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Slideshow: Best of the 2018 Barlow Off-Campus Photography Exhibition

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 3:19 pm

Eighteen dazzling selections from the annual photo exhibit that lets students share with the campus what they've seen and experienced abroad.

With Purposeful Work, Bates provides an education ‘fit for the future of work’

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 3:16 pm

A major feature on the news site Quartz reports that Bates has cracked the nut in how best to prepare students for post-graduation happiness.

Cheers for the Chairs: Dykstra Eusden ’80 appointed to Whitehouse Professorship

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:56 am

Eusden is an intrepid field scientist who brings his students into the world so they can see, discover, learn from, and record geologic history.

Video: It’s a bird in a tree. But what bird? What tree?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:03 am

A bird in a campus tree is worth two Bates professors when it comes to explaining what all the racket is about.

What’s in the Ladd Library lost & found on April 13, 2018?

Friday, April 13, 2018 12:50 pm

There's a copy of The New Yorker, two black ankle socks, a busy student's to-do list, and a graded English paper with the prof's glowing comment.

Human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson to deliver 2018 Commencement address, joined by honorands Lynsey Addario, Jill Lepore, and Bob Ludwig

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:00 am

Stevenson's work has freed wrongfully convicted death-row prisoners, reduced excessive sentences given to others, and brought greater equality to the U.S. criminal justice system.

Treatment for the horrors of PTSD could be near, thanks to landmark research by Edward Meloni ’91

Friday, April 6, 2018 10:43 am

The day might soon come when breathing xenon gas from a hand-held inhaler could treat the mental affliction known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Bates in the News: March 30, 2018

Friday, March 30, 2018 11:29 am

After the Trump administration rolled back the definition of an organic egg, PBS NewsHour interviewed Jesse Laflamme ’00, CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs.

Video: With a click, Zsofia Duarte ’18 nears the end of the honors thesis triathlon

Friday, March 30, 2018 11:01 am

Let's join Duarte in Ladd library as she clears the biggest honors-thesis hurdle: the online submission of her 115-page document.

Slideshow: Anarchy to zebrafish, Mount David Summit is an A-to-Z smorgasbord of smarts

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:25 pm

The summit is a living, breathing encyclopedia of student achievement at Bates.

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