Bates College recognizes local Dana Scholars

Auburn’s Ilyas Bashir makes the rounds as a Golden Gloves boxer

Bashir — an 18-year-old freshmen at Bates College — sees pugilism as an outlet and something that builds character and establishes discipline.

Monmouth student named Dana Scholar at Bates College

Bates College tells students they must wear high-quality masks

As Bates College shifts back to in-person classes, it mandates mask upgrades to help thwart COVID-19.

Lewiston’s best restaurant refused to serve Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘spiritual mentor’

Fearing a racist response from other diners in 1945, the DeWitt Hotel refused to allow Benjamin Mays, a prominent Bates College graduate who had come to speak in the city, to eat in its public dining room.

Colby College sees surge in COVID-19 cases as students return to campus

College reports 106 cases at its Waterville campus, including 90 students.

Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals

Bates denounces union complaints as 'the very essence of misinformation' after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.

Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions

Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant

Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19

Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.

Booster shots encouraged but not required for Bates College students

The Lewiston college says more COVID-19 restrictions may be needed next semester, but not yet and maybe never.