Jay Burns
As the editorial director for the Bates Communications Office, Jay guides Bates Magazine and BatesNews.
Stories by Jay Burns
Video: Campus osprey tries to build a nest at Garcelon
Friday, April 21, 2023 1:52 pm
Immense talent at finding prey doesn’t mean that an osprey, or any bird, will also be good at nest-building.
Keeping it real as Bates’ record-setting admission season hits the home stretch
Thursday, April 13, 2023 1:34 pm
A record 8,937 prospective students applied to Bates this year. And on April 3, a dozen of those newly admitted students made their way to a Pettengill Hall classroom to get a real taste of Bates academics.
From a Distance: An aerial view of campus before Lake Andrews
Friday, April 7, 2023 9:47 am
Around 1957, Bates was building out the land north of campus. Check out some fun facts about this era, including why no structure stands in front of Gomes Chapel.
Created in 1971, a sculpture of the crucifixion with a Bates and Brazilian provenance
Thursday, April 6, 2023 2:08 pm
An alumnus from Brazil and the college's multifaith chaplain explain the history and meaning of a sculpture of the crucifixion created at Bates in 1971.
30 items in the Bates library’s Lost and Found on March 30, 2023
Friday, March 31, 2023 4:07 pm
At first we thought it might be a cat carrier. But no,…
12 Bates ‘CatFacts’ about Jimmy Carter, Jimi Hendrix, Julia Child, and more
Friday, March 31, 2023 12:24 pm
During our annual stint on the Great Day to Be a Bobcat livestream, we shared a few CatFacts with viewers. From there to here!
President-elect Garry W. Jenkins’ first remarks: ‘Listening with intention and care, and learning with you’
Friday, March 10, 2023 10:26 am
Video, photographs, and text capture Garry W. Jenkins' first remarks as Bates president-elect, on March 7 during an upbeat meet-and-greet event in historic Alumni Gymnasium.
Video: ‘The light and the forest and the whole system together’ — Caleb Ireland ’23
Friday, March 3, 2023 8:21 am
As he grew up, Ireland loved to roam the forests, fields, and swamps near his rural home. At Bates, he's become an award-winning environmental studies major ready tell stories that "an really inspire and teach people."
Bates in the News: Feb. 17, 2023
Friday, February 17, 2023 10:14 am
The Bates alumna lawyer who helped to free Adnan Syed, the alumnus nominated to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and why women should learn poker.
NESCAC Chill Poll for Feb. 4: ‘I survived minus 30 Celsius!’
Thursday, February 9, 2023 3:14 pm
After last weekend’s cold snap, Sakina Saidi ‘26 and her fellow Bobcats have some bragging rights — even though Bates wasn't the coldest college in NESCAC on Feb. 3.