Stories about "Current topics"
Fran K.? Frank? Signature mystery answered…by Frank himself
Friday, October 29, 2021 12:21 pm
"Yes, that’s my name,” said the man on the other end of the phone. “But I didn’t write it.” We were getting so close to solving the "Fran K. / Frank" signature mystery.
Professors, inspired by a Bates play, offer lessons in American redlining and racism
Friday, October 29, 2021 10:47 am
Bates professors offer a range of perspectives on racial justice, reparations, and housing inequity during a discussion inspired by the Bates production of the play The Luck of the Irish.
Nathan Pulsifer, Bates Class of 1899, ‘ornament of the great profession of baseball’
Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:43 pm
Nate Pulsifer, Class of 1899, was one of the great two-sport athletes in Bates history — and inspired a character in a Jack Kerouac novel.
Video: Gene Clough goes skydiving
Thursday, October 14, 2021 9:30 am
A beloved lecturer emeritus at Bates, Gene Clough had two thoughts before exiting the plane door for his recent skydive. Thought one: “People do this all the time.” Thought two: “There’s no way I’m going to survive this!”
Free Press: printmaking and social justice amidst peppy pop music
Friday, October 8, 2021 11:43 am
Outside the Benjamin E. Mays Center, students traded compliments and encouragement — all the while creating social justice prints — as the Bates "Stringfellows" held their third Free Press printmaking event.
Recalling 1893, when men were feeling threatened
Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:34 am
In 1893, for the first time at Bates, "young ladies of the freshman class outnumber the young men."
18 items in the Bates library’s lost and found on Sept. 29, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 3:48 pm
A warm stretch of early fall weather here on campus might explain a couple things about the status of Ladd Library Lost and Found on Sept. 29.
Bates College announces $100 million initiative to expand access for talented students who are Pell eligible, low income, or undocumented
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 9:00 am
The $100 million effort is powered by a $50 million challenge grant from the Schuler Education Foundation that will be matched dollar for dollar by Bates donors. "This is a game changer for Bates," says President Clayton Spencer.
Slideshow: 11 great beards and mustaches of 19th-century Bates
Friday, September 24, 2021 2:29 pm
Beards, mustaches, and sideburns were all the rage at Bates in the late 1800s.
$175,000 NEH grant signals Diverse BookFinder’s growing national reach
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:10 pm
On its fourth anniversary, the Diverse BookFinder is expanding to help educators use picture books to engage children in cross-cultural conversations built around curiosity, compassion, and understanding.