Stories about "People and groups"
New funding pushes Carolina González Valencia’s film toward the finish line
Friday, December 19, 2025 11:30 am
Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture Carolina González Valencia's feature-length film How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps will be complete by the end of the year.
In the News: December 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025 5:03 pm
A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of a mother-daughter basketball record, an alumna winning big on reality television, alumni new and faculty updates.
The logics of acceptance: Francesco Duina in conversation about his new book and the sociology of economic inequality
Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:27 pm
In Francesco Duina's latest collection, The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the Logics of a More Unequal World (Oxford 2025), co-edited with Luca Storti, contributors ask why people across the world accept economic inequalities.
Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric
Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:03 pm
New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing them in groups over this semester. Part 1 ran in our newsletter of September 25, part 2 went out in our October 3 newsletter and Part 3 appeared in our October 10 newsletter.
As director of first-generation programs, Misa Beltran-Guzman encourages Bates students to find their ‘why’
Thursday, October 30, 2025 1:54 pm
When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students.
Meet new faculty in psychology, environmental studies, and anthropology
Friday, October 10, 2025 10:45 am
Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.
In the News: Oct. 10, 2025
Friday, October 10, 2025 10:44 am
For Mother Jones, in a Sept. 24 article headlined “How America’s Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers—and Misery,” journalist Evan Mandery named Bates as an outlier — for its emphasis on meaning and purpose.
President Garry W. Jenkins wins Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 4:56 pm
President Garry W. Jenkins has received the 2025 Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award from The Third Place Maine, a network that connects Maine’s Black professionals, students, and entrepreneurs to opportunities across multiple areas, from social to professional.
At Bates, a ginkgo seedling carries survival from 1945 Hiroshima to today
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 3:55 pm
The child of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a ginkgo tree seedling growing at Bates brings a message of survival to campus.
Bates announces faculty promotions, including tenure awards, for 2025
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:00 am
"Each of these faculty members advances the mission of Bates with great distinction," said Malcolm Hill, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.