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Student-led festival brings world class film to Maine

Thursday, April 9, 2026 4:34 pm

The Bates Film Festival might at first seem like any other film…

Opening Convocation at 11 a.m. Sept. 2, 2025, on the Historic Quad, followed by In Memoriam: Tree Planting Service. Processional Welcome by President Garry Jenkins Mace Bearer Mary T. Rice=DeFosse Greetings by Zach Richards ’26 and Mohammad Zayd ’27, Co-Presidents Convocation Address “A College for Coming Times” Rebecca Herzig, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies Benediction Raymond Clothier, Interim Multifaith Chaplain Memorial Tree Planting Alongside Gomes Chapel on College Street, in memory of those in the Bates community who died during the past year. The tree was designated with a yellow bow.
Bates announces 2026 Commencement honorands, including writer Deborah Harkness

Thursday, April 9, 2026 4:23 pm

Bates will recognize four honorary degree recipients during Commencement on May 31, including Commencement speaker Deborah Harkness.

Record-breaking applications for the Class of 2030

Thursday, April 9, 2026 4:02 pm

The application pool for the Class of 2030 is the largest in…

In upcoming thesis exhibition, Bates senior studio art students each have a seat At the Table

Thursday, April 9, 2026 1:03 pm

On April 17, Bates’ graduating studio art and visual culture students will step outside of their studios to share their work with the world during At the Table: Senior Thesis Exhibition 2026.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 4:44 pm

In the classroom or the lab, or on the stage or playing field, our community is one personified by enrichment and excellence. Take a look at our award-winning students, athletes, faculty, and staff as they course through the month of March.

Everyone is a star in ‘Everybody’

Thursday, March 26, 2026 3:45 pm

Bates Theater’s production of 'Everybody' sold out every performance at Gannett Theater last week — waitlists at the door, eager audience members finding out they’d gotten seats five minutes before curtain — and the room earned that anticipatory urgency.

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.

‘Equally at home everywhere’: Brett Karpf ’26 wins Watson Fellowship

Thursday, March 26, 2026 2:33 pm

Brett Karpf walks to make sense of the world and because he has to, for reasons he’s still trying to understand. Beginning in August, fully funded by a fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Karpf will spend a full year walking — and thinking about walking.

In the News: March 2026

Thursday, March 26, 2026 2:00 pm

Media coverage of faculty member Carolina González Valencia's film premiere, Anelise Shrout on Alabama Public Radio, women's basketball's winning season, and the news about the Stoddard Fitness and Well-Being Center.

There's something quietly radical about handing the keys of a museum's permanent collection to its community — about saying, this decision is yours. Bates Curates is an intimate evening built around exactly that. Curator Samantha Sigmon will guide attendees through three photographs by Shellburne Thurber — works that linger in doorways and dim interiors, that hold the weight of lives lived just out of frame — before opening the floor to a vote that will shape the museum's collection for good. Organized in conjunction with Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle, on view through March 21. Made possible by the Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection Endowment Fund.
Night at the museum: The community curates Museum of Art’s permanent collection

Thursday, March 26, 2026 9:13 am

During the first-ever Bates Curates event in March, faculty, staff, and students, and President Garry W. Jenkins, became “curators” as they gathered to select a new addition to the Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

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