Kelly Godsey’s application to Bates did not emphasize athletic ability because there wasn’t much to report. Instead, Godsey sent a tape of cello performances to the Admission office. Among the turns ...

In the Student Center for Belonging and Community, first-generation Bates students mentor their younger peers, providing guidance on everything from academics to internships to social life. Bates is ...

The 1930 relay team of Wallace Viles ’31, Ragnar Lind ’30, Russell Chapman ’31 and Norman Cole ’32; in coat and tie are (left) coach C. Ray Thompson ’13 and (right) manager David Spofford ’30. By the ...

Data and computers are transforming virtually every facet of our professional and personal lives. Increasingly, they are the dominant media for how we generate, apply, and share knowledge. The fields ...

In the Student Center for Belonging and Community, first-generation Bates students mentor their younger peers, providing guidance on everything from academics to internships to social life.

It’s common knowledge that the late actor Paul Newman once asked Bates to recast its Newman Day tradition. The evidence is this 1987 letter from the actor to then-President T. Hedley Reynolds. What’s ...

Lalla Essaydi is a New York-based, Moroccan-born photographer, painter, and installation artist. Over the past decade, she has risen to international prominence with her timely and beautiful work that ...

“I’m really proud of this,” says Associate Professor of Politics Leslie Hill, holding a laminated, but yellowed, newspaper clipping that recalls a historic moment of protest by African American women.

Bates is proud to recognize the achievements and volunteer contributions of our alumni, parents, and friends through a program of awards and honors. Below you can learn about these awards and about ...

When U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis was a child in Alabama, he was puzzled by the evidence that he saw around him of the South’s Jim Crow laws — segregated rest rooms, segregated movie theaters. He wanted to ...

Spending time on campus is a great way to get to know Bates. During your visit, observe the day-to-day life of students here. Take in views of the historic quad, the glass walls of our new Bonney ...

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, ...