Stories about "Society and culture"
Bates at Night: A visit to the historic Stephens Telescope
Friday, February 7, 2025 11:04 am
Walking to the roof of Carnegie Science Hall to visit the college's observatory feels like being in a boat — the strange feeling that the world outside is slowly moving around you.
Recalling when Jimmy Carter visited Bates to honor the ‘greatness of America’s character’
Sunday, December 29, 2024 3:38 pm
We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of another Bates friend, civil rights leader Benjamin E. Mays.
Faculty in the News: Michael Sargent’s research spotlighted on Hidden Brain
Friday, December 6, 2024 10:21 am
In a recent episode of the popular podcast, Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Sargent’s research on attitudes toward crime and punishment got a shoutout — and a ringing endorsement.
Veterans Day at Bates, and thoughts from a Bates combat veteran
Friday, November 15, 2024 2:52 pm
We caught up with Army veteran Joe Castonguay after Veterans Day, on a sunny morning when he and his grounds crew team were clearing leaves outside Rand Hall.
25 items (or 62, depending your count) in the Bates library’s Lost and Found on Nov. 11, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 12:54 pm
The sweetest lost item was a greeting card with the quote “Etre avec des gens qu'on aime cela suffit” (“Being with people you love, that’s enough”) from a grandfather to his Bates grandson in his first week on campus.
Then and Now: Vintage George French campus images (then) and gorgeous fall colors (now)
Friday, October 25, 2024 4:02 pm
This edition of Then and Now presents early 20th-century Bates images by famed Maine photographer George French, Class of 1908, and images taken this week during the waning days of a gorgeous fall foliage season.
Mic’d Up: Golf captain Will Phillips ’25 on lefty golf swings and the ‘damn shame’ of a missed putt
Friday, October 11, 2024 12:33 pm
College golf is a beautiful thing, which this quip-filled mic’d up video captures — walking a course on a beautiful fall day in Maine with teammates who are also friends.
Forty years ago, a Bates faculty vote heard ’round the country
Friday, October 4, 2024 12:21 pm
The vote by the Bates faculty to make SAT scores optional for admission led to Bates' leadership in the national conversation about promise, access, and academic ability in American higher education.
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Skinner
Friday, September 27, 2024 1:12 pm
This 19th-century name belongs to an early investor in Lewiston’s cotton mills, but today it's no longer affixed to any Lewiston place.
Faculty in the News: Philosophy professor Paul Schofield on homelessness being a ‘unique form of injustice’
Friday, September 20, 2024 2:30 pm
We talked with Schofield about his exploration of homelessness in America — including a widely distributed Washington Post opinion piece — and how he hopes to deepen the progressive response to the issue.