Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
(see more)Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Students serve on Bates College Martin Luther King Jr. Day planning committee
Each year at Bates, the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an intense multi-day, community-wide opportunity to discuss, teach, and reflect on King's legacy. Eight students served on the committee overseeing the planning and coordination of the event.
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2019 Jan 31
Ariel Lee delivers presentation on summer research
85 Bates students delivered presenations summarizing their summer research. This work was made possible thanks to support through the Dean of the Faculty's office.
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2019 Jan 29
Bates College students present summer research
85 Bates students delivered presenations summarizing their summer research. This work was made possible thanks to support through the Dean of the Faculty's office.
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2019 Jan 22
Dana Scholars named at Bates College
Established in 1965 through the support of the Charles A. Dana Foundation, the Dana Scholars Program recognizes exemplary academic excellence and promise, leadership potential, and community service. The program grants awards to twenty students from each first-year class.
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2019 Jan 14
Bates College names community liaisons
Established in 2013, the Bates College Community Liaison Program is supported by the Office of Campus Life and the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. Students who serve as community liaisons for their clubs lead community engagement efforts developing activities, programs, and partnerships that encourage civic learning.
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2018 Dec 19
William Carlyle Turner works as research assistant at Columbia University
Bates College senior William Carlyle Turner spent his summer working as a research assistant with the Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group at Columbia University in New York City.
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2018 Sep 20
Ackerman spends summer studying avian immune systems
Bates College senior Ross Ackerman spent his summer assisting Professor of Biology Don Dearborn with his research on the avian immune system of Leach's storm-petrels.
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2018 Sep 20
Michael Somma interns at Analysis Group in Boston
Bates College senior Michael Somma spent his summer interning at Analysis Group in Boston.
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2018 Sep 19
Samantha Fellers interns at the Guggenheim Museum
Bates College senior Samantha Fellers spent her summer as a development and membership intern at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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2018 Sep 20
Maya Church interns at consulting firm in New York City
Bates College rising junior Maya Church has spent her summer interning at Okapi Partners, a consulting firm in New York City.
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2018 Sep 19
Morgan Dewdney interns at Analysis Group in Boston
Bates College senior Morgan Dewdney spent his summer interning at Analysis Group in Boston.
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2018 Sep 19
Kasey Anderson interns at McLean Hospital
Bates College junior Kasey Anderson spent her summer interning at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.
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2018 Sep 19
Kristyna Alexova interns at Fusemachines
Bates College senior Kristyna Alexova spent her summer working as a marketing and sales intern at Fusemachines, an artificial intelligence services provider in New York City.
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2018 Sep 19
Kristin Koepnick explores production management
Bates College sophomore Kristin Koepnick Smith spent her summer working in production management for the annual Bates Dance Festival.
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2018 Sep 19
Isabella Del Priore intern at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
Bates College senior Isabella Del Priore spent her summer interning at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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2018 Sep 19
Hugh Gorman spent summer as a research trainee at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, in Boston
Bates College senior Hugh Gorman spent his summer as a research trainee at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, in Boston
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2018 Sep 19
Hannah Smith works as research assistant
Bates College senior Hannah Smith spent her summer working as a research assistant for Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Andrew Kennedy.
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2018 Sep 19
Hermione Zhou studied food sourcing in China
Bates College sophomore Hermione Zhou spent her summer examining how hundreds Chinese restaurants source their food.
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2018 Sep 19
Grace Murnaghan spends summer interning at Boston-based startup
Bates College junior Grace Murnaghan spent her summer interning at RateGravity, a Boston-based mortgage services startup.
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2018 Sep 19
Bates student interns for portable power company
Bates College senior Drew Parsons spent the summer working as interns for EcoFlow, a portable power company in San Francisco.
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2018 Sep 19
Emily Lufburrow interns at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
Bates College senior Emily Lufburrow spent her summer interning Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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2018 Sep 19
Eliot Chalfin-Smith teaches local youth bike repair
Bates College sophomore Eliot Chalfin Smith spent his summer teaching youth of Lewiston, Maine how to repair bicycles.
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2018 Sep 19
Ben Lyons interns for Nasdaq
Bates College senior Ben Lyons interns for Nasdaq Private Market.
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2018 Sep 19
Bella Stone participates in biomedical research
Bates College senior Bella Stone spent her summer conducting research at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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2018 Sep 19
Alexia Sahue interns at Analysis Group in Boston
Bates College senior Alexia Sahue spent her summer interning at Analysis Group in Boston.
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2018 Sep 19
A tuna tournament helps Michaela Pinette get in tune with purposeful work
Gills & Guts: Bates College rising senior Michaela Pinette, a biology and economics major from Cape Elizabeth, Maine has spent her summer interning at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine.
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2018 Aug 23
Students cultivate a growth mindset as Bates produce reaches diners
Dining Services and the Bates EcoReps established the fifth-acre garden, formally called the Plot, this year as an educational program. Garden interns like Josie Gillett of Seattle and Katharine Gaillard of Boston get hands-on experience with commercial and sustainable food production practices - and the campus gets a working farm, albeit a tiny one, that one day will also serve as classroom and lab.
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2018 Aug 13
Bates graduates 473 students
Bates College graduated 473 students from 39 states and 42 countries on May 27, 2018. Cumulatively, the Class of 2018 performed 82,000 hours of community service, exemplifying Bates' commitment to community learning and civic action.
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2018 Jul 18
Amelia Wilhelm nominated by NESCAC for NCAA Woman of the Year
Bates College's Amelia Wilhelm has been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award by the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service, and leadership. The award has been given annually since 1991.
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2018 Jun 28
Mount Vernon grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
Stephen Rowe of Gambier, Ohio, has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.
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2018 May 29