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Move-In DayThe Class of 2023 arrives on campus. Students move into their new residences, attend meetings, eat lunch, pick up AESOP equipment, hear the President's Greeting on the Historic Quad, and say goodbye to their families.

Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Class of 2023 on Opening Day

August 29, 2019

Opening Day sets the tone for these new Bobcats. In the words of longtime dean James Reese, it's a day when the message is, "Everyone’s in!”

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November 14, 2019

My Last Year: ‘Trying to get too much done in too little time’

November 14, 2019

‘We had each other’s backs’: Memories from volleyball’s perfect season

November 14, 2019

Musical firsts take Miura from Prague to the Left Coast and shakuhachi to shamisen

Jim Weissman '84, Chief Business Officer at Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is establishing a scholarship in honor of tCharles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tom Wenzel, who is teaching for his last year in 2019-20. The scholarship fund will benefit summer research opportunities, an area that Tom, when asked, would like to see funded through philanthropy. Jim was one of Tom's thesis students whose work was subsequently published.Also in the photographs, posed in laboratories in Dana Chemistry, are Kyoko Weissman, Jim's wife and Associate Professor of Chemistry Matt Côté along with the following chemistry students:Jake O' Hara '21 in green, Shanzeh Rauf '21 in purple, Maddie Murphy '20 in stripes, Owen Bailey '22 in stripes, and Nick Jones /20 in red.

November 14, 2019

A national award and Bates tribute to legendary chemistry professor Thomas Wenzel

November 8, 2019

What’s in a Bates Name: Libbey

=Economics class sends team to Fed Challenge at Federal Reserve Bank in BostonThe course is “Central Banking and the College Fed Challenge” taught by visiting professor Michael OseiCourse meets Tue-Thur, 11-12:20, Pettigrew 300, The final team will be chosen on 10/31.11:05: Five-person team has moot presentation on Tues, Nov. 5.The team goes to the 2019 Boston Regional Fed Challenge competition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Friday, Nov. 8. Other students will go to Boston and support the team.The team presents their views on the ideal course of U.S. monetary policy and field questions from outside economists. Here is a report containing the class’s views on the current state of the U.S. economy and the outlook as of Oct. 14.If they win, the team will then advance to the National Competition at the Board of Governors in Washington D.C. Heads-up: so a total of 26 teams (23 University/College teams and 3 community colleges) have registered for the competition. Here are the lists:Presenters (5)Jackson DavisRyan RigioneThomas DodgeJonathan NicholsJames MacDonaldSophie Matt (alternate)Espen Wheeler (run slides)Jeff Yang (participant)Ethan Johnson (participant)Chris Bierwirth (driver)

November 8, 2019

At the College Fed Challenge, Bates students learn about ‘the economy we live in’

A panel of Bates alumni discuss entrepreneurship: from building their own businesses, supporting their communities, and more!They will share stories of entrepreneurship, managing failure and adversity, and offer advice on how to develop these skills so vital to making a difference in any setting or industry. This event also kicks off Bobcat Ventures, Bates’ entrepreneurship program that provides students with skills, training, and mentorship culminating in a pitch competition. Students of all majors, years, and interests are invited to participate!Introducing the panel is Allen Delong, Senior Associate Dean, Center for Purposeful WorkPanel from left:Moderator, Chris Barbin '93, Bates Trustee and Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Partner at GGV Capital ;Mbali Ndlovu '12, Founder of LukafitMichelle Pham '15, Account Manager at Google Julia Sleeper '08 Founder and Executive Director of Tree Street Youth

November 8, 2019

Advice from Bates entrepreneurs: Find a need, talk to customers, and get a return

November 7, 2019

Q&A: ‘Chasing Portraits’ brings Rynecki ’91 full circle, back to Bates

November 6, 2019

Video: How to make the yummy Bates Bobcat sandwich

November 1, 2019

The 1898 Bates-Bowdoin football game that cemented a historic rivalry

November 1, 2019

Campus Construction Update: Nov. 1, 2019

October 30, 2019

For the first time, astronomers watch a galaxy eject gas into space

October 30, 2019

Then and Now: winter Bates campus then, colorful autumn now

October 29, 2019

Q&A: Andrucki directs as Maine playwright’s ‘Love/Sick’ comes to Bates

October 25, 2019

‘Keep writing and don’t ever stop’: Takeaways from Elizabeth Strout’s visit to Bates

October 25, 2019

Bates in the News: Oct. 25, 2019

October 24, 2019

Faculty and students find low cost, versatility in open educational resources

October 23, 2019

Bates at Night: Student acts shine at Village Club Series showcase

Supervised by Holly Ewing, Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, environmental studies major Christopher Castaneda ’20 takes water samples from Lake Auburn. He’s studying nutrients produced by algae and consumed by other organisms in the lake. Related to the impacts of algae blooms on water quality, the research supports community efforts to deliver unfiltered public water at the lowest price. On the boat with Water treatment manager and lab director Chris Curtis (in blue shirt) and Lindsay Bates and Dan Fortin, water quality technicians (Bruins sweatshirt)

October 23, 2019

Bates scientist has pivotal role in $6 million project to better predict lake cyanobacterial blooms

October 19, 2019

Slideshow: This Month at Bates