Artist and museum educator Randy Williams will give a talk titled “Everything is Connected: The Art of Resisting Definition,” focusing on his intertwining career as a visual artist, teacher, and museum educator, at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston. The lecture aligns with the Saturday, Oct. […]
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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.
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Smithsonian curator to present lecture at Bates College
Ashleigh D. Coren is a Bates College alumna (Class of ’05)
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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.
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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.
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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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Nation & World, Politics
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.
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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
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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.
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Local students make Bates College dean’s list
LEWISTON — Two local students have been named to the 2022 fall semester dean’s list at Bates College. Ed Zuis of Monmouth, the son of Edmund Zuis and Catherine Squires, is a graduate of Monmouth Academy. He is a junior majoring in biological chemistry and mathematics. Evan Wells of Gardiner, son of Jeffrey Wells and […]