Smithsonian curator to present lecture at Bates College

Ashleigh D. Coren is a Bates College alumna (Class of '05)

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.

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.

Maine colleges say Supreme Court ruling will harm efforts to create diverse campuses

With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.

Feds found classified papers among Edmund Muskie’s archives at Bates College

The former Secretary of State and U.S. senator from Maine was one of many high-ranking officials who mistakenly held on to secret paperwork.

Students to pay almost 4% more to attend Bates College

Bates to charge $81,382 for tuition, room and board in the coming academic year, though many students get aid

Bates College workers reject proposed union

National Labor Relations Board staffers who counted the ballots said 254 voted against the union while 186 favored it.

Local students make Bates College dean’s list

Bid for a union at Bates College remains stalled in Washington

National Labor Relations Board has yet to rule on Bates' contention that support staff and faculty should not be in the same union.

Bates College names its first Black president

Law school dean Garry Jenkins from Minnesota tapped to succeed Clayton Spencer in Bates' top job.