Bowdoin Magazine
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Inside the Fall 2026 issue
Features
Herd Mentality
After forty years of wrangling cattle, degrees in psychology and counseling, a stint in criminal justice work, and a triple black belt in Aikido, fourth-generation Montana rancher Whit Hibbard ’73 is leading a revolution in low-stress livestock handling.
Adrift
What do we lose when we can no longer lose ourselves in the pages of a book? Is there a way back to that delight?
Finding Ella
Bringing her grandmother’s music to light gave Kelly Kerney ’02 and her husband, Ethan Bullard ’03, a way to tell Ella’s whole story.
Q&A
- Enduring Entertainer: Renowned movie and television producer John Davis ’77 has left a lasting mark over four decades in the industry.
Column
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Reluctant Return: Wayne Burton ’66 wrote a book in 2018 about his experiences fighting in Vietnam. He had one more chapter to write.
Profiles
- Sam Nordberg ’99 was in the World Trade Center on 9/11 when he decided to make a change.
- Claire Lyons ’77 is an archaeologist and curator in the antiquities department at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Joshua Pondick ’14 leads a team dedicated to material failure analysis and research for the Energy Lab at Eversource.
Forward
- Worldwide Smile: Selina Asante ’07 is a public health dentist and the founder of a foundation that addresses oral health disparities.
Dine
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Associate Dean Mike Ranen worked for two decades to re-create the recipe for his grandmother's spinach pie.