Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture Carolina González Valencia's feature-length film How to Clean a House in 10 ...

In 2025, Bates social media shared thousands of posts. Here are some of the moments that captured the attention of not just ...

Revisit 2025 through the eyes of Bates photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo. Their favorite images of the ...

During the last week of classes for the fall semester, two first-year seminars gathered together for an interactive joint ...

Starting January 1, 2026, for select journals published by Elsevier and Springer, a new document delivery service called ...

Club Man of the Year – Wilson Smith ‘26 This award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the ...

Shortly after Courtney Smith joined Bates in the fall of 2024 as an associate professor of theater, he floated an idea for a production that was both over-the-top ambitious and absolute catnip to his ...

Geneva Laurita, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was recently named a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar — one of only ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates is a community-wide opportunity to discuss, teach, and reflect on the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s observance, ...

Bates has been a national leader in the test-optional movement for over four decades. In October 1984, the faculty voted to make standardized testing, such as the SAT and the ACT, optional for all ...

The endowment is an essential element of the funding of a Bates education. For Bates, making an endowed gift is among the most powerful ways to ensure the college’s enduring strength, make a durable ...

Geneva Laurita, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was recently named a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar — one of only eight to receive this national award — in recognition of her commitment to ...