At their sold-out show at Portland's State Theatre, Big Thief, a Brooklyn-based indie-folk band, shouted out Bates. In Francesco Duina's latest collection, The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the ...

James L. Moody, Jr. Family Prof Emeritus of Performing Arts ...

Lalla Essaydi is a New York-based, Moroccan-born photographer, painter, and installation artist. Over the past decade, she has risen to international prominence with her timely and beautiful work that ...

Bates is proud to recognize the achievements and volunteer contributions of our alumni, parents, and friends through a program of awards and honors. Below you can learn about these awards and about ...

General feedback and questions about Bates College can be shared with us through this form. If you would like to study at Bates or are looking for scholarship or financial aid information, view our ...

Spending time on campus is a great way to get to know Bates. During your visit, observe the day-to-day life of students here. Take in views of the historic quad, the glass walls of our new Bonney ...

Yes! The Office of Admission welcomes prospective students and their families Monday – Friday, except when noted. The office is also open on select Saturdays in the fall and spring. We encourage you ...

The first gifts to support Bates College reflected donors’ hope for the future. Seth and Mary Hathorn gave Oren Cheney $5,000 to build Hathorn Hall with the hope that their gift would “do good” for ...

Please consider checking the status of our parking lot at bmmparking.com before making your trip. Once our parking lot is full, we turn away additional vehicles as part of our management strategy.

“I’m really proud of this,” says Associate Professor of Politics Leslie Hill, holding a laminated, but yellowed, newspaper clipping that recalls a historic moment of protest by African American women.

In their recently published study “Defining promise: optional standardized testing policies in American college and university admissions”, Bill Hiss and Valerie Franks conclude that there are few ...

A lot of what we know, or think we know, about archaeology comes from movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark: Indiana Jones racing Forrestal or Belloq to discover the next cool thing. Hollywood aside, ...