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Bates College attains carbon neutrality ahead of schedule

May 16, 2019

Out of some 700 U.S. colleges and universities to sign a carbon-neutrality pledge in 2007, Bates is one of only seven to date that have reached that goal.

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May 26, 2019

Commencement 2019: Scientists must ‘rebuild public trust’ in their work, says CRISPR pioneer

May 24, 2019

The 10 most-liked Bates Instagram posts of Short Term 2019

May 24, 2019

What to expect when you’re expecting Commencement 2019

May 23, 2019

Among the graduating seniors, four sets of twins

May 23, 2019

Boats made at Bates, all the way from Japan

O’Shea, Maggie SFS Cambodia Fall 2018 This is a photograph from the streets of Siem Reap (our home base!) in which someone left their coconut-filled bike parked outside a storefront.This photo was selected for the 2019 Barlow Off-Campus Photography Exhibition and shown at the 2019 Mount David Summit on March 29, 2019.

May 23, 2019

Slideshow: 14 images from the 2019 Barlow Off-Campus Photography Exhibition

Clio Barr is a STA/RT (SHORT TERM ACTION/RESEARCH TEAM) partner with the Center for Wisdom's Women Herban Works. Her project title is Creating Marketing Materials and a Business Plan for Sophia's House.On the first spring day of the 2019 Lewiston Farmer's Market, Barr sells products on Sunday, May 12, with Judy Maloneygarden and production coordinator and volunteer Mary Hopkins, who also helps with harvesting and planting.

May 22, 2019

Slideshow: Students mobilize ‘sophisticated skills’ to support local partners during Short Term

"There is something about crouching beside someone, digging your hands into the same soft earth, cultivating the vegetables that will serve as the meal you will share together, that creates the strongest bonds of community, of family and of shared hope for a brighter future."--Women and gender studies and sociology major Alicia (Ali) Rabideau '17 of Natick, Mass., teaming up with organic community gardeners in Kingston's Southside neighborhood. Working in the garden, meeting Southside residents, and getting involved in neighborhood life were all p art of th intrepid fieldwork and ethnographic efforts that she and Keenan Shields '18 of Pittsford, N.Y., completed for their Short Term course "Place, Community, Transformation: Kingston, Jamaica," taught by Charles Carnegie, professor of anthropology.The Southside gardeners, from left:Janet Williams, Suzzette Wilson, Frank Williams, neighborhood filmmaker and friend Shaquille Brown, and Rash-sean Thomas. The Williams are brother and sister, as are Wilson and Brown.Also appearing with his father is Hussein Williams, 11.Closeup of scotch bonnet peppers.This garden is an initiative of IDC (Industrial Commercial Development).Later Ali and Keenan walked up the street to Life Yard, a former dumpy that is now a sustainable urban farm and restaurant collective that grows food and mentors community children. It's also where the idea for Paint Jamaica grew.Across the street from Life Yard at 41 Fleet Street is a second grassroots social initiative in an old warehouse courtyard that has been transformed by Paint Jamaica whose artists have transformed it into an al fresco mural exhibition. This is in the Parade Gardens section of the city.

May 22, 2019

Bates matches its all-time record Fulbright Student offers in 2019–20

“Community engaged learning and working with the Harward Center have been central to my time at Bates. I have met some of my closest friends and mentors by working and living in such a welcoming community. Lewiston offers the chance to meet, interact with, and learn from an amazing group of people.”.— Dylan Metsch-Ampel ‘19, an environmental studies major and Bonner community leader from Montclair, N.J., leads a walking tour of historic downtown Lewiston for newly admitted members of the Class of 2023..Metsch-Ampel ‘19, whose senior thesis focused on Lewiston's Kennedy Park, discussed the Bates mission to advance the greater good along side the college's community partners.

May 21, 2019

Video: Dylan Metsch-Ampel ’19 and ‘places we don’t necessarily think of as the environment’

Bates Women's Ultimate Frisbee team practices on the Bardwell Street field.Known as Cold Front, the Bates women’s Ultimate team competes in the Division III College Championships.From Josie Gillett:Coldfront, the Bates Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, is excited to have qualified for the Division III National Championship for the third time in team history! Coldfront is one of 16 women’s teams that qualified, and we will be headed to Rockford, Illinois, for the weekend of May 19–20 to play against the best of the best.Coldfront is a young team with a lot of grit and heart, and we strive to embody a core value of Ultimate Frisbee: the spirit of the game. Coaches Mohdis Baker ’14 and Chase Baker each bring a decade of experience in the Maine Ultimate programs to assist us in reaching our fullest potential.This year has been incredible for Coldfront. We have been pouring our hearts into this season: waking up for early morning track workouts, practicing until 11 p.m. out in the snowy Maine winters, and crafting new ways to bring positive energy to our team on and off the field. Our hard work has paid off! We have a record of 19-1 and are moving on to nationals as the number two seed. check out this sick highlight vid of us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=158O7IVK3uw

May 17, 2019

Video: Josie Gillett ’19, the ‘future’ of women’s ultimate, arrives now

May 17, 2019

In a simulated ‘mole’ hunt, students learn about real-life intelligence work

May 16, 2019

Video: How Sarah Rothmann ’19 learned to take a ‘step beyond’

May 10, 2019

In practitioner-taught course, students learn to market with purpose

May 10, 2019

At national championship, two senior debaters end on a surprising high note

A Conversation with Congressman Bob Goodlatte Congressman Bob Goodlatte represented the sixth Congressional District of Virginia in the United States House of Representative from January 1993 to 2019. Congressman Goodlatte returns to Bates to engage in a conversation about how his liberal arts education helped shape who he is and how it prepared him for a career in politics. Congressman Goodlatte will also share his experience as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, a position he held for six years, and provide perspective on the importance of bipartisan politics today.Tuesday, May 7th 7:30-9:00pm, Olin Concert HallFacilitated by Frank Fusco ‘19 (College Republicans) and another studentThese events are sponsored by the Bates College Republican Club, The Center for Purposeful Work, and the Office of College Advancement.

May 10, 2019

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte ’74 invites, and gets, ‘tough questions’ during campus talk

May 10, 2019

Video: In march to NESCAC playoffs, baseball keeps things seriously fun

Anita CharlesEducation Lecturer/Director of Secondary Teacher EducationShe teaches EDUC 362 - Basic Concepts in Special Educationin Pettengill G50.

May 10, 2019

Bates in the News: May 10, 2019

May 9, 2019

Campus Construction Update: May 10, 2019

May 7, 2019

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Studio art thesisStudent in blue top and pants with brown pants working on mixed media and figure painting is Flannery Black-Ingersoll '19 of Concord, N.H., a double major in studio art and mathematics;Student in blue coveralls is Daisy Diamond '19 of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. , a studio art major working with art, steel, and fabric.

May 3, 2019

Video: For Daisy Diamond ’19 and her sculptures, it’s touch and go