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Spring 1961 and Bates has its first ‘fraternity’
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 3:11 pm
At a college where the absence of fraternities has defined student life, what are we to make of the existence of the early-1960s mock fraternity Rho Beta Phi ("Roger Bill Fraternity")?
Bates announces seven faculty promotions, including tenure, for the 2017–18 academic year
Thursday, May 4, 2017 1:37 pm
Meet the seven newly promoted professors, learn their research fields, and discover why they love to teach.
Slideshow: Best of the 2017 Barlow Off-Campus Photography Exhibition
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 3:04 pm
Among other goals, the exhibition gives students who haven’t yet studied off campus "an opportunity to imagine themselves in these places and landscapes."
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Thursday, April 13, 2017 5:43 pm
As March dissolves into April, all kinds of experiences flood the Bates...
Visionary educator Geoffrey Canada to deliver 2017 Commencement address, joining honorands Sen. Susan Collins, Wanda Corn, and Patrick Dempsey
Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:05 pm
Visionary American educator Geoffrey Canada gives the Commencement address, joined by fellow honorands Sen. Susan Collins, art historian Wanda Corn ’62, and Lewiston-born actor Patrick Dempsey.
Jason Fein named director of athletics at Bates College
Friday, April 7, 2017 11:00 am
Jason Fein, currently director of athletics at Drew University, will become director of athletics at Bates College, effective July 1.
It’s showtime for Mount David Summit 2017 and a cast of hundreds
Thursday, March 23, 2017 11:53 am
All told, the college's annual celebration of student academic achievement is expected to draw up to 1,000 presenters and guests on March 31.
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Psychology Kathryn Graff Low appointed interim dean of the faculty for 2017–18
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 12:52 pm
Low succeeds Matthew Auer, who departs Bates on June 30 to become dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.
Slideshow: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ meets Hollywood’s golden age
Thursday, March 9, 2017 10:23 am
Midsummer's famous Fairyland has too often been populated by "actors covered in bark or in tutus, wearing mosquito wings," says director Martin Andrucki.
Fifth-ranked in the U.S., Bates earns Fulbright Top Producer honors for sixth straight year
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:03 pm
Bates has achieved Fulbright Top Producer honors for six straight years and eight of the last nine years.