Students gather to witness a mock dorm room fire during fire safety day (Mike Bradley/Bates College)

Simone Schriger ’14 of Los Angeles helps herself to treats – donuts, caramel apples, cider and fresh-picked apples – provided by Wallingford’s Fruit House. The event was part of a weekly series of Chase Hall events planned by the Dean of Students Office. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Theri Pickens, Assistant Professor of English, leads a discussion in her course AC/EN 247, "Contemporary Arab American Literature," in which students examine novels, short fiction, memoirs and poetry in an effort to understand the major concerns of contemporary Arab American authors. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Seated outdoors on the historic Quad, Cat Dioli '14 of Ipswich, Mass., works on a biology paper. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Anna Berenson '16 of Topsfield, Mass., prepares for an organic chemistry lab in Dana Chemistry. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)