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Bates College Board of Trustees elects two new members
Friday, May 19, 2023 12:12 pm
Pranav Ghai ’93, P’26 is an analytics professional and financial-data platform co-founder, and Marc Jaffe P’25 is an attorney specializing in corporate finance and corporate law.
Reflections from a Fulbright alumna as Bates announces seven new Fulbright Student offers for 2023-24
Friday, May 19, 2023 11:01 am
Meet Bates' seven new recipients of Fulbright Student Awards, before they set out to teach English and do research projects in six different countries.
Video: A visit with the Bates knitting club, aka the Knit Wits
Friday, May 12, 2023 2:33 pm
You can focus on chatting with friends, making your first (terrible) hat, or getting into a flow, where everything disappears except you and the knitting.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 3:18 pm
From the softball field to the stars, students are stretching their competitive and creative muscles, as Short Term takes off. This edition of This Month at Bates is a time for reflection and anticipation, as we draw closer to Commencement.
Aaliyah Moore ’24, an ‘exceptionally talented and determined Bates student,’ wins 2023 Truman Scholarship
Friday, April 28, 2023 3:52 pm
Aaliyah Moore ’24 of Phoenix, Ariz., has received a Truman Scholarship for graduate studies to gain the skills to tackle systematic disparities within the U.S. legal and foster-care systems.
Bates in the News: April 21, 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023 3:36 pm
Bates experts talk about climate and Maine; an innovative database for pancreatic research; and a children's picture book about a lost lamb, and more in this month's Bates in the News.
J. Drew Lanham to deliver 2023 Bates College Commencement address joined by fellow honorands Michael Lewis, Julieanna Richardson, and Shankar Vedantam
Friday, April 14, 2023 8:00 am
Author The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, Lanham is a MacArthur Fellowship–winning ecologist, ornithologist, and inclusive wilderness advocate.
Video: Spend a minute with Mount David Summit 2023
Friday, April 7, 2023 1:12 pm
Enjoy a minute of fast-paced but slow-motion moments from this year's Mount David Summit, captured by Theophil Syslo, multimedia producer for Bates Communications.
Slideshow: Minute by minute with student presenters at Mount David Summit 2023
Thursday, April 6, 2023 11:09 am
Here's what we saw and heard from students presenting their research — with gusto — to friends, professors, staff members, family, alumni, and guests.
Two seniors, inspired by personal journeys from pain to healing and justice, awarded Watson Fellowships
Friday, March 31, 2023 2:31 pm
Two Bates College seniors who seek healing and justice for others inspired by personal journeys, one from physical pain, another from the pain of dislocation from beloved land, have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships.