Bowdoin scholars from across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences have been rewarded for their academic achievements with promotion from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2026.
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An environmental studies and government major is spending his senior year researching Maine’s groundbreaking food sovereignty law, which was passed in 2017 to protect people’s right to food and support small farmers.
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An expert in computational linguistics, Dan Loehr gave a talk at Bowdoin on how AI is and can be used to address climate change by mitigating emissions from carbon-intensive sectors, modeling climate change, and capturing carbon.
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Bowdoin’s Roux Distinguished Scholar Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has picked up a prestigious TIME Earth Award for her efforts to address the climate crisis. In her acceptance speech, she urged the world to work much faster to combat climate change.
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Williams, who now teaches at Rutgers University, returned to Bowdoin recently to deliver her talk, “When Hunger is the Disaster: Fannie Lou Hamer and June Jordan’s Food Justice Work in the Mississippi Delta.”
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Students representing a variety of disciplines gathered on the Quad last Friday to showcase a range of information-packed posters highlighting their summer research projects.
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One of the nation’s leading environmental and constitutional attorneys, Phil Gregory recently spent two days at Bowdoin to discuss his work representing young people who are pushing governments to address their contributions to climate change.
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The best-selling writer and researcher visits campus to meet with students and faculty and to deliver an address to the Bowdoin community. It’s all part of the College’s Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity, which aims to prepare students to lead in a world reshaped by artificial intelligence.
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From astronomy to creative writing, by way of biology, political science, and literary/cultural studies, Bowdoin scholars from a variety of fields have been recognized through the award of research grants. Over the last six months, at least half a dozen faculty members have received funding from external sources to help them pursue their trailblazing scholarship.
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From distinguished fellowships and international conferences to influential research and publications, Bowdoin scholars are leaving their mark on a wide range of fields.
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