Jay Burns

A generous menu of creative events — all offered in person and open to the public — awaits attendees at this year’s MLK Day observance at Bates.

The results are in. See your favorite Bates social media posts of 2022.

What the pundits got wrong, why a new same-sex marriage law doesn’t make constitutional sense, and why election denying isn’t a strong strategy;.

A Bates economist’s new research sees a shift in what young Americans want—and don’t want—from the federal government

Focusing on climate and the environment, Bates will make five tenure-track appointments in the coming two years. “Bates is taking advantage of this unique moment in a creative, interesting, and forward-looking way,” says Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.

A big gathering of friends, family, colleagues, and admirers gathered to remember John Jenkins and to dedicate the span as the John T. Jenkins Memorial Bridge.

Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere.

A residential area just north of campus, Montello is the name of a street, a rise of land familiar to generations of Bates joggers, and once home to two commercial mineral springs.

Read real cases of the Spanish Inquisition, and see images of original documents, including the inquisition a Mexican silversmith accused of wearing unsensible shoes.

Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as “simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here’s why.