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Matthew Peeler ’26 selected for prestigious Truman Scholarship for future public leaders

Friday, April 25, 2025 9:51 am

Since high school, Matthew Peeler ’26 of New York City has kept…

The Edible Books Festival was begun by a young Bates alumnus four years ago to help foster in-person community after the disruption of the pandemic. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
From page to palette, the Edible Books Festival is a community treat

Friday, April 25, 2025 9:41 am

A few dozen biblio-foodies in Ladd Library put down their pencils and picked up their plates to sample literary treats, including “Lime and Punishment by Fyodor Donut-oyevsky.”

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, March 17, 2025 12:16 pm

From screenings to snowstorms, from rituals to remembrances, we’ve taken the Bates pulse — and now we share it with you.

Picture Story: Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull,’ between avant-garde and traditional

Friday, March 14, 2025 3:48 pm

The play reflects on its own form, blurring the line between performance and reality — especially relevant for Bates students discovering their own creative voices.

Picture Story: Bates students deliver on National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Friday, February 7, 2025 4:56 pm

An immersive looks at how Bates student-athletes encouraged and inspired local children during the recent celebration of National Girls & Women in Sports Day at Bates.

Ryan Bavis, Bates Helen A. Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences, posing in his Bonney Science Center laboratory and office. Bavis is collaborating with his friend and colleague Peter MacFarlane, assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine on their discovery of a novel animal model mimicking sudden infant death syndrome. Last year, the National Institutes of Health awarded the scientists a $2.8 million grant to study the model over five years. MacFarlane is the project’s principal investigator, and $307,495 is allocated to Bates. Dr. Richard Martin of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and professor at CWRU’s School of Medicine is also a co-investigator on the project.
Two scientists, a friendship, and a problem to solve: Ryan Bavis, Peter MacFarlane receive $2.8 million NIH grant to study sudden infant death syndrome

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 11:24 am

A friendship between scientists is a finely tuned machine. It’s powered by…

Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken, winner of the 2024 Kroepsch Teaching Award, teaches students in her course “EDUC 231 - Perspectives on Education” in Pettigrew 30 on January 16, 2025. EDUC 231 - Perspectives on Education This course introduces students to foundational perspectives (anthropological, historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological) on education and helps students apply these perspectives to contemporary schools and classrooms. The course considers several large questions: What should be the purpose of education in a democratic society? What should be the role of the school? Who should participate in making decisions about schools? In what ways do schools reflect and perpetuate larger social inequities, and, alternately, how can they contribute to a more just and inclusive society? Students must complete at least thirty hours of fieldwork.
Teaching teachers: Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken receives 2024 Kroepsch Award for excellence in teaching

Friday, January 24, 2025 11:22 am

As Mara Tieken was beginning her teaching career in 2002, she pulled…

Campus Construction Update: Nov. 8, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 7:07 am

Opening another front in Bates’ endless battle against marine clay, workers began laying a new FieldTurf playing surface at Leahey Field this week.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 12:11 pm

A beautiful and warm October provided us with joy, wonder, learning, competition, and remembrance

Picture Story: Back to Bates 2024

Friday, October 11, 2024 3:53 pm

This immersive Picture Story features images from Back to Bates weekend, Sept. 28–28. Since 1920, the fall weekend has promised alumni and families the opportunity to "grow young once more."

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