Bowdoin Magazine

We publish Bowdoin Magazine three times a year and send it free of charge to all Bowdoin alumni, parents of current and recent undergraduates, members of the senior class, faculty and staff, and members of the Association of Bowdoin Friends.

Inside the Spring 2025 issue:

Features

Right on Earth

Roux Distinguished Scholar Ayana Elizabeth Johnson raises visions of a future rooted in reality and the solutions we need to flourish here on Earth.

Be

Ellis Laifer and Tobi Omola, both Class of 2019, turned their college band first into an honors project, and then into a career. Fortuno was unusually successful, and “making it” seemed only a matter of time.

No Doubt

Is it good to be certain? Writers, doctors, a philosopher, a neuroscientist, and a forensic psychologist tell us what they know—and what they don’t—about certainty.

Q&A

Getting It Right: President Safa Zaki explains how the biggest gift in Bowdoin's history wil create an initiative that allow the College this critical moment history.

Column

Caught: After 9/11, Matt Byrne ’02 served as a firefighter. His classmate Sarah Lovely ’02 and his dad, Ed Byrne ’72, write about the trauma and addiction that cost Matt his life.

Profiles

Charles Wallace ’65, in twenty-seven years as Willamette University's chaplain, offered laughter with his prayers.
Todd Lynch ’96 is a landscape designer and forest therapy guide who believes connecting with place is key.
Gabi Serrato Marks ’15 is a marine geolist who helps scientists tell their stories.

Forward

Senior Spontaneity: Ella Riccio ’25 has made the most of just about every moment at Bowdoin.

Dine

Ranwei Chang ’06 shares an alcohol-free cocktail from her company, Abstinence Spirits.