Bates at Night: Into the Den for Election Trivia Night

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Bates at Night: Into the Den for Election Trivia Night

Friday, October 25, 2024 9:40 am

Election Trivia Night, co-hosted by professors Stephen Engel and Stephanie Kelley-Romano in the Den on Oct. 9, offered students a low-stakes way to talk about presidential politics.

An architect of major academic innovations at Bates, Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill to step down in June 2025 to return to the faculty

Friday, September 13, 2024 12:11 pm

Hill’s contributions are highlighted by equity-driven initiatives to support both students and faculty for greater success.

Moments from the Annual OIE Welcome Reception in Chase Hall on September 5, 2024. From left: Ayman Muhidin ‘27, of Tanzania, Zain (not pictured), unknown, Halima Guliye ‘27, of Kenya, and Sakina Saidi ‘26, of Afghanistan, Brandon Villalta Lopez ‘25, of Nicaragua, and Xucheng Zheng ‘27, of China. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College) OIE Welcome Reception is a way to begin the academic year in community with colleagues across campus who are long-time friends of the OIE and/or new to campus and want to be a part of building community and connective support for underrepresented racial, ethnic, LGBTQIA+, first-generation-to-college, and international Bates students. We offer this event annually and it has been a great way to ensure that all in attendance receive the message that we are ready and excited to engage with others across campus to provide a meaningful experience for each student who chooses to interact with us.

From A to Z, here’s what’s new at Bates in 2024–25

Friday, September 6, 2024 9:52 am

To help the Bates community get up to speed, here's a A to Z list of what’s new for 2024–25, including a new striker for the Hathorn bell, new light poles at Russell Street Field, and a new name for a community center that got its start 32 years ago.

Faculty in the News: Joe Hall corrects and deepens the Native, pre-colonist history of two Maine downtown landmarks

Friday, August 23, 2024 11:41 am

History professor Joe Hall uses his faculty expertise to help deepen the historical record about how two landmarks in Brunswick, Maine, came to be.

Shenandoah Waugh ’26 of Lyons, Colo., a Chemistry and European Studes double major works as a nature day camp leader this summer “I work with the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust to run the 4-6 year old nature day camp! The camp meets 5 days a week with new kids coming in from all over Maine and the US every week. My responsibilities include planning lessons each week, doing inventory of camp supplies, guiding the assistant camp leader and junior counselors (aged 11-13), and helping kids have a fun and engaging time exploring the preserves in Harpswell. The mission of our nature camp is to provide an enriching, engaging experience to kids regardless of their background. It's all about exploring the beauty and curiosity of nature!” Naomi Lynch ’25 of Farmingdale, Maine (blonde hair)

Picture Story: Day at the beach for Purposeful Work intern Shenny Waugh ’26

Thursday, August 22, 2024 5:06 pm

Enjoy this immersive picture story capturing a day with Shenandoah Waugh ’26, a Purposeful Work intern who worked with young children (for the very first time!) at a nature day camp in Harpswell on the beautiful Maine coast.

Fun facts and awesome abilities of the incoming Bates Class of 2028

Thursday, August 22, 2024 3:34 pm

From local heroes to global advocates, the incoming Bates Class of 2028 coruscates with myriad and fascinating talents, achievements, and successes.

Record-breaking Bates Class of 2028 arrives to open arms on Aug. 29

Thursday, August 22, 2024 2:41 pm

Chosen from the largest applicant pool in Bates history and with record-breaking racial diversity, the 491-member Class of 2028 comes from 38 U.S. states and 29 countries.

Associate Professor of Biology Larissa Williams teaches students in Bio s39f a lesson on “uses of Genetic analysis to understand the population of dynamics of crabs in Maine.” They met in Bonney 370 laboratory and received instruction on how to use a pipette, including closing their eyes in preparing to click the instrument. The course’s instructor is Jesse Minor ’00, a lecturer in biology.

Bates biology professor and three young graduates publish ‘worrisome’ research findings of a common industrial chemical’s harmful effects

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 8:22 am

New research from Bates reveals that daily exposure to triphenyl phosphate, a chemical used in many fire retardants as well as nail polish, harms developing zebrafish and, perhaps, humans.

Brian Mason of Spicer Bees (purple shirt) removes a big honeybee hive from the college's oldest building, Hathorn Hall, on July 25, 2024. Discovered by a work crew painting the Hathorn trim, the hive was in a section of the soffit of the Hathorn portico, where the roof joins the main part of the building. Lifted to the second-story location by a Genie boom lift, Mason and Bates carpenter Matt Capone, with beard, worked together, the latter using a multitool and pry tools to remove trim to get at the hive, and the former using a homemade vacuum and hive tools to remove the bees and comb, relocating as much of the hive as possible to his apiary in Whitefield. Mason, who estimated the hive at upwards of 50,000 bees, gives credit to Bates for calling in a beekeeper for the project. "100 percent credit," he says, noting that the Bates hive was not only healthy but had apparently survived for at least one winter, if not more. Most wild honeybee hives die each winter, and commercially maintained hives typically rely on treatments to control mites. "Less human intervention is always valuable. The fact that this hive wintered without intervention means the bees might just have something going for them to survive. So now I can introduce the Bates bees into my apiary. That’s a win."

Beegone! From discovery to relocation, Hathorn Hall’s honeybee hive had Bates buzzing

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:46 pm

Historic Hathorn Hall is home to faculty offices in English, neuroscience, and mathematics, plus several administrative offices and classrooms. And until last week, it was also the residence of around 50,000 honeybees.

In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain of sand at a time

Friday, June 28, 2024 11:50 am

Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.