The vote by the Bates faculty to make SAT scores optional for admission led to Bates' leadership in the national conversation about promise, access, and academic ability in American higher education.

In light of the upcoming election in November, we are so pleased to share that the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) has recognized Bates College for its nonpartisan democratic engagement ...

In an email to the campus community, President Garry W. Jenkins has shared the news of the passing of Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Physics George Antony Ruff, a member of the faculty from ...

Founded in 1995 by four students with a budding interest in EMT work, Bates Emergency Medical Services, grounded in caring ...

Thank you for all that you do and keeping our campus fed! Refried beans, in my opinion, do not compare to regular warm seasoned black or pinto beans. I also enjoy rice and beans on its own, but I lack ...

Students in Brett Huggett’s Plant Physiology class (Bio 380) learn hands-on about how plants function. Courses offered for the current and upcoming terms can be accessed through the Garnet Gateway. To ...

Each thesis should begin with a title page that provides the title of the document, the type of thesis (i.e., service learning or empirical), the affiliation, author’s name, location, and date. Along ...

The formal, written thesis proposal is due by 4:00 pm on the third Friday of September. You are expected to turn in 2 hard copies of your document to the Chair by this deadline. The Chair then ...

Professor Sargent is a social psychologist by training, but with interests in political psychology. Most of his research focus is on the ways that people’s collective identities relate to how they ...