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Ida Taylor Sperber attended the recent inauguration of Elaine Tuttle Hansen as Bates’ seventh president.

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October 25, 2024

Faculty in the News: Michael Rocque on the decline in hunting…

The number of hunters in the U.S. has been on the decline for decades. Given that fact, says Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque, it might be time to look at whether, overall, the very purpose of gun ownership has also shifted as well.

October 25, 2024

October 25 Remembrance Service: ‘We reflect and we rene…

One year after the Lewiston shootings, today's Remembrance Service in Gomes Chapel offered an opportunity to "meet in shared grief, and care, and in love, and also in shared reflection and hope for our neighbors — our city — our community," said President Garry W. Jenkins.

October 25, 2024

Then and Now: Vintage George French campus images (then) and …

This edition of Then and Now presents early 20th-century Bates images by famed Maine photographer George French, Class of 1908, and images taken this week during the waning days of a gorgeous fall foliage season.