Stories from 2014
President Clayton Spencer’s statement on climate change and college divestment
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:15 am
The statement outlines important aspects of the college's institutional response to climate change and addresses whether Bates should divest from the fossil fuel industry.
Solo performance to unveil Muslim women’s lives
Friday, January 17, 2014 9:37 am
Playwright-actress Rohina Malik performs her critically acclaimed one-woman show "Unveiled," portraying five Muslim women living in a post 9/11 world, on Jan. 27.
On a balmy winter day, the boys of summer take to Garcelon Field for some baseball
Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:24 pm
"I love being out here with the boys," says Sam Maliska '15, a 6-3 righthanded pitcher from Palo Alto, Calif.
President Spencer attends today’s White House summit on college opportunity
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:42 am
Livestreamed at www.whitehouse.gov/live, the event is hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Language Arts Live readings resume with poet Tyler Mills
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:51 am
The Language Arts Live series of literary readings resumes with poet Tyler Mills on Jan. 16.
In Bates talk, anthropologist Lynch ’89 to share lessons from a factory’s reliance on elderly workers
Friday, January 10, 2014 2:04 pm
Caitrin Lynch '89, author of a book studying a factory whose workers are a median age of 74, gives a talk based on her research on Jan. 13.
President Clayton Spencer’s statement on the boycott of Israeli academic institutions
Friday, January 10, 2014 1:18 pm
Read President Spencer’s statement on the American Studies Association boycott.
Forbes’ list of 30 Under 30 tabs Downeast Cider’s Brockman ’11, Mosher ’11 and Brockman ’08
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 12:36 pm
"These boys have made it their mission to build New England's first and largest craft hard cider company," says Forbes.
MLK Day 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:31 am
9–11am | The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Keynote, Peter…
Video: ‘Same Different’ — Students prepare annual Sankofa performance
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:26 pm
Jourdan Fanning '14 of Memphis, Tenn., and Courtney Parsons '15 of Atlanta, Ga., comment on the upcoming Sankofa performance, an exploration of blackness within African diasporic experiences.