Transit of Venus

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

The honorary degree candidates "show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President...

Known as a top producer of students receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Grants, Bates will graduate 10 such students -- a record number for the...

Professor Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania spoke about his belief that massively open online courses (MOOCs) can bring the humanities to the...