Revisit 2025 through the eyes of Bates photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo. Their favorite images of the ...

During the last week of classes for the fall semester, two first-year seminars gathered together for an interactive joint ...

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture Carolina González Valencia's feature-length film How to Clean a House in 10 ...

In 2025, Bates social media shared thousands of posts. Here are some of the moments that captured the attention of not just ...

Starting January 1, 2026, for select journals published by Elsevier and Springer, a new document delivery service called ...

Short Term at Bates — four weeks at the height of Maine’s spring, from late April through May — is a time for intense, focused work. You’ll live and breathe one class, and one class only. It’s an ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates is a community-wide opportunity to discuss, teach, and reflect on the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s observance, ...

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highly personalized education that centers on deep and sustained interactions ...

Benjamin Mays ’20 and the Rev. Martin Luther King promised each other: He who outlived the other would deliver his friend’s last eulogy. On April 9, 1968, Mays made good on the promise. Benjamin Mays ...