Bates has once again been recognized by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its deep level of commitment to community engagement, an honor ...

Mohammed M. Obaid Shwani ’24 has been a world traveler and an award winner since he was a teenager. In 2016, he first came to ...

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including professors sharing research, alumni achievements across ...

Meredith Sallee ’07 is directing her decades of dance experience toward a new medium of underwater dancing, which combines ...

Join us for our livestream coverage — beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2026 — of the 160th Bates College ...

You can shape your situation before it shapes you, Bates grad… Bates Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth, author of "Grit," ...

We are looking forward to welcoming Bates families and friends to campus in May to celebrate the Class of 2026. We will ...

The Summit’s three general poster sessions are held in Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall.

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 ...

At the start of her Bates Commencement address, Angela Duckworth asked President Garry W. Jenkins to hold her phone, to avoid potential distractions. Then, Duckworth asked Jenkins to give her his ...