Bowdoin - Academic Spotlight http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ en-us 2008-05-08T15:11:29-05:00 Mike Kolster Awarded 2008 Karofsky Prize http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/005085.shtml Michael J. Kolster has been named the recipient of the 2008 Sydney B. Karofsky Prize for Junior Faculty. The innovative photographer has been seminal in bringing digital and large-format photography to the College.]]> 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-05-08T15:11:29-05:00 Climate Change Expert to Head Environmental Studies Program http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/005109.shtml Philip Camill, a leading expert on climate change, will join the Bowdoin faculty as the Rusack Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies, beginning July 1, 2008. Camill will be the new director of the Environmental Studies Program.]]> 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-05-06T10:50:26-05:00 Marine and Fisheries Ecologist Is New Kent Island Director http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/004997.shtml Beginning May 1, 2008, the Bowdoin Scientific Station (BSS) will welcome new Director Damon P. Gannon, an expert in marine mammals and fisheries ecology. 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-04-28T16:09:11-05:00 Creating Environmental Activism One Story at a Time http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/004924.shtml A group of highly talented writers emerge out of a Telling Environmental Stories course, one of the College's newest offerings.]]> 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-04-28T12:08:13-05:00 Scholars Question Boundaries Between Indigenous, Scientific Knowledge http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/004995.shtml A Bowdoin conference on indigenous knowledge brings North American and African scholars together to debate its very definitions. 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-04-09T11:10:03-05:00 Shende Sounds Hopeful Note With Longfellow Poems http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/004971.shtml Bowdoin composer Vineet Shende turns to Longfellow as inspiration for his most ambitious composition to date, a Portland Symphony Orchestra premiere.]]> 1-AcademicNews sframe 2008-04-04T10:26:28-05:00