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Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address

April 8, 2025

Duckworth's fellow honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Bates Commencement are trailblazing marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and champion of public leadership and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.

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April 11, 2025

Bates Alumni in the News: April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

A day in the life of a ‘helluva building,’ Ladd Library at Bates College

April 8, 2025

Bates’ newest major, digital and computational studies, blends computer science with critique, community engagement

April 8, 2025

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

March 28, 2025

Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title

March 28, 2025

Chef, the Dab, and George Washington: Top Bobcat sportraits from winter 2025

March 26, 2025

Skills-focused ‘Tuck Business Essentials’ joins the course offerings for 2025 Short Term at Bates

March 25, 2025

Remembering Sylvia Hawks, 1948–2025

March 17, 2025

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

March 14, 2025

Picture Story: Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull,’ between avant-garde and traditional

March 14, 2025

CatFacts: Celebrating ‘Great Day’ success with fun facts, like a Muhammad Ali statue for Lewiston

March 13, 2025

Remembering Thomas Moser, the debate coach turned world-renowned furniture maker

Sophie Hafter ’25 of Brooklyn, N.Y., crafts faux birch trees for upcoming performance of ‘The Seagull’ by Anton Chekov Serene but surreal: Sophie Hafter ’25 and the art of making theatrical magic How magic is made: Sophie Hafter ’25 crafts faux birch trees for upcoming performance of ‘The Seagull’ The magic touch: Sophie Hafter ’25 brings theater to life with scenic arts creations Shown in the set shop where she paints the paper that will be wrapped around cardboard to make birch trees for the Schaeffer Theatre stage; shown on Alumni Walk with her paper trees amidst the real birch trees; and then back in Schaeffer Theatre where she continues fashioning trees. Shown with Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read who performs in the play, and with director Joshua N Hsu. Konstantin is a young playwright struggling with his artistic identity and complicated relationship with his famous actor mother, Arkadina. Konstantin’s also in love with Nina, a naive aspiring actor, who’s also infatuated with the more successful writer Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover. Aspirations, family, and romantic entanglements inevitably collide, testing Konstantin and Nina’s sense of worth and purpose. Chekhov’s wry classic skillfully intertwines the ordinary with the poetic, illustrating the duality of human existence: an existence where our dreams give us the drive to move forward, but our decisions haunt us at every turn. “The Seagull” is a darkly comedic exploration of unfulfilled ambitions, unrequited love, and the bittersweet nature of artistic success. Content Warning This production includes strong sexual content, mental illness, self-harm, intentional self-injury, discussion of suicide, alcohol abuse, offstage gunshots, simulations of using tobacco, and a realistic-looking firearm prop.

March 5, 2025

As the multitalented stage manager for ‘The Seagull,’ Sophie Hafter ’25 barks up the right trees

February 28, 2025

Bates Faculty in the News: Feb. 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

Let’s get reel: A sampler of Bates campus life

February 28, 2025

Bates College transitions endowment management to Investure

February 25, 2025

Bates named a Fulbright Top Producer for 14th straight year

February 21, 2025

Picture Story: The Puddle Jump’s 50th anniversary edition

February 21, 2025

Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Feb. 21, 2025

February 20, 2025

Bates Alumni in the News: Feb. 20, 2025