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They are jumping for joy. Women’s varsity rowing teammates Oli Seline ’24 (left) of Delaware, Ohio, and Olivia Dekker ’24 of Bethesda, Md., high five it at the conclusion of their last-ever Bates lab in Bonney 360. The teammates are students in Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Geneva Laurita’s Short Term course, “Chemistry and the Arts.” Seline is a biochemistry major with a GEC in “Visible Ideas,” while Dekker is a biochemistry major with a minor in art and visual culture. The course explores the connection between chemistry and various topics in the arts and arts-related fields. The students learn about the chemistry behind these topics, exploring the literature behind various artistic practices, and applying hands-on techniques in the laboratory involved in various art processes This year, Laurita asked students to focus on the origins of color, different crafts, print making, jewelry making, dyeing, and art conservation. Laurita is the recipient of a major National Science Foundation grant of $581,984. The NSF CAREER award, considered to be one of the foundation’s most prestigious awards for faculty members who are just beginning their teaching and research careers, is based on both her scientific research in solid state materials and how she brings undergraduates into that vital area of scientific exploration. 3:18 What the particular lab was about...the lab handout. Kate Baumler, intern for Geneva’s NSF grant, wearing, black shirt Benji Richards, ’27, wearing tan shirt Finian Gunny ’27, gray pullover and blond hair Charlotte Maffie ’25 with pink tie dyed and hair in bun Sister Alice Maffie ’27 in t-shirt and pony tail Nina Greeley ’24 with hair in bun and pink t-shirt Riley Lund ’26 in gray sweatshirt Jahan Baker-Wainwright ’25 in green golf Rohini Kandasamy ’27 in dark tan Life is cool t-shirt and low bun Chemistry and the Arts S28, the origin of different crafts, print making, jewelry making, dyeing and art soncserv
Faculty member Geneva Laurita wins national teaching award

Thursday, December 11, 2025 4:04 pm

Geneva Laurita, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was recently named a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar — one of only eight to receive this national award — in recognition of her commitment to scholarship and undergraduate research.

Scenes around campus at dawn on Nov. 5, 2025. Pettengill Hall
Picture Story: November 2025 at Bates

Thursday, December 11, 2025 3:49 pm

November at Bates saw a field hockey championship, orchestra and dance performances, seminar-style learning, and more.

Everybody in the pool: The making of Metamorphoses

Thursday, December 4, 2025 5:09 pm

Shortly after Courtney Smith joined Bates in the fall of 2024 as an associate professor of theater, he floated an idea for a production that was both over-the-top ambitious and absolute catnip to his colleague Sally Wood, a visiting lecturer in theater who was trying to decide what play to direct in the fall of 2025.

In the News: December 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025 5:03 pm

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of a mother-daughter basketball record, an alumna winning big on reality television, alumni new and faculty updates.

The Annual Harvest Dinner held in Commons, followed by horse rides around campus, a dessert part and the Annual Trashion Show in the Gray Athletic Building. Where friends, fashion, fun, and sustainability all collide. Welcome to the Bates Trashion Show 2025, held in the Gray Athletic Building on Wednesday, Nov. 19. All participants were winners! Singled out for recognition were, in first place, seniors Annie Robinson and Grace Thomas (the model), who designed the dress together; Professor of French and Francophone studies Kirk Read in second place; and in third place, a team of students in Read’s first-year seminar “Family Stories.”
Sew sustainable: Student, faculty designers stun at annual Trashion Show

Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:44 am

At the 20th annual Trashion Show, students and faculty modeled 16 elaborate runway designs crafted from trash to draw awareness to waste around campus.

Bates plays Big Thief — How a musical tribute is turning into tradition

Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:37 pm

At their sold-out show at Portland's State Theatre, Big Thief, a Brooklyn-based indie-folk band, shouted out Bates.

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.

Picture Story: October 2025 at Bates

Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:25 pm

With images of Back to Bates, stunning foliage, fall athletics, Halloween, and more, we bring you October 2025 at Bates.

Upcoming artistic events on the Bates campus

Thursday, November 13, 2025 12:19 pm

As we near the end of the semester, Bates is offering a varied lineup of arts events for the last few weeks of the year.

Purposeful Work biopharmaceutical roadshow introduces students to dynamic career possibilities

Thursday, November 13, 2025 11:41 am

Over Fall Break, the Center Purposeful Work brought 14 Bates students around Boston to network with alumni in the biopharmaceutical industry and tour five companies.

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