Stories about "Historic Quad"
Video: Scenes from a spring day during Short Term on the Historic Quad

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 12:12 pm

Summer officially starts in two weeks, but it appeared in full swing…

Walter Washington ’19 welcomes the Class of 2021 at Convocation

Friday, September 8, 2017 1:14 pm

"There is no way, absolutely no way, that I could have persevered through such an ordeal without being a part of the community that is Bates."

Compare the look of 10 Bates places in winter (snow!) and right now (green!)

Monday, May 22, 2017 5:21 pm

Here’s an interactive look comparing the look of 10 Bates places in the depths of winter and again this week.

For Short Term’s student grounds workers, it’s much ado about mulch

Friday, May 12, 2017 11:09 am

“It's cool to have a part in how campus is going to look when I graduate in a few weeks,” says senior Clarke Shipley ’17.

Video: After the fall, here’s what happened to the Quad’s huge ‘hobbit’ maple

Thursday, August 4, 2016 11:31 am

The fallen tree, a century-old sugar maple, “had a life…and it supported a lot of life,” said Professor Emerita of Biology Sharon Kinsman.

The Packet— In death, the chance to know a Bates life

Saturday, November 1, 2008 9:40 am

Three times a year, I receive a packet from the editor of this magazine, a packet that no one else receives. In it are the stories of 50 or 60 people, all part of the Bates community in some way: alumni, faculty, staff. But they are united by more than being part of this community.

Somerville

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 1:12 pm

Finding a bit of Bates in Somerville, yet needing to move on, fuels conflicting emotions in recent grads.

At winter's height, the historic Quad goes bare

Friday, January 20, 2006 4:20 pm

The historic Quad sported a rare dead-of-winter look today: bare ground with a hint…