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‘Love persevering’: 9/11, Peter Goodrich ’89, and a legacy of hope
Thursday, September 9, 2021 11:51 am
When Peter Goodrich ’89 died on Sept. 11, 2001, grief enshrouded his family and his Bates friends. Twenty years later, love has persevered, providing a path forward to honor his legacy at Bates.
Campus Construction Update: Aug. 27, 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 2:48 pm
With a champagne toast and synchronized chops from ceremonial ribbon-cutting shears, the Bonney Science Center was declared open for business.
Q&A: Pandemic-driven Admission changes are ‘smart and long overdue’
Friday, August 20, 2021 11:50 am
With the Class of 2025 on the college’s doorstep, Dean of Admission Leigh Weisenburger talks about the implications of successfully recruiting and enrolling a new Bates class without ever leaving home.
Meet the 97-year old World War II vet who helped reopen the Bobcat Den
Friday, August 20, 2021 11:03 am
Shortly after the Bobcat Den reopened after its 516-day closure due to the pandemic, 97-year-old Ralph Sylvester ‘50 arrived for breakfast.
Bitter experience? A student intern tests Lewiston craft beers in a Bates lab
Thursday, August 12, 2021 10:56 am
When a Lewiston craft brewery wanted a partner to research the bitterness of their beers, they turned to Bates and Purposeful Work intern Emily Tamkin '23.
Announcing the 25th annual Bates College summer book list
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 1:13 am
Going strong since 1997 as an annual gift for graduating seniors (and a delight for the rest of us), here's the 25th edition of the Good Reads list of book recommendations by Bates folks near and far.
Friend-to-friend lending app wins $10,000 Bobcat Ventures pitch competition
Thursday, June 24, 2021 10:39 am
Biruk Chafamo '22 has created a web application that brings an ancient, community-based lending tradition into the 21st century.
Bates bio students join greenhouse-gas project to help squelch the bovine belch
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 2:14 pm
In partnership with a Maine research lab, an innovative Bates biology course gives students up-close experience with cows and dung — all in service to a project to reduce greenhouse gas.
Then and Now: Bates buildings and places, Reunion 2021 edition
Friday, June 4, 2021 11:38 am
Prepared as part of Reunion 2021 programming, an interactive look at a few Bates buildings and spaces as they looked years ago, and now.
On the finale of HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’: Richard of Bates?
Thursday, June 3, 2021 6:12 pm
“Never even heard of Bates College,” says Kate Winslet's character in the season finale of HBO's Mare of Easttown. What's up with that?