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The rhetoric of a Bates Convocation reminds us why we’re here

September 4, 2020

After a summer where the endless rounds of pandemic planning and announcements seemed to define the college enterprise, Opening Convocation offered welcome reminders of what we’re all about.

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September 18, 2020

Meet new faculty: Tyler Harper and science fiction that goes beyond just beach reading

Campus scenes on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.The football team has its first workout on Garcelon Field.

September 16, 2020

Video: How Bobcats redefine teamwork during the COVID-19 era

September 15, 2020

Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: Sept. 17

September 11, 2020

From the Archives: Greek cup, sports medal, and a call for abstinence

September 10, 2020

Have a seat: How Bates students are finding their favorite outdoor spots

September 10, 2020

Timelapse: Scenes from Bates’ reopening

September 10, 2020

Bates in the News: Sept. 10, 2020

September 10, 2020

Meet new Bates faculty: Nivedhitha Subramanian and what job-searching women in Pakistan seek

September 4, 2020

Picture story: What the Bates campus looks like in a pandemic

September 3, 2020

Meet new Bates faculty: Mark Tizzoni and the connection between fifth-century Vandals and today’s white nationalists

September 3, 2020

Ariel Abonizio ’20 creates virtual-reality tours for Museum L-A

August 28, 2020

My COVID-19 test: ‘No brain scraping required’

Day two of a three-day move in featured loads of luggage, spirited greetings, and emotional goodbyes. For a small taste of what we saw, swipe left.Walking on Campus Avenue to her Chu Hall residence, OWL (Orientation Week Leader) Katia Ryan ’23 of Amsterdam, N.Y., swings her arms to express her excitement about returning to campus.Today’s historic student move in was the first of three. Most first-years begin to arrive Wednesday and Thursday.

August 28, 2020

Slideshow: 164 days after shutdown, Bates students return to campus

August 27, 2020

Meet new Bates faculty: Seulgie Lim and gender equality in West Africa

Bates campus on the morning of July 16, 2020.Ladd Library.

August 24, 2020

Here we go: Bates welcomes Class of 2024 in ‘a team effort’

August 21, 2020

Numbers, facts, and insights about the Class of 2024

August 21, 2020

Campus Construction Update: Aug. 21, 2020

Underhill Arena, where the college will test members of the Bates community for COVID-19, in the process of being set up on Aug. 17, 2020.Posing for portraits is Assistant Director of Athletics for Athletic Performance Nick Cooke, who Is running the testing center. He and President Clayton Spencer with Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students Josh McIntosh take a tour of the facility which is almost but not entirely set up. Testing for employees begins on Aug. 18, 2020.

August 20, 2020

This is a test: How (and why) Bates will test students for COVID-19 this semester

August 18, 2020

Slideshow: See how students’ internships become life-guiding forces

"Living and working in the Lewiston community has taught me a lot about what it really means to invest in the place one calls home because I’ve had the opportunity to work so closely with individuals who have committed themselves to connecting community members to food, land, and each other.”—Religious studies major Anna Maheu ’21 of New York City, photographed on Campus Avenue with the Good Food Bus, a mobile market that brings locally sourced produce to various neighborhoods.Maheu’s Harward Summer Civic Fellowship with the Nutrition Center is funded through the Harward Center for Community Partnerships @harwardcenter.A food security organization for food insecure and otherwise vulnerable families, the Nutrition Center’s integrated programs include urban community gardens, children’s gardening and cooking programs, cooking and nutrition education programs, youth leadership programs, food access initiatives, and a food pantry.Maheu’s work this summer consists of supporting the Nutrition Centers various gardens throughout Lewiston-Auburn, maintaining educational gardens, assisting the food pantry in its efforts to adapt to COVID-19 through food deliveries, and the Good Food Bus.Maheu’s hands-on experience, coupled with support provided by the Nutrition Center’s staff members, has provided her with a “ground-level look at the myriad ways that food justice and access is pursued,” she says, and “has reaffirmed how fundamental food and soil are to the lives we live, the power structures we must work against, and the relationships we cultivate.”Thanks to the Nutrition Center, she also has had the chance to grow much of her own food this summer. “I will take these sustaining and sustainable capacities with me into my life after Bates.”

August 13, 2020

Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: Aug. 13, 2020