Stories from 2024
Traditional garments, elegant gowns, and out-of-this-world outfits: Bates has a passion for Trashion
Friday, November 22, 2024 12:36 pm
At the Bates Trashion Show, one person’s trash is not just another’s treasure, but perhaps even another’s trend.
Bates announces nine faculty appointments to endowed professorships
Thursday, November 21, 2024 5:01 pm
“Endowed professorships at Bates are a testament to the high aspirations of Bates donors and a powerful recognition of the sustained excellence of our faculty,” said Malcolm Hill, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.
Retiring after 14 years, Bates Museum of Art Director Dan Mills reflects on highlights from ‘a good run’
Thursday, November 21, 2024 11:00 am
Mills has overseen dozens of exhibitions, encompassing multiple mediums and groupings of artists, including contemporary works from Saudi and Native American artists.
Our top 10 Bobcat sportraits from fall 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 3:48 pm
"Sportraits" is a portmanteau of the words "sports" and "portrait," and as you can see in this photo story, they're as inventive as the word itself. They're funtastic. Or funthusiastic?
Veterans Day at Bates, and thoughts from a Bates combat veteran
Friday, November 15, 2024 2:52 pm
We caught up with Army veteran Joe Castonguay after Veterans Day, on a sunny morning when he and his grounds crew team were clearing leaves outside Rand Hall.
25 items (or 62, depending your count) in the Bates library’s Lost and Found on Nov. 11, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 12:54 pm
The sweetest lost item was a greeting card with the quote “Etre avec des gens qu'on aime cela suffit” (“Being with people you love, that’s enough”) from a grandfather to his Bates grandson in his first week on campus.
Say What? Quotable quotes from Bates folks: Nov. 15, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 12:05 pm
Our latest in an occasional roundup of quotable Bates quotes, this time about a terrifying regatta, why the Quad was like Candyland this fall, and the beauty and strength of being in solidarity with one together.
Three Bates professors earn Phillips Fellowships for research and travel in 2025–26
Friday, November 8, 2024 4:33 pm
They will research China's agricultural history; the intersection of immigration, incarceration, and public health in 19th-century New York City; and Caribbean immigrants' use of cricket and reggae to recreate cultural belonging in the U.S.
Video: The sights and colors in an autumn flyover of the Bates campus
Friday, November 8, 2024 4:28 pm
Rooftops, treetops, and towers, it’s all here in this guided aerial view…
Takeaways after the 2024 U.S. election from three Bates politics professors
Friday, November 8, 2024 1:23 pm
John Baughman, Stephen Engel, and Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz offers insights into the outcomes and implications of Tuesday’s election, including Donald Trump's convincing victory and a TBD Congressional win for a Bates alumnus in Trump territory.