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Commencement 2014: ‘One thing you absolutely must do’

Sunday, May 25, 2014 4:00 pm

If you were born in the U.S. before 1965, author Isabel Wilkerson told the Class of 2014 at Commencement, you were not born into a democracy.

Video: The shoes fit for Bates seniors and faculty at Commencement

Sunday, May 25, 2014 1:38 pm

Bates seniors and professors (and the Commencement piper) explain what their choice of shoewear says about the sole of the college.

Commencement 2014: Address by Isabel Wilkerson

Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:33 pm

Our country is in a crisis about "what we should do about our tangled inheritance...about the sins of the past and the injustices of the present."

Video: The Bobcat’s 1997 waterskiing trek across Lake Andrews and into college lore

Friday, May 23, 2014 10:33 am

When the Bobcat (Stu Abelson '97) waterskied across Lake Andrews 17 years ago today, ABC News was there to cover the story. Take a look!

Gloom and misery begone? Statistics gets a major makeover from a student-professor team

Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:00 pm

The bane of many social science majors, statistics will be taught far differently next year, thanks to a student-faculty team led by Professor of Psychology Amy Douglass.

From Tarantino to terror management, 14 senior theses from the Class of 2014

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:26 pm

Peter Cowan '14 reports on this culminating academic experience among Bates seniors.

Commencement 2014: A quick guide

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:31 pm

Here's a primer for getting the best from Commencement at Bates, the 2014 edition.

Rice-DeFosse honored for bringing Bates closer to Lewiston-Auburn’s French-speaking community

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:43 pm

Professor Mary Rice-DeFosse's academic work connects to a community once defined by its French Canadian origins and now influenced by French-speakers from such African nations as Djibouti, Chad and Congo.

Five things everyone should know about the fearless, pioneering journalist William Worthy ’42

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:00 am

Worthy's recent death at age 92 attracted national attention, including obituaries in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Video: 11 moments from a Short Term geology kayak trip to a coastal Maine island

Friday, May 16, 2014 12:00 pm

Videographer Sarah Crosby transports you to Cranberry Isles for brief moments of geology, kayaking and camaraderie.

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