Stories about "Maine and New England"
National recognition for Bates’ ‘exemplary’ success in community engagement as well as its return on investment for graduates
Friday, January 23, 2026 3:07 pm
Bates has once again been recognized by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its deep level of commitment to community engagement, an honor the college first achieved in 2008 and again in 2015. Recently Bates was also lauded by ACE and Carnegie for its success in providing paths for graduates to earn competitive wages.
President Garry W. Jenkins wins Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 4:56 pm
President Garry W. Jenkins has received the 2025 Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award from The Third Place Maine, a network that connects Maine’s Black professionals, students, and entrepreneurs to opportunities across multiple areas, from social to professional.
Faculty in the News: Joe Hall corrects and deepens the Native, pre-colonist history of two Maine downtown landmarks
Friday, August 23, 2024 11:41 am
History professor Joe Hall uses his faculty expertise to help deepen the historical record about how two landmarks in Brunswick, Maine, came to be.
For Bates students, a trip to the Appalachian Trail is a trip back in time
Friday, October 6, 2023 9:32 am
During Orientation, a group of first-year Bates students paid a visit to…
Cool, comfortable, and connected to Bates: AESOP delivers its promise to the Class of 2027
Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:42 am
Outdoor orientation trips are not unique to Bates, nor are they new. But in recent years, more has been done make the beloved Bates program, AESOP, more welcoming to all students.
Video: ‘A beautiful place’ for Beverly Johnson and students to drill into the science of blue carbon
Friday, September 8, 2023 1:47 pm
Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson savors the outdoor work - and data - gathered by a team of research students who studied blue carbon sinks with Johnson this summer in four Maine salt marshes.
Bates student and faculty researchers take high-tech lead in critical blue carbon research
Friday, August 4, 2023 3:45 am
Bates students are among the first in Maine to use state-of-the-art technology to better understand the potential of coastal "blue carbon" to help mitigate effects of climate change.
This ‘beautiful, dreamlike’ cloud photo by a Bates professor is Best in Show
Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:20 am
The clouds above Maine on April 23 suggested a psychedelic landscape painting — Salvador Dali meets John Constable? — and created a photographic moment for Associate Professor of Biology Andrew Mountcastle
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 12:25 pm
June was full of rekindling: alumni pouring onto campus for Reunion, Bates' Employee Enrichment Week, and a new outdoor gear-lending library co-founded by Hallie Herz '11 — all in This Month at Bates.
Bates students learn biology skills, one invasive crab at a time
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 3:26 pm
A Short Term course led by Jesse Minor ’02 teaches marketable skills while helping with ongoing research on invasive green crabs along the Maine coast.