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.

Toxic Traces

Tracking Eider Ducks, Searching for Clues

Working from the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Olivia Ho ’28 uses VHF tracking technology to monitor the activity of eider ducks in Harpswell Sound. The summer project is part of an ongoing study into the impact of toxic chemicals on the natural environment, following a major spill in the area two years ago.
A Taste of Student Summer Research

Unpacking “Fringe” Political Beliefs, Analyzing Seabird Behavior, and How Structural Inequality in the South Survived the US Civil War

Bowdoin undergraduates have been pursuing a wide range of funded academic projects over the summer. In all, 180 students received research fellowships over the summer. Concluding our series of summer fellowship profiles, we hear from a philosopher, an ecologist, and a student of US history.
Major Milestone

Bowdoin Welcomes the Class of 2030

First-years began their Bowdoin journey August 24, with staff, students, and faculty on hand to welcome them and help with the move-in.
Claws up! So chic.

Lobster Bake Fashion

One of our favorite traditions, the all-school lobster bake, happens before classes start for the fall semester. It's a great time to meet new friends, reunite with old friends, and for some, make a fashion statement.

Let's get crackin'.
A Cinematic Spectacle

Overall, a Big Thumbs-up: Classics Faculty React to Nolan’s Odyssey Movie

Does Christopher Nolan’s latest Hollywood blockbuster The Odyssey do justice to Homer’s 3,0000-year-old epic poem? Three Bowdoin classics scholars weigh in.
CHANT: A World Premiere

Combining Movement, Wordless Voices, and Technology

A new performance piece by composer and multimedia artist Badie Khaleghian combines dance, human vocal sounds, and technology. The cutting-edge work, which also involves two of Khaleghian’s Bowdoin faculty colleagues, enjoys its world premiere in Houston, Texas, in mid-August.
Thanking the Thalheimers

Oral History Project Honors Family Who Donated Schiller Center Property

Once it was a family farmhouse and a much-loved summer retreat. Now it’s a thriving coastal studies center serving the Bowdoin community, thanks to one family. The College launches an oral history project to recognize the generosity of the Thalheimers.
Asking Questions, Gaining Answers

Five Students, Five Paths to Better Health

This summer, many of the 223 students who received Bowdoin funded internship grants used them to gain experience in health care, and many of these pursued research.
Sea Creatures Under Stress

Tracking Marine Life: Students Showcase Summer Research at Schiller

Bowdoin students have been based at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center over the summer break pursuing a variety of research projects and making full use of the facility’s seawater-filled wet laboratories.
Meet the Hastings Summer Fellows

Harnessing AI for the Common Good

Five students are being funded by the Hastings Initiative to pursue projects over the summer in a range of areas, inside and outside the classroom. They are all working with faculty or staff on projects using artificial intelligence tools to make the world a better place.
Bowdoin in the News

National Spotlight on Bowdoin's Funded Internships

Bowdoin's commitment to ensuring its students can pursue meaningful career experiences recently caught the attention of the US News & World Report.
Showing up for Community

Lessons from a Summer in Maine Communities

Forty-two students this summer have environmental, community, or public service internships to explore how local people are working to improve society. They recently came together to share their experiences.
Sustainable Innovation

Bowdoin Students Explore Many Paths to Sustainability

Several students with funded internships are learning to use the tools of technology, finance, and policy to help the environment.
Auf Wiedersehen

Three Polar Bears Heading to Germany on Prestigious Twelve-Month Exchange Program

The Bowdoin graduates have been selected for a bilateral program enabling young professionals to study and work in Germany for a year. They are among sixty-five Americans taking part in the initiative, run jointly by US Congress and the German Bundestag.