Stories about "Alumni"
Bates named a Fulbright Top Producer for 14th straight year

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 6:17 am

“Our outstanding students further Bates’ mission of global engagement in meaningful ways,” says President Garry W. Jenkins, as five Fulbrighters embark on research and teaching around the world.

Picture Story: The Puddle Jump’s 50th anniversary edition

Friday, February 21, 2025 10:25 am

The 50th anniversary edition of the Puddle Jump was for young and old, highlighted by the hand-in-hand kickoff jump by the event's founders, Chris Callahan ’78, Scott Copeland ’78, and Lars Llorente ’78.

Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Feb. 21, 2025

Friday, February 21, 2025 9:17 am

This edition's finds include a 1929 Maine championship baseball charm ($75) and a 1992 Merimanders CD ($14.95), featuring a cover photo by Gene Clough.

Bates Alumni in the News: Feb. 20, 2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025 10:00 am

An alumnus whose high-tech investigative talents helps to investigate humanitarian crises; the legacy of a 1951 Bates tragedy; and bestselling author Lisa Genova's new novel explores bi-polar disorder.

Love, actually? Bates students revisit a 1920s professor’s take on romance

Thursday, February 13, 2025 4:09 pm

Bates Professor Halbert Britan’s talk on falling in love captivated audiences nationwide in 1921. Now, on Valentine's Day, Bates students Hannah Kothari ’26 and Ramona McNish ’28 revisit Dr. Love's insights and update his tips for the lovelorn —  like the power of a cool and mysterious Instagram.

Recalling when Jimmy Carter visited Bates to honor the ‘greatness of America’s character’

Sunday, December 29, 2024 3:38 pm

We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of another Bates friend, civil rights leader Benjamin E. Mays.

Objects from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, photographed in the BCO studio at 141 Nichols Street, on July 19, 2018. Wedgwood Plate depicting Parker Hall and Gomes Chapel, this plate is from the college's first edition. It's believed the company began producing college designs in the 1920s.
Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Dec. 13, 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024 2:29 pm

An ornithological time capsule of sorts from 1918, a broadside poster for the 1926 Bates–Brown football game, and a first-edition Bates Wedgwood dinner plate.

Bates photographers’ favorite images of 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024 10:24 am

The Bates photographers' perspectives and talents create this surprising, imperfect and ultimately human visual presentation of what we love about our college and community.

Art, food, decor, and more: Check out the 2024 Bates Alumni Gift Guide

Friday, December 6, 2024 12:35 pm

This year's guide features an array of products, including Lewiston-inspired items.

“‘If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.’” — Physics and Geology Lecturer Gene Clough, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson on the stars, while looking at Venus in the evening sky. During the semester that he teaches “Lunar and Planetary Science,” Clough stands outside of Carnegie Science for an hour at dusk on every clear night so that interested members of the Bates community can star gaze.
Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless passion and curiosity

Friday, November 1, 2024 2:04 pm

Gene Clough, a Bates teacher whose passion and curiosity inspired generations of Bates students during a 38-year Bates career, died Oct. 23 at age 77.

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