Stories from 2015

Video: Art of rebounding with Allie Coppola ’17
Friday, December 18, 2015 1:24 pm
Explaining Coppola's rebounding prowess doesn't require the word "jump." She's simply more "focused and more determined" than many of her opponents, says head coach Alison Montgomery.

What’s in a Bates name: Mount David
Friday, December 18, 2015 9:35 am
While the campus hill, Mount David, rises just 381 feet, the family name looms tall in Bates history.

Slideshow: Balmy Bates in December prompts the question, what’s up?
Thursday, December 17, 2015 4:18 pm
Photographs show a snowbound Bates two years ago and a verdant campus now. Is it time to say hello to El Nino?

Vintage avian exhibit is a feather in Carnegie Hall’s cap
Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:21 pm
We’re in Carnegie Science Hall, peering into a display case of old stuffed birds and learning something new.

National Endowment for the Arts awards $40,000 to Bates Dance Festival
Friday, December 11, 2015 9:41 am
The Bates Dance Festival announced on Dec. 9 that it has received…

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:00 pm
As we anticipate winter's arrival and as students dig in for finals, the hours of daylight are low but spirits remain high.

Bates in the News: Dec. 11, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015 4:40 pm
Professor Rebecca Herzig's book Plucked named an Economist best of 2015; The Simpsons teases Bates (and vice versa); and Bloomberg Business looks to Ben Ayers '99 for a better way to help Nepal.

Lessons and Carols service returns on Dec. 13
Thursday, December 10, 2015 4:39 pm
In an annual tradition, Bates College holds a Service of Lessons and Carols for the Advent season on Dec. 13.
John Murchison III ’88 and Jean Wilson ’81 elected to Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:59 pm
John Murchison III ’88 and Jean Wilson ’81 have been elected to the Bates College Board of Trustees.

Campus events: Jan. 2–30, 2016
Monday, December 7, 2015 3:36 pm
Happy 2016 from Bates College! These are public events at the college from Jan. 2–30, 2016.