Stories about "Society and culture"
Hallie Herz ’11 co-founds nation’s first queer-focused outdoor gear lending library
Friday, June 23, 2023 9:52 am
Hallie Herz '11 co-founded the nation's first queer-focused outdoor gear library with their partner, Eva Fury. "Queer people need a space where they can be themselves and find connections to things that sustain them,” Herz said.
Announcing the 27th annual Bates College summer book list
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 1:52 pm
In the words of Madeleine L'Engle, “a book, too, can be a star." The Bates community offers up over 200 "stars" in this year's book list.
Bates students create a self-guided tour of Riverside Cemetery that tells historical stories of Lewiston
Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:46 pm
Created by Bates students, a self-guided online tour of Lewiston's Riverside Cemetery tells stories of Civil War veterans, immigrants to Lewiston, and Maine industrial workers.
Q&A: Bates Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a ‘big part of who I am’ at Bates
Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:42 am
This year's Senior Address at Commencement will be offered by Rishi Madnani ‘23 of Langhorne, Pa., who came to Bates with two major expectations about his path forward. And both were upended.
Picture Story: ‘Share our love for our sport’
Friday, March 3, 2023 12:10 pm
Enjoy this immersive look at the Bates women’s varsity teams mentoring the next generation as they host area children on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Picture Story: A delish dish from chef Zoe Adjonyoh
Friday, February 10, 2023 1:50 pm
Noted chef and writer Zoe Adjonyoh, author of Zoe's Ghanian Kitchen, visited Bates this week, giving a talk, working with Bates chefs, and — as seen in this delicious and immersive Picture Story — showing students how to prepare a traditional Ghanian dish.
From Bates History: Bib, trowel, and a pinback Bates button
Thursday, February 2, 2023 1:21 pm
Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, including an item worn during autumn haze days decades ago.
‘Ba-ha-ha Mitzvah’: Thesis binding with Frances White ’23
Friday, December 16, 2022 8:53 am
Hugs were had, congratulations traded, and champagne and cola shaken and opened. Another edition of a sweet Bates ritual, melding academics, friendship, and community, neared its end.
They don’t call it a trash can’t: Can-do students model fashion created from campus trash
Friday, November 18, 2022 9:59 am
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” as the proverb goes, and students took it to heart — and to the runway — during the 16th annual Trashion Show, and the first in-person edition since 2019.
An inside look at the ‘invention’ of New England with Victoria Wyeth ’01
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 3:46 pm
In Wasilla, Alaska, this summer, incoming Bates student Karsten Stiner ’26 looked…