Singer-songwriter Alisa Amador ’18 loves a liberal arts approach, and it didn’t end for her when she graduated from Bates.

At the 29th annual Otis Lecture, Bonnie Newsom,  gave a talk entitled “Holding Ground: Wabanaki Archaeology as Resilience ...

This October at Bates will be hard to beat. It was a lively month for academics, with visiting speakers and Admission events ...

We are looking forward to welcoming Bates families and friends to campus in May to celebrate the Class of 2027. Check out the Frequently Asked Questions below for Commencement information. We will ...

After graduating from Bates, Jacqueline Coraci ’26 moved far away — 5,526 miles away from Lewiston, to be exact, to Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was a bit vertiginous, then, to find herself chatting and ...

Bates offers private lessons on a wide variety of instruments (see below). Instruction may be available in other classical, jazz, folk, and non-Western instruments when demand exists. Students are ...

On June 12, with Reunion in full swing, Phyllis Graber Jensen, the college’s longtime director of photography and video, did something highly unusual. She showed up at a Bates College event without ...

The skies were changeable but the mood was resoundingly upbeat on Sunday, May 31, as 480 members of the Class of 2026 celebrated their Bates graduation surrounded by family and friends, and bolstered ...

Welcome to Bates—and to Bates Athletics. As a varsity student-athlete, you are joining a community that is deeply committed to both competitive excellence and the full student experience. You have ...

Two Bates faculty members, both in the Department of English, have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced that Jessica Anthony ’96, senior ...

The application pool for the Class of 2030 is the largest in Bates’ history with a total of 12,009 applicants seeking admission for the 2026-2027 academic year. This marks only the second time the ...

Nine members of the faculty have received promotions, including seven tenure awards, effective Feb. 6. The promotions were recommended by the Faculty Personnel Committee and approved by the Bates ...