Stories about "Academic Life"
Yun Garrison wins Lee Young Leadership Award from YWCA
Thursday, March 26, 2026 3:25 pm
Yun Garrison, associate professor of psychology, was honored on March 8 with the Lee Young Leadership Award from the YWCA of Central Maine in recognition for her community-engaged work.
Bates announces tenure and promotion for nine faculty members
Thursday, February 26, 2026 3:56 pm
Nine members of the faculty have received promotions, including seven tenure awards, effective Feb. 6. The promotions were recommended by the Faculty Personnel Committee and approved by the Bates College Board of Trustees.
Bates professor, students study ancient climate with Arctic sediment cores
Thursday, February 26, 2026 2:03 pm
Bates students are getting a firsthand look at 7,000 years of ancient climate history with a group of lake sediment cores extracted from northern Greenland.
Beloved and brilliant Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor Emeritus of Theater at Bates, dies at age 80
Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:56 pm
A beloved and brilliant teacher and scholar who secured a seat at the liberal arts table for Bates theater, Andrucki died Feb. 8, 2026, at age 80. A faculty member for 47 years, he was among the longest-serving Bates professors in the college’s history.
Meet new faculty in physics, economics, and earth and climate sciences
Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:46 pm
Bates has welcomed a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors joined the college during the 2025-2026 academic year.
The logics of acceptance: Francesco Duina in conversation about his new book and the sociology of economic inequality
Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:27 pm
In Francesco Duina's latest collection, The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the Logics of a More Unequal World (Oxford 2025), co-edited with Luca Storti, contributors ask why people across the world accept economic inequalities.
Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric
Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:03 pm
New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing them in groups over this semester. Part 1 ran in our newsletter of September 25, part 2 went out in our October 3 newsletter and Part 3 appeared in our October 10 newsletter.
Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, receives Kroepsch Award
Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:01 pm
Before she joined the U.S. Foreign Service, Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, was certain that she would never make a career out of studying Latin America. But, when she was assigned to Mexico for her first post as a Foreign Service officer, everything changed.
Meet new faculty in psychology, environmental studies, and anthropology
Friday, October 10, 2025 10:45 am
Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.
The importance of the liberal arts: President Garry W. Jenkins in conversation with the Maine Trust for Local News
Friday, September 19, 2025 1:38 pm
This week Bates President Garry W. Jenkins joined Stefanie Manning, Maine Trust for Local News’ managing director, for a public conversation about his leadership and journey to Bates.