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September 2, 2025

Welcome remarks at Opening Convocation: September 2, 2025

Good morning, Bates College! What a genuinely great day to be a Bobcat! And what a sight for sore eyes—after…

September 4, 2025

A call from home

How do you convey the deepest, sweetest batch of parental emotion to your child when you’ve just returned from a sweaty, last-minute odyssey all around Lewiston…

September 4, 2025

Picture Story: The Bates Class of 2029 Begins Its Journey

On Aug. 28, the 497 members of the Bates Class of 2029 finally arrived on campus. Current students, faculty, and staff welcomed them with open arms; it was hard to turn a corner without finding a Bates community member offering directions or helping a new student unload their luggage. Bates athletes, pictured below in front of Page Hall, carted the heavy items from cars to dorms.

September 4, 2025

Pulling mussels: Bates researchers spend the summer studying …

A research team from Bates spent the summer investigating Maine's disappearing shellfish, the blue mussel.