Stories about "Academic Life"
12 tips to shape your surroundings, and your life, from Bates Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth
Friday, May 30, 2025 3:18 pm
Watch Duckworth's Commencement address and check out these 12 tips for taking control of your phone — and your life.
Picture Story: Baccalaureate 2025, to love is to heal
Friday, May 30, 2025 10:44 am
For the 504 members of the Bates Class of 2025, Baccalaureate on May 24 was a time to show the love.
Bates announces seven new Fulbright Student awards for 2025–26
Friday, May 30, 2025 10:16 am
Six young Bates College alumni, including five newly minted graduates, have been offered Fulbright Student awards for 2025–26. Bates has been honored as a Fulbright Top Producer 14 straight years.
You can shape your situation before it shapes you, Bates grads told at 159th Commencement
Sunday, May 25, 2025 2:18 pm
Bates Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth, author of "Grit," told the seniors to embrace “situation modification” — change your physical environment, especially your phone's proximity, to protect your focus, relationships, and well-being.
Slideshow: What these Bates seniors will miss — and what they want the Class of ’29 to hear
Friday, May 23, 2025 12:15 pm
Featuring portraits by Phyllis Graber Jensen, these Bates seniors Thirteen seniors share what they’ll miss most and offer advice to the Class of 2029.
Double gold: Two Bates STEM standouts earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Thursday, May 22, 2025 3:07 pm
Bates juniors Aleisha Martinez Sandoval and Mohammed Mohammed, who are both Bates STEM Scholars with a lifelong passion for science, have earned prestigious Goldwater Scholarships.
With 2025 Davis Projects for Peace funding, Axelle Tougouma ’27 aims to support refugees from Burkina Faso
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:44 am
With her $10,000 grant, Tougouma will pursue a solar-powered irrigation system for Burkinabé women refugees in Ivory Coast, aiming to combat food insecurity and foster economic independence.
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.
Say What? Quotable quotes from Bates folks: May 8, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025 3:19 pm
Our latest in an occasional roundup of quotable Bates quotes, this time about a bald eagle named Jeff, adulting off campus, and the joy of reading, writing, and learning at Bates.