Bates students emerge from lockdown seeking ways to help

‘We could just hear sirens’: Bates students mourn with their neighbors

A night of panic turned into 2 days of uncertainty as students sheltered in place on campus.

Former ‘Janes’ social justice advocates to talk at Lewiston screening of HBO documentary

The early work of the two lifelong civil rights workers 50 years ago is shown in the Emmy-winning documentary.

Two contemporary exhibitions center Indigenous programing and events at Bates College 

Poet Myronn Hardy will read from his latest book

Groundbreaking artist and museum educator to give presentation at Bates College Museum of Art

Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.

A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and Colby colleges also have below-average economic diversity, according to the research.

Smithsonian curator to present lecture at Bates College

Ashleigh D. Coren is a Bates College alumna (Class of '05)

Maine’s salt marshes play key role in fight against climate change, new report says

The state has at least 84 square miles of blue carbon reservoirs, which store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the soil and vegetation. That much carbon is equal to the annual emissions of 1.25 million passenger cars.

Our View: Coy on legacy admissions, Maine’s top colleges contradict themselves

Reluctant to provide information about favorable treatment for children of alumni, Bates, Bowdoin and Colby show there are limits to their commitment to fairness and transparency.