Stories about "Society and culture"
Q&A: Ceci Clark Craft ’05 helps these World Series ballplayers ‘build a mental game’
Thursday, October 27, 2022 3:44 pm
Craft’s rise to prominence in Major League Baseball mirrors, and in some ways has pioneered, the growing awareness among pro sports teams that mental performance is as important as physical strength and athletic skills.
Bates economist’s new research sees a shift in what young Americans want from the federal government
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:14 am
As they’ve experienced the pandemic young American voters have shifting notions of what they want from the federal government, according to new research co-authored by Bates Associate Professor of Economics Sandra Goff. But just what they want remains to be seen.
Video: Behind the scenes at the Bates men’s soccer sportrait session
Friday, September 30, 2022 9:43 am
Thirty-three Bobcat athletes gathered in an echoey gym, gearing up for their team's annual “sportrait” session. If you’re thinking loud, energetic, and silly, you’ve scored a hat trick.
Seven inventive door stops on move-in day for the Class of 2026
Friday, September 23, 2022 1:56 pm
Since Bates doors aren't made to be propped open, students have to be inventive on Propped Door Day — err, move-in day.
‘The spirit of John’: Lewiston and Auburn dedicate the John T. Jenkins ’74 Memorial Bridge
Friday, July 1, 2022 4:08 pm
A big gathering of friends, family, colleagues, and admirers gathered to remember John Jenkins and to dedicate the span as the John T. Jenkins Memorial Bridge.
Slideshow: 16 of our favorite Bates sports portraits of 2021–22
Thursday, June 30, 2022 5:38 pm
After sports head shots are done, it's time for Bobcats to celebrate self and team by striking a pose of their own. "The key to the whole thing is enthusiasm," says photographer Brewster Burns.
Video: Devanshi Trivedi ’22, neuroscience, philosophy, and ‘what makes us who we are’
Thursday, May 26, 2022 4:35 pm
Trivedi has wanted to study the brain ever since a childhood friend told her that our eyes see the world upside down, but our brains flip everything right side up.
Bates Film Festival announces 2022 awards in six categories
Friday, May 13, 2022 1:01 pm
From more than 20 films screened at the 2022 Bates Film Festival, the Bates students who produced the festival have announced jury and audience awards in six categories.
When ‘The Birth of a Nation’ came to Lewiston and struck fear in a young Benjamin Mays
Thursday, April 28, 2022 5:06 pm
On this weekend in 1919, Benjamin Mays and Bates friends went to see a movie in Lewiston. Afterwards, they ran back to campus, fearing for their safety. Professor Charles Nero helps explain what happened.
From Ed Muskie ’36 to Angus King, the desk of the senators from Maine remains the same
Friday, April 1, 2022 1:16 pm
How the legacy of a piece of office furniture mirrors the responsibilities of representing Maine in Washington, DC.