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Bates welcomes new faculty

Friday, August 28, 2026 10:23 am

Bates is welcoming a number of new faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year, including 11 tenured or on the tenure track. Bates News will introduce these faculty over the next few weeks.

Faculty and staff excellence recognized

Thursday, June 25, 2026 11:48 am

Many Bates faculty and staff have received grants, awards, and other acknowledgements of their strong teaching and research. Read on for more great Bates news.

In the News this spring: Faculty, staff, and students

Thursday, June 18, 2026 4:10 am

Faculty, staff and students in the news during Spring 2026.

Media coverage of faculty member Carolina González Valencia's film premiere, Anelise Shrout on Alabama Public Radio, women's basketball's winning season, and the news about the Stoddard Fitness and Well-Being Center.

Bates professor, students study ancient climate with Arctic sediment cores

Thursday, February 26, 2026 2:03 pm

Bates students are getting a firsthand look at 7,000 years of ancient climate history with a group of lake sediment cores extracted from northern Greenland.

LOVE/ SICK By John Cariani Directed by Martin Andrucki Scenery and Costume Design by Christine McDowell Lighting Design by Michael Reidy PLAYWRIGHT'S NOTE: LOVE/SICK is a .. . nine-play cycle about love and loss-but mostly loss. Each play has its own arc and tells the story of a couple at a crossroads in their relationship. Since each relationship is more advanced than the previous relationship, a larger arc emerges and the individual plays work together to create a satisfying whole that chronicles the life cycle of a typical relationship from meeting through divorce ... and afterwards. TIME: 7:30 pm on a Friday night in June. PLACE: An alternate suburban reality. Play 1. "Obsessive Impulsive." WOMAN, Emily Diaz '23; MAN, Brady Chilson '23 Play 2. "The Singing Telegram." LOUISE, Alex Gilbertson '22; TELEGRAM MAN, Losseni Barry '22, Play 3. "What?!?" ANDY, Noah Pott '22; BEN, Lucas Allen '22 Play 4. "The Answer." KEITH, Kush Sharma '23; CELIA, Sadie Basila '23 Play 5. "Uh-Oh." SARAH, Emily Diaz '23; BILL, Rishi Madnani '23 INTERMISSION Play 6. "Lunch and Dinner." MARK, Brady Chilson '23; KELLY, Sadie, Basila '23 Play 7. "Forgot." KEVIN, Kush Sharma '23; JILL, Olivia Dimond '22 Play 8. "Where Was 17" LIZ, Muskan Verma '21; ABBIE, Hale Murch '22 Play 9. "Destiny." JAKE, Rishi Madnani '23; EMILY, Alex Gilbertson '22

Beloved and brilliant Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor Emeritus of Theater at Bates, dies at age 80

Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:56 pm

A beloved and brilliant teacher and scholar who secured a seat at the liberal arts table for Bates theater, Andrucki died Feb. 8, 2026, at age 80. A faculty member for 47 years, he was among the longest-serving Bates professors in the college’s history.