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Published
March 13, 2024

Obscure social networking app causing problems at Bates College

College president urges deletion of Blind Tiger app that he said is being used to 'demean and humiliate' fellow students.
Published
February 21, 2024

Every member of Bates College’s famed debate team resigns

The college says it will look into the turmoil as Brooks Quimby Debate Council submits resignation letter.
Published
January 21, 2024

Bates College agrees to pay former coach’s children sickened by mold in college-owned house

The settlement between the Lewiston college and former head football coach Malik Hall says nothing about a variety of racial claims.
Published
January 14, 2024

Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates

Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college's food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.
Published
October 27, 2023

‘We could just hear sirens’: Bates students mourn with their neighbors

A night of panic turned into 2 days of uncertainty as students sheltered in place on campus.

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Published
October 8, 2023

A new biography of the late Judge Frank M. Coffin does a remarkable man justice

'A Man for All Branches' relates Coffin's impressive career and captures his equally notable devotion to his family.
Published
September 8, 2023

Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.

A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and Colby colleges also have below-average economic diversity, according to the research.
Published
September 5, 2023

New president welcomes new class at Bates College

Garry Jenkins, the new president of Bates college, delivers a speech during the annual convocation.
Published
August 13, 2023

Maine’s salt marshes play key role in fight against climate change, new report says

The state has at least 84 square miles of blue carbon reservoirs, which store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the soil and vegetation. That much carbon is equal to the annual emissions of 1.25 million passenger cars.
Published
July 19, 2023

Our View: Coy on legacy admissions, Maine’s top colleges contradict themselves

Reluctant to provide information about favorable treatment for children of alumni, Bates, Bowdoin and Colby show there are limits to their commitment to fairness and transparency.