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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.