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Bates junior Nolan Collins won NESCAC Pitcher of the Week honors on March 11, 2019. (File photo by Theophil Syslo/Bates College)

Nolan Collins named NESCAC Pitcher of the Week

Mar 11, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates junior Nolan Collins, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., was named the first NESCAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week of the 2019 season, announced Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Collins (...
Mar 13, 2019, 11:01am EDT
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Bates College senior goalie Eliza Statile was named NESCAC Player of the Week on March 4, 2019. (File photo by Theophil Syslo/Bates College)

Ipswich grad named NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week

Mar 04, 2019 HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates College senior goalkeeper Eliza Statile of Ipswich, Mass., was named NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week on Monday, after her heroic performance in the Bobcats' 11-10 overtime win at Middlebury on Saturday....
Mar 5, 2019, 11:27am EST
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John Rex will compete in the weight throw at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston on March 8, 2019. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)

Rex set to make NCAA Championship debut in the weight throw

Mar 04, 2019 LEWISTON, Maine -- Sophomore John Rex of Andover, Mass., will represent the Bates men's track and field team at this week's NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, taking place at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Rex (Andover, Mass...
Mar 5, 2019, 11:23am EST
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From left to right, Katie Barker, Ayden Eickhoff, Amanda Kaufman, Elise Lambert and Vanessa Paolella will represent Bates the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, March 8-9, 2019 in Boston. (Photos by Brewster Burns for Bates College)

Bates College Women's track entering five athletes at NCAA Indoor Championships

Mar 04, 2019 LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates women's track and field team will have five athletes competing in a combined three events at this week's NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by UMass-Boston and taking place at the R...
Mar 5, 2019, 11:20am EST
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Bates College’s logo.

Applications to Bates College set record for second consecutive year

This week begins the home stretch of a historic enrollment season as the Bates Admission Committee embarks on its review of regular-decision applications. And it's a long stretch: For the incoming Class of 2023, Bates received a record-setting 8,222...
Mar 1, 2019, 1:57pm EST
Bates swimmers who will compete at the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships are (top row, left to right) Caroline Apathy, Erin Bucki, Emmy Daigle, Lucy Faust, (bottom row, left to right) Janika Ho, Isabel Mohammadi-Hall, Maya Reynoso Williams, Suzy Ryckman and Caroline Sweeney. (Photos by Brewster Burns for Bates College)

Women's swimming to send record-matching nine student-athletes to NCAA Championships

Feb 27, 2019 INDIANAPOLIS -- The Bates women's swim team will send nine student-athletes to compete in the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, to be held March 20-23 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. The Bobcats mat...
Feb 28, 2019, 1:19pm EST
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Erin Bucki headshot.
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Caroline Apathy headshot.
Bridget Tweedie ’21 tests how effectively a brush pulls raisins, meant to represent fleas, from a piece of synthetic fur, while her lab partner, Wendy Memishian ’19, prepares to record data. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

In biomimetic experiment, cat tongues lick the competition nearly every time

Published on February 7, 2019 One day in a lab in Carnegie Hall, Ruth van Kampen '19 of Brunswick, Maine, and Josh Turner '20 of Andover, Mass., tied weights to a rectangular plastic brush and let it fall through a piece of synthetic fur, mounted ve...
Feb 14, 2019, 8:49am EST
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Bates debater Maya Benziger ’22 of Aurora, Ill., gives a speech during the practice debates. (Grace Link ’19/Bates College)

Match students learn from Bates College debaters

Most weekends, Bates classrooms resemble ghost towns, with desks and chairs askew and semi-erased chalkboards hinting at bygone activity. One Saturday morning in mid-January, Room 300 in Pettigrew Hall was a different story. A whirl of activity desc...
Feb 4, 2019, 4:21pm EST
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Bates College Assistant Sports Information Director Aaron Morse gives it his all on the squash court.

Video: Courting disaster, Bates squash players teach a complete novice

Video: Courting disaster, Bates squash players teach a complete novice By Aaron Morse - Published on February 1, 2019 Bates College squash is perennially one of the strongest small-college programs in America. It is home to five All-America...
Feb 4, 2019, 9:41am EST
Graham Bonnell headshot.
Harry Meadows of Bates (standing) speaks with Abigail Westberry also of Bates (right) who teamed up with Zach Manuel of Morehouse (left) for the annual Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays Debate. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

VIDEO: Behind the scenes for the Morehouse-Bates debate on MLK day

"Everybody has disagreements," says Morehouse College debater Hatim Mansori. "But what's the best way for all of us to get along? The key thing is to have a conversation." The annual Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Class of 1920, Debate brings debate...
Jan 31, 2019, 4:11pm EST
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