Stories from 2024
$1.34 million NSF grant positions Bates as leader in solar-terrestrial physics in Maine
Friday, April 26, 2024 10:48 am
Bates will use the grant to appoint a professor in solar-terrestrial physics, a field that explores interactions between the Sun and Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere. The faculty position will be the first of its kind at a Maine college.
Mary Louise Kelly, journalist and co-host of NPR flagship program ‘All Things Considered,’ to deliver 2024 Bates Commencement Address, joined by honorands Richard Blanco and Clayton Spencer
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:58 am
Set for May 26, 2024, the 158th Bates College Commencement takes place on the Coram Library Terrace on the Historic Quad.
FAQs: What to know and expect at the inauguration of Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins on May 4
Monday, April 22, 2024 10:55 am
On May 4, 2024, Bates will install a new president for only the eighth time in its 168-year history.
Bates professor Sonja Pieck authors award-winning book about German conservation, memory, and wounded land
Friday, April 19, 2024 4:30 pm
Sonja Pieck’s book "Mnemonic Ecologies," about the once-militarized inner German border becoming a Green Belt, tells a story of how "something healing could come out of the pain."
Those infamous 1800s pistol duels? They actually served a purpose
Friday, April 12, 2024 1:49 pm
Even before the musical Hamilton, the Burr-Hamilton duel had most people figuring that pistol duels were deadly and irrational. But for the most part, they were neither, according to new research by Bates economist Paul Shea.
Picture Story: Celebrating students at Mount David Summit 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024 12:12 pm
It's a Mount David Summit tradition: students show up to support their friends who are presenting at the summit. Summing up, Adelle Welch '25 said, “It’s all about spreading the love.”
‘A really amazing thing’: The 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition has arrived
Friday, April 12, 2024 10:03 am
Photographs and text about the eight seniors who have moved their artwork from studios into the Bates Museum of Art for the 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition — a "moment that validates what is possible."
Slideshow: Students, chefs, and breakfast in Commons (omelets, anyone?)
Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:45 pm
Hour by hour in dining Commons, featuring the staff who serve Bates students and, in turn, Bates students who serve them a heaping helping of appreciation and respect.
Bates alumni in the eclipse’s path are totally ready for their moment without the sun
Friday, April 5, 2024 12:23 pm
From Texas to Maine, we checked in with alumni in the path of eclipse totality to hear their preparations and plans. Some know exactly where they'll be on Monday. Some still don't.
At Bates, new approaches to teaching STEM subjects yield dramatic results
Friday, April 5, 2024 10:49 am
At Bates, new approaches to teaching STEM subjects have yielded dramatic results for all students in improved retention outcomes, particularly within its population of Black and Hispanic students.