Stories about "Society and culture"
Multimedia: Three days with art and artists, music and musicians in Olin Arts Center
Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:05 pm
Bates photographers and writers share what they saw and heard in from students and professors in the college's arts center during three days in February.
Taxing e-cigarettes may push vapers to conventional cigarettes, says Bates economist Nathan Tefft
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 1:21 pm
A study coauthored by Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Tefft finds that attempts to cut vaping by raising taxes on e-cigarettes may push users toward conventional, and many would say far more deadly, tobacco cigarettes.
Bates College ranks No. 1 nationally in Fulbright Student awards for 2019–20
Monday, February 10, 2020 6:38 am
With 24 Fulbright Student awards, Bates tops U.S. liberal art colleges for the second time in three years — and it’s the most ever received by a liberal arts college.
Times and dates of five plays during Black History Month at Bates
Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:13 am
Bates’ Africana program offers five plays during Black History Month that use historical events as a springboard to explore white oppression and black resistance.
The play’s the thing as Bates honors Black History Month
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 1:29 pm
Using theater to convey history “makes things more immediate, more alive," says a Bates playwright.
Moviemakers aren’t the only winners in Bates Film Festival Awards
Friday, January 31, 2020 9:03 am
The process is prized by the students who pick the award-winners, too.
Slideshow: Portraits of student performers at Sangai Asia Night 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020 4:38 pm
His pop-up portrait studio at the ready, Bates photographer Theophil Syslo captured a colorful and dazzling array of costumes and performers at Sangai Asia Night.
‘I don’t know why I said that’: MLK Day keynote looks at hidden bias
Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:12 am
Biased author Jennifer Eberhardt's talk was rich in science, often sobering, yet ultimately uplifting.
Her mentor retires, and Caitrin Lynch ’89 reflects on Steve Kemper’s lessons of equity and justice
Friday, January 17, 2020 10:35 am
Professor of Anthropology Steven Kemper taught lessons "in the interest of making sense of how we live in the world, what matters most for people, and why," writes Caitrin Lynch '89.
The top 10 Bates Facebook posts of 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 2:02 pm
The Bates Facebook page offered its 18,856 followers a total of 354 posts in 2019. Here are the top 10 as measured by engagements: likes, comments, and shares.