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

My high school Chemistry and Physics teacher was the kind of person who cared about students and had so much fun teaching. It was contagious. He inspired me to attend college with the goal of becoming ...

Shortly after Courtney Smith joined Bates in the fall of 2024 as an associate professor of theater, he floated an idea for a ...

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of a mother-daughter basketball record, an ...

At the 20th annual Trashion Show, students and faculty modeled 16 elaborate runway designs crafted from trash to draw ...

Bates Swim & Dive opened the season with two great meets against Wheaton and Wesleyan – and with no surprise, the Bobcats ...

In “Economic Sociology,” Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina presents students with a social and philosophical question. “I ask, ‘How many of you like a lot of inequality?’ Usually ...

Bates College will waive the admission application fee, beginning with the Fall 2025 pool of applicants. Previously, domestic applicants paid a $65 application fee but could request to have that fee ...

On a balmy Friday morning in mid-July, a research team of five from Bates scrambled across the slippery rocks of Cape Neddick, searching the rockweed-coated landscape for the shiny, dark, ...

To establish first-time parent access in the payment portal, your student must log into the portal using their Bates credentials and add you as an authorized user. You’ll then receive an email ...

In her three years at Bates, Willa Laski ’26 of Bellevue, Idaho, has never once dressed up for classes, but on May 21, the economics major showed up for a test clad in navy blue suiting from head to ...