Stories from 2026
Gone for 150 years: The case of the missing constitutional articles
Thursday, October 1, 2026 2:32 pm
For the past 11 days, Ladd Library has played the role of first host to a deceptively simple exhibition touring various state cultural institutions. Starting on Sept. 21, three pages of the Maine State Constitution were on display in a glass box on the first floor of Ladd.
Jeff Price ’87 comes Back to Bates — with the Heisman
Thursday, October 1, 2026 2:22 pm
Jeff Price ’87 will bring the Heisman Trophy to campus for Back to Bates this weekend. Price was named CEO of the Heisman Trophy Trust in 2025.
Neuroscience launches seminar series with talk on brain circuitry by renowned neurobiologist Peter Strick P’98
Thursday, October 1, 2026 1:00 pm
The Bates Program in Neuroscience kicked off its new Neuroscience Seminar Series with a talk from Peter Strick P’98, Thomas Detre Professor and Chair of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 2:39 pm
Revisit the final moments of summer, and the earliest glimpses of fall, in the first installment of This Month at Bates for the 2026–2027 year.
Reentry Sisters join Bates courses
Thursday, September 17, 2026 3:50 pm
This fall, in addition to the 552 first-year students and 13 transfer students, an additional five students enrolled in a few courses across campus: previously incarcerated women joined first-year seminars through the Reentry Sisters Alumni Scholar Program.
Bates welcomes the last of this year’s new faculty
Thursday, September 17, 2026 1:21 pm
Bates welcomed 11 new tenured or tenure-track faculty for the 2026-2027 academic year, and Bates News is highlighting these faculty in three installments. Read about our new faculty here and here, and read below for the final group of new faculty this year.
Bates student honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Thursday, September 17, 2026 1:17 pm
Natalie Gersen ‘28 of Belmont, Mass., has been named a Newman Civic Fellow through Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
Bates ranks among top-performing institutions for sustainability, renews AASHE Gold status
Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:02 am
Bates ranked fourth among baccalaureate institutions for overall top performance in sustainability and, for the 10th consecutive year, earned a Gold rating for sustainability.
AESOP trips encourage authenticity, connection
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:47 pm
The Class of 2030, the third largest in Bates history, gathered to kick off AESOP on Friday, Aug. 28 — the day after move-in day.
Opening Convocation at Bates welcomes Class of 2030, encouraging evolution, positive social influence
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:45 pm
The college welcomed the Class of 2030 and new transfer students to the official start of the new academic year at the Sept. 1 Convocation on the Historic Quad.