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Carrie Cushman to join Bates as director of the Bates College Museum of Art
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:00 am
Cushman comes to Bates from the University of Hartford, where she is the Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director and Curator at the Hartford Art School.
Bates announces faculty promotions, including tenure awards, for 2025
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:00 am
"Each of these faculty members advances the mission of Bates with great distinction," said Malcolm Hill, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.
Bates College names Stacey Bunting as director of athletics
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 12:22 pm
Bunting comes to Bates from Princeton University, where she is senior associate director of athletics for external relations. With more than two decades of leadership experience in collegiate athletics, Bunting has a track record of strategic innovation, stakeholder engagement, and championing student-athlete success.
Bates Faculty in the News: April 25, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025 11:59 am
A selection of recent mentions of Bates faculty in the news including a glowing review of a exhibition at the college' Immersive Media Studio, and faculty commentaries on the importance of rural education, the expanding implications of AI in education, how homelessness impairs people's sense of autonomy.
Let’s Get Reel: Six seniors revel at Mount David Summit 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025 11:00 am
Watch six seniors reflect on mentorship, discovery, and the thrill of sharing big ideas at this year's summit — and how Bates students show up for one another.
Portraits of the student artists in the 2025 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Friday, April 25, 2025 10:08 am
Read selections from this year's seven studio art majors' artist statements, illustrated with photographic portraits of the seniors in their Olin Arts Center studios created by Phyllis Graber Jensen.
Joanne Roberts to join Bates as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 8:00 am
Roberts comes to Bates from Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where she has served as president since 2022 and prior to that held multiple leadership roles at the liberal arts college, including executive vice president for academic affairs from 2018 to 2022 and dean of faculty.
A day in the life of a ‘helluva building,’ Ladd Library at Bates College
Friday, April 11, 2025 10:16 am
A full day inside Bates College's Ladd Library — March 12, 2025 — reveals the quiet, the buzz, and the people who bring it to life.
Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 8:17 am
Duckworth's fellow honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Bates Commencement are trailblazing marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and champion of public leadership and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title
Friday, March 28, 2025 4:07 pm
Self-effacing and candid, Cory shared how he has, in the past, "tended to swim worse when the pressure's on." Not this time. His time of 42.88 seconds set a National Division III record.