Stories about "Maine and New England"
Bates at Night: Skill ’N’ Grill

Friday, January 20, 2017 11:12 am

With tuneage, food, and snow, students get together for a Winter Carnival rail jam on Jan. 17.

NESCAC Chill Poll for Dec. 16, 2016

Friday, December 16, 2016 11:34 am

Which campus is coldest in the 'CAC on this chilly Northeast day?

When Bates students fought the Great Fires of 1947

Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:25 am

During the historic fires of October 1947, volunteer firefighting by Bates students was "superior to anything yet," said President Charles Phillips.

Picture story: With the Class of 2020 on outdoor AESOP trips

Friday, September 9, 2016 2:53 pm

Images from the student-led AESOP outdoor trips during Orientation as Bates' newest students had fun getting to know Maine and each other.

Slideshow: Bygone Maine summer and harvest scenes from George French, Class of 1908

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:14 pm

A chronicler of everyday Maine life, George French was also among the first photographers to interpret the Maine slogan "Vacationland."

Schlax nets $345K grant to study genetic ‘switches’ central to Lyme disease

Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:58 am

Chemistry professor Paula Schlax's $250,000 grant to study the bacteria that causes Lyme disease includes support for student research.

Slideshow: Beach morning, marsh afternoon, and starry night for these geology students

Friday, August 28, 2015 12:00 pm

From beach to marsh, geology students did faculty-guided thesis fieldwork in and around the Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area, with time for play, too.

For students, finding an invasive insect in Maine is yet another ‘useful’ Bates experience

Friday, May 22, 2015 10:17 am

Finding an invasive and destructive insect is no one's idea of good news. How the insect was found, by a Bates professor and his students, does hit better notes.

Bates doubly recognized for community engagement

Friday, January 30, 2015 12:11 pm

A longtime leader in building community engagement into the liberal arts education, Bates recently received national recognition for that work from both a federal agency and a major foundation.

NESCAC Chill Poll for Jan. 8, 2015: Who’s got the coldest campus in the ‘CAC?

Monday, January 12, 2015 11:55 am

During last week's Northeast cold snap, who had bragging rights as the coldest campus in the NESCAC?

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