Welcome to new faculty!

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November 5, 2025

Welcome to new faculty!

We have three new faculty in the department! Welcome!

November 12, 2024

Welcome to Ryan and Casey!

We have two new permanent faculty in the department. Welcome!

November 12, 2024

Those odd circles in space? They’re now explained thanks to scientists including Aleks Diamond-Stanic

June 12, 2024

Bates physics professor Lundblad earns NASA’s ‘exceptional achievement’ award

March 12, 2024

Bates physics professor’s research in ‘Nature’ redefines understanding of solar activity

Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetori…

New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing them in groups over this semester. Part 1 ran in our newsletter of September 25, part 2 went out in our October 3 newsletter and Part 3 appeared in our October 10 newsletter.

Her electric violin at the ready on her right shoulder, Mavy Ho-Le ’26 started to slowly tap her foot on the stage at Olin Arts Center. It was Saturday Oct. 25 and the first strains of Radiohead’s 2016 song “Daydreaming,” were beginning to emerge from Fitter Happier, a Radiohead tribute band based in Portland.

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