 years old and a participant in the trial of a new cancer drug at NYU Langone in New York City since April 2019. She hoped that results from the trial would improve care for other patients who develop this cancer. She was with her family when she died and was
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Lambert Places 3rd in NCAA’s 800m Div III Championship
Elise Lambert of Amherst wins her 4th All-America honor in track & field
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Bates senior captain Elise Lambert took third place in the women’s 800-meter final Saturday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, officially winning her fourth career All-America honor in the process.
Lambert (Amherst, N.H.), Elise Lambert finished in 2:12.56, matching Ayden Eickhoff ‘19 for the best finish at NCAAs in the 800 meters in Bates athletics history. Eickhoff took third place at the indoor championships in 2019. Esther Seeland of Messiah won the race in a meet-record time of 2:05.75, followed by Emma Kelley of Washington University in 2:09.77 and Lambert. Wesleyan’s Maeve Hoffman got fourth place in 2:13.17.
Lambert’s third-place finish out of the eight finalists scored six team points for the Bobcats. She
Elise is a 2018 graduate of Souhegan High School, and ran cross country and track for coaches Jeff Wilson and John Eastman.
This is the Bates women’s team’s seventh straight year of scoring at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The event was canceled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.
With four All-America honors, Lambert has a chance to join an exclusive club this spring. Only six Bates women’s track and field athletes have five or more All-America honors. They are Keelin Godsey ‘06 (16), Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan ‘10 (6), Eickhoff (6), Izzy Alexander ‘09 (5), Jessica Wilson ‘17 (5), and Sally Ceesay ‘18 (5).
Camp Invention is Coming to Your Area
Camp Invention’s Fun, Action-Packed Summer STEM Program Coming to Amherst area and Will Provide a Healthy, Safe and Fun Environment
AMHERST – Camp Invention®, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment program, is coming to Amherst the week of June 20 - June - 24, 2022.
A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in grades K-6 to tap into their natural curiosity and use their creativity to solve problems. Through
hands-on activities, Camp Invention promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning; builds confidence, leadership, perseverance and resourcefulness; and encourages entrepreneurship — all in a fun and engaging environment. In the unprecedented times we’re all experiencing, with “unfinished learning” and other challenges due to COVID-19, these lessons and opportunities for fun ways to learn are even more valuable.
Each year, the program features a new curriculum inspired by some of our nation’s most world-changing inventors — the NIHF Hall of Famers. This year’s Explore program encourages children to be confident in their ideas and explore their innovativeness though hands-on activities including:
Robotic Aquatics™: Children will dive into cutting-edge ocean research as they adopt their own aquatic animals, design and patent aquatic plants, and take their new friend home in a mini tank.
NIHF’s The Attic™: Campers will combine science and art to build their own robotic artist, engage in design thinking, make spin art and learn how inventions can change the way people create.
Spacecation™: Children will discover real space exploration technology when they create Spacepacks and Astro-Arm devices, mine an asteroid and observe erupting ice volcanoes.
Marble Arcade™: Campers will experiment with the fun of physics, engineering and gaming as they design, build and test their own mega marble arcades.
All local Camp Invention programs are facilitated and taught by certified educators who reside and teach in the community. Camp Invention serves 130,000 students every year and partners with more than 1,800 schools and districts across the nation. For more information or to register, visit invent.org/camp.
