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Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, December 7, 2023 8:04 am

In the last 30 days, we’ve photographed on and off campus, switched from daylight savings to standard time, and adjusted to the arrival of winter in Maine. Bates business as usual, right? Of course, there’s no such thing, as each season and time has its own rhythm and particulars.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 3:07 pm

Starting with summer, and ending with fall (but it still feels like…

Slideshow: Hour by hour on Opening Day with the Class of 2027

Friday, September 8, 2023 9:01 am

Friendly and efficient, the Bates community turned out on Opening Day, Aug. 31, to help the members of the Class of 2027 get settled in their campus residences.

Bates Dance Festival faculty member and choreographer Duane Lee Holland Jr. leads a Hip Hop Class in the Gray Athletic Building. He is joined by BDF faculty member Akili Jamal Haynes, aka Chibuzo Dunun, a composer and multi-instrumentalist (who is shown dancing with his guitar). Bates student Lucy Whitelam ’26 (she/hers) of Reading, Mass., is taking the class. She’s shown wearing her black “Be Nice” t-shirt). It’s a combined class of Hip Hop and Modern, joined into one because of a COVID outbreak within the BDF community. After warming up, the dancers began rehearsing a series of movements that referenced a football play running with a ball and making a pass.
Slideshow: This Summer at Bates

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5:51 pm

Bates had a stormy, special summer: Groundbreaking research, campus renovations, Admission Visit Days, and student internship experiences, all in This Summer at Bates.

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.

The Bates Bobcat (played by BCO writer Freddie Wright) tours Lake Andrews and the historic Quad with BCO designer Kirsten Burns. On left, in brown shirt, William Spencer Orto Symmans ’23, whose neuroscience thesis is titled “ A Data-Drive Taxonomy of Olfactory System Principal Neurons.” On right, in striped shirt, Evan Koch ’23, whose neuroscience thesis (adviser: Jason Castro) is titled “A Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex of Autistic Individuals Across Age and Sex.”
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, June 5, 2023 4:02 pm

As we slide into summer, we pause to share various moments from the month of May.

Picture Story: Bates Baccalaureate 2023

Friday, June 2, 2023 1:20 pm

An immersive Picture Story shares images of Bates seniors pausing at Baccalaureate to remember, rejoice, and give thanks.

Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Bates Class of 2023 on Commencement day

Thursday, June 1, 2023 4:18 pm

"A great, unpretentious, family-style Commencement!" is how a livestream viewer from Santa Fe, N.M., described this year's Bates graduation. Here's how it went, hour by hour.

Picture Story: A sweet Bates ritual that binds the Class of 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 2:34 pm

Senior savor a rite of passage. It’s a college ritual like none other. (Trust us: We've checked.)

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 3:18 pm

From the softball field to the stars, students are stretching their competitive and creative muscles, as Short Term takes off. This edition of This Month at Bates is a time for reflection and anticipation, as we draw closer to Commencement.

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