Stories about "Society and culture"
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.
Announcing the 28th annual Bates College summer book list
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:09 pm
Fifty-six members of the Bates community — faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni — submitted book titles for this year's summer reading list, begun in 1997.
Stephen Engel: As we mark Pride 2024, remember our predecessors’ fight and demand for recognition
Friday, June 21, 2024 9:08 am
Speaking at the raising of the Progress Pride Flag at Bates on June 13, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty Stephen Engel said that "Pride is about demanding recognition [and] demanding rights."
NESCAC Heat Poll: June 18–20, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024 2:56 pm
Lyrically and meteorologically, the late Glenn Frey hinted as what causes a heat wave with his 1984 hit, "The Heat Is On." Here's our list of the hottest colleges in NESCAC this week.
‘What’s an ivy stone?’ 50 years later, the Class of 1974 joins a Bates tradition
Friday, June 14, 2024 11:01 am
The Class of 1974, launched from Bates into a sea of American malaise in the mid-1970s, would, 50 years later, strive for something of their own for their long-postponed ivy stone.
‘A really amazing thing’: The 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition has arrived
Friday, April 12, 2024 10:03 am
Photographs and text about the eight seniors who have moved their artwork from studios into the Bates Museum of Art for the 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition — a "moment that validates what is possible."
Solidarity, empathy, and political agendas: Bates professor explains how and why Irish famine relief ‘went viral’
Friday, March 15, 2024 1:00 pm
Anelise Hanson Shrout's new book about Ireland’s Great Famine documents the first instance of large-scale international philanthropy — and the reasons behind it.
Humanity comes first in casting students for Bates theater’s ‘The Gravediggers Union’
Friday, March 8, 2024 11:21 am
Filling in for a cast member during a dress rehearsal, visiting director Kevin R. Free hopped into a grave on the set, but not before offering a giggle and a burst of mirth because, he says, “Joy is my activism."
Recalling when venerable Alumni Gym had a 6-foot growth spurt
Friday, March 1, 2024 12:47 pm
On the eve of Bates hosting two rounds of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, we look back to when the Bobcats earned the right to host the first-ever home NCAA tourney game, but had to hit the road — because Alumni Gym was 6 feet too short.
From Lake Andrews to 17th-century Japan, two student-built boats now part of TV series Shōgun
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 4:41 am
Two traditional Japanese river boats, hand-crafted by Bates students and launched into Lake Andrews five years ago, are part of the historical re-creation of feudal Japan for the TV adaptation of Shōgun, which debuted this week on FX.