New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over ...

Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen ...

Armendáriz, professor of politics, was certain that she would never make a career out of studying Latin America. But, when ...

Stuart Gurley, who manages both Olin Arts and the applied music program at Bates, conducts several Bates students as they ...

The off-campus application for 2026-2027 will open on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Read below for more information about the off-campus living process and policies. Bates is a residential college; ...