Stories about "The College"
Bates College ranks fourth in the nation in Fulbright U.S. Student awards
Friday, February 15, 2019 10:22 am
With 13 awards this academic year, Bates has now earned Fulbright Top Producer honors for eight straight years, including a No. 1 ranking in 2017-18.
Q&A: Dale Chapman on neoclassical jazz in a neoliberal economy
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:24 am
The Jazz Bubble by music professor Chapman draws surprising parallels between conservative schools of jazz and political economy.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:09 pm
They point. They pause. It snows. It melts. They listen. They learn....
Q&A: Cavallero on ‘Grapes of Wrath’ as Maine celebrates director Ford
Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00 pm
As Maine celebrates native son John Ford, one of the great film directors, a Bates screen studies professor discusses one of Ford's best films.
2019 Green Innovation Grants focus on recycling, college garden
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:44 pm
This year's Green Innovation Grants reflect Bates' continuing interest in both growing food and shrinking the campus waste stream through recycling.
Video: Behind the scenes for the Morehouse–Bates debate on MLK Day
Friday, January 25, 2019 12:21 pm
Each year, Morehouse and Bates debaters team up on MLK Day to honor Benjamin Mays, whose enduring influence is felt by Bates, Morehouse, and the nation.
Picture story: 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:54 am
Faculty, local residents, staff, and students gather for a Bates observance with the theme “Lifting Every Voice: Intersectionality and Activism.”
From the Archives: Old hockey puck and horse-drawn mail delivery
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:42 am
Mail delivery by horse-drawn carriage, and the hockey puck from a 1927 game that was “fast and furious and marked by many swinging sticks.”
11 quotes that capture MLK Day 2019 at Bates
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:28 am
There's plenty to say during and about MLK Day at Bates, a celebration rich in revelations, recollections, and reminders.
We heard these six social justice terms on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates
Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:34 am
Learn about these six terms: respectability politics, activism, intersectionality, decolonial feminism, allyship, and black formalism.