News

Bowdoin is a Top Producer of Fulbright Fellows for Ninth Straight Year

Seventeen Bowdoin students were offered Fulbright fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year, placing Bowdoin among the top five baccalaureate institutions.

Every Brilliant Thing

Celebrating the Small Joys of Living

Enjoy a slideshow of images by photographer James A. Hadley from Bowdoin College’s recent production of Every Brilliant Thing. The one-person play explores themes of mental illness and suicide as a child creates a list of everything wonderful in the world to help their mother cope with depression.
New Rules

Media and technology expert and author John Wihbey ’98 on AI’s power to shape and inﬂuence media and communications.
The Play's the Thing

Isabella Ardell ’26 reflects on four years of intramural sports and what she learned about competition, friendship, and finding joy in imperfection.
Candidate Conversations

Student Podcast Puts Maine’s Gubernatorial Hopefuls on the Record

Dropping in March: Season Two of “Pine State Politics,” a student-produced podcast that lets Maine’s candidates for governor make their case.
Stories from Stage and Screen

Actor Paul Adelstein ’91 on Hollywood, Beckett, and the Value of a Liberal Arts Education

Bowdoin students enjoyed a special treat in early March as the film and TV actor, who is also a writer and director, shared his insight into the entertainment world. Adelstein’s recent big screen credits include The Menu and Crime 101. He’s also starring in the upcoming TV series The Audacity.
“Retaining an Aesthetic”

Renovated Peucinian Room Connects the New and the Old

The newly renovated Sills Hall contains a space with strong links to Bowdoin’s past: The wood-paneled Peucinian Room, home to the eponymous debating society formed over two centuries ago, maintains an “intentionally Luddite” atmosphere as a place of learning with limited technology.
“Enlisting Perspectives”

Student Veterans Group Hosts Marine Corps Vet and Public Servant John Boerstler

The newly formed Bowdoin Student Veterans Group recently invited former US Marine John Boerstler onto campus for a community conversation. Boerstler talked with fellow USMC veteran Daniel Hennelly ’26 about his transition from the military to college to a career in public service and offered some tips on leadership.
Crackling Ideas

In Daylong Challenge, Students Design Small-Scale Renewable Fixes for Maine

More than thirty Bowdoin students opted to spend a recent Saturday doing something a little different: working together to tackle pressing energy issues.
Black History Month Highlight

Dramatic, Elegant Ebony Ball Celebrates Black Love

The theme of this year's Ebony Ball was Renaissance noir. Think drama, low light, jazz, and “love in the center.”
These Polar Bears Mean Business

College Gets Behind Student-Managed Arctic Fund

The College launches a money-raising drive to formally support a student-managed investment fund. The Arctic Fund, launched by three first-years in 2023, aims to replicate the real-life experience of working in finance and provide economics students with the business smarts to secure top jobs in the world of money management.
Preparing for the Future

How AI Impacts Health Care and the Humanities

As part of the College’s Hastings Initiative, two outside experts share their insight into the fast-changing world of artificial intelligence. In separate events, they looked at the impact of AI on health care and how studying the humanities can help prepare you for a world dominated by AI.
"Extraordinary, Profound, and Sustained Commitment to the Common Good"

Anne Robinson Wadsworth ’81, P’09 to Receive 2026 Common Good Award

A champion for bringing about social change through the transformational power of the education of girls and the fight for global gender equality, Anne Robinson Wadsworth '81 has helped equip and educate young girls in Tanzania through the nonprofit she founded.
Faculty Promotions

Board of Trustees Awards Tenure to Seven Faculty Members

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.
BHM February 2026

Black Love, Care, and Community Steer Bowdoin’s Black History Month

Throughout February, student organizers of Black History Month at Bowdoin arranged a full slate of events, focusing on the themes they believe are most important right now.