The Bates College Museum of Art exhibition offers a visual adventure through the long career of the artist and illustrator, ...

Watch Duckworth's Commencement address and check out these 12 tips for taking control of your phone — and your life.

The Bates College Department of Education seeks to foster the democratic possibilities of schooling through the study of education in the United States and internationally. The aim of the department ...

Join us for our livestream coverage — beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 — of the 159th Bates College Commencement as ...

Bates Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth, author of "Grit," told the seniors to embrace “situation modification” — change ...

When Aanika Patel ’25 of Needham, Mass., arrived at Bates, she expected the experience to be, as oft-described, the best four years of her life. Patel soon realized that her time in college wasn’t ...

April at Bates arrives with light, with motion, and with meaning. Students dance through history and map the past. There are thesis toasts, moonrises, and moments — big and small — that remind us what ...

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences published “A Call for Constructive Engagement.” This statement — signed ...

Dear members of the Bates community, As we continue to navigate the rapidly changing — and at times confusing — higher education policy landscape, I wanted to share some updates and some thanks. First ...

Human activities have caused the global decline of large carnivore populations, as habitat loss and land conversion reduce the space available for these species. The situation is especially acute at ...

A friendship between scientists is a finely tuned machine. It’s powered by collaboration, intellectual banter, and, sometimes, novel discoveries that have the potential to dramatically improve lives.