Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic talks “Winter light” with Maine Calling

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January 23, 2026

Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic talks “Winter light” with Maine Calling

Associate Professor of Physics and Chair of Physics and Astronomy, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic was a guest on Maine Calling for…

January 23, 2026

Joyce Bennett featured in EL PAÍS

Associate Professor of Anthropology Joyce Bennett was quoted extensively in an EL PAÍS story Dec. 22 about Maya weavers fighting…

A tale of two trees (and one map)

For at least 151 years, a hemlock and its close neighbor, a red oak, have grown up together on the Bates campus, close enough to overlap branches, while buildings popped up around them. Their survival is a mystery but thanks to a new interactive historic map of Bates, their shared history can at least be glimpsed.

MLK Day 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates is not a “day off” — it’s a “day on,” where classes are canceled and faculty, staff, and students instead participate in a day of programming around MLK’s enduring legacy and teachings. This year's theme was “Love, Anger and the Struggle for Justice.”