Francesco Duina, professor of sociology, was featured on Maine Calling on December 2.

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December 15, 2025

Francesco Duina, professor of sociology, was featured on Maine Calling on December 2.

Francesco Duina, professor of sociology, was featured on Maine Calling on December 2. Duina’s new book The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the…

February 26, 2025

News Digest for February 26, 2025

WGME-13 Maine Jewish Film Festival opens this weekend, showcasing global Jewish experiences This interview with Maine Jewish Film Festival executive…

Everybody in the pool: The making of Metamorphoses

Shortly after Courtney Smith joined Bates in the fall of 2024 as an associate professor of theater, he floated an idea for a production that was both over-the-top ambitious and absolute catnip to his colleague Sally Wood, a visiting lecturer in theater who was trying to decide what play to direct in the fall of 2025.