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News & Updates

November 18, 2022

13 insights about the 2022 midterms from Bates politics profe…

What the pundits got wrong, why a new same-sex marriage law doesn't make constitutional sense, and why election denying isn't a strong strategy;.

November 18, 2022

Bates in the News: Nov. 18, 2022

The 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a new study showing the effects of global warming on the Gulf of Maine, and a new mission to the moon.

November 18, 2022

Q&A: ‘It’s a skill’ — Lindsey Hamilt…

A nationally regarded expert in the field of inclusive teaching, Hamilton is the inaugural director of the college’s new Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning. "The field of teaching is backed up with scholarship and evidence just like any other discipline. We can improve it but we just have to do things that we know work.”