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Bates College cancels its traditional commencement this year

by Steve Collins April 6, 2020April 8, 2020

Faced with the threat of COVID-19, the college plans to hold a virtual graduation ceremony online instead May 31.

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Bates professor leads effort to print coronavirus protective gear

by Steve Collins April 3, 2020April 4, 2020

Personnel at Bates, Colby and Bowdoin colleges are working together to use 3-D printers to make visors for face shields needed by medical staff and first responders.

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Former player’s fight against COVID-19 brings Bates College, lacrosse community together

by Randy Whitehouse March 25, 2020March 26, 2020

Players, alumni and national lacrosse community are rallying around Bates All-American Jack Allard.

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Jack Allard, former Bates All-American battling COVID-19, moves closer to experimental treatment

by Randy Whitehouse March 25, 2020March 26, 2020

The 25-year-old Bates College graduate has been cleared to receive an experimental drug but remains in a coma and on a ventilator.

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College softball: Bates seniors Panepinto, Pelletier feel extra pain of season’s abrupt end

by Wil Kramlich March 24, 2020March 25, 2020

The Bobcats were off to a 6-2 start to a season-opening Florida trip, then the coronavirus wiped out the remainder of what was a promising season.

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St. Mary’s worker and a Bates grad are battling COVID-19

by Sun Journal Staff Report March 24, 2020March 26, 2020

A hospital health care provider tested positive for coronavirus and a former All-American lacrosse player is critically ill in New Jersey, according to news reports.

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Coronavirus case confirmed at Bates College

by Mark LaFlamme March 19, 2020March 23, 2020

LEWISTON — A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Bates College, school officials announced Thursday night. Although, officials didn’t specify whether the patient is a student or faculty, he or she was said to be at home in self-isolation. “We became aware of this case today,” Bates President Clayton Spencer wrote on the school […]