News

Twelve Grads, Ten Countries, One Year of Teaching or Researching Abroad

Meet Bowdoin's newest Fulbright fellows and trace where their work will take them—from a forest in Slovenia to a particle-physics lab in Hungary to classrooms in Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and South Korea.

A Joyful Noise

A Musical Showcase

Many musical tastes were covered at the Bowdoin music department’s recent inaugural showcase concert. The aim, say faculty, was to get the word out about all the programs and classes the department is offering as students think about registering for spring classes.
AIDS Today

AIDS Action Week Brings Speakers and Quilt Memorial to Campus

In anticipation of AIDS Awareness Month in December, Bowdoin professor Jay Sosa has collaborated with offices and departments across campus to plan a series of events about the AIDS epidemic and its ongoing prevalence.
“Amor Eterno”

Marigolds, Mariachi, and Memories: Students Celebrate Día de los Muertos at Bowdoin

Hosted by the Latin American Students Organization (LASO), the gathering drew students, faculty, and families to Ladd House to remember loved ones through storytelling, music, food, and tradition.
Busy Days at Bowdoin

Family Weekend Slideshow

Bowdoin's annual Family Weekend, which took place this year from October 30 to November 1, was planned with a schedule full of ways for guests to experience campus life.
History Around Us

Student Club Lingers on Our Collective History

Old buildings, wacky student stories, and even a little murder mystery from time to time. For the Bowdoin Preservation Collective, history is a way to shed light on the present, connect with the community, and have a bit of fun.
Public Health, Social Healing

Photo Exhibit Highlights Struggles of Apartheid Era Health Clinic in South Africa

Historian David Gordon tasks his students with curating a photographic show depicting life in and around a pioneering health clinic in a Black township near Johannesburg during the last few years of South Africa’s apartheid regime. For Gordon, it’s a topic with a uniquely personal connection.
Finding the Words

Poetry in the Museum: Student Poets Get Inspired By America at 250

The Bowdoin Museum of Art recently invited students to read poems—their own or works by others—that they thought illuminated themes from the current show USA@250.
BNOW in NYC

Bowdoin Women Reflect on Leadership, Mentorship, and the Power of Connection

A Bowdoin Network of Women panel brought alumnae together for a candid conversation about career paths, overcoming challenges, and the importance of lifting others up along the way.
Symposium of Discoveries

A Quad Full of Questions, and a Lot of Answers

About 200 Bowdoin students gathered on the first afternoon of Family Weekend to share the results of research that has taken them from campus labs to icefields in Alaska.
Rising Together

First to See the Sunrise: The Spirit of Bowdoin Crew

After months of training on the New Meadows, Bowdoin’s most experienced fleet traveled to Boston October 18 to race in the world’s largest regatta, the Head Of The Charles.
“For Curiosity Alone”

Students Encouraged to Embrace Academic Challenges on Sarah and James Bowdoin Day

As they consider classes to take next semester, students were urged to test themselves by taking a difficult course in an unfamiliar field. The advice came from Italian medievalist and Dante scholar Alejandro Cuadrado, keynote faculty speaker at this year’s Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony, honoring students’ outstanding academic achievement.
The Fun Boils Over

Lobster Pot: How Ultimate's Fall Tournament Embodies the Magic of Club Sports

First-year Lia Gavin ’30 reflects on why Ultimate, and especially its first tournament of the year, is such a special part of being a student at Bowdoin.
Minds and Machines

Asking Questions; Questioning Answers

Continuing our series of stories looking at artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI and how it’s taught across the curriculum, we’re going to focus on how one philosophy class approaches the issue.
Bowdoin in the News

Franklin Leonard and David Simon Take the Conversation to "207"

Award-winning television producer David Simon, creator of The Wire, and Franklin Leonard, founder of The Black List and Bowdoin’s inaugural Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow, were interviewed on campus for a pair of segments that aired on the WCSH newsmagazine 207.