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  • Awards Spotlight

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    Research Grants Help Bowdoin Faculty Across the Spectrum

    From astronomy to creative writing, by way of biology, political science, and literary/cultural studies, Bowdoin scholars from a variety of fields have been recognized through the award of research grants. Over the last six months, at least half a dozen faculty members have received funding from external sources to help them pursue their trailblazing scholarship.

  • Unearthing Possibilities

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    Getting the Dirt on Bowdoin’s New Soil Library

    When visiting professor Trang Nguyen arrived at Bowdoin to teach in the earth and oceanographic science department, she decided to create a Maine soil library for students to help reveal the hidden histories beneath their feet.

  • Bowdoin's most famous class graduates

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    Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Class of 1825

    On Wednesday, September 7, 1825, Bowdoin College held its twentieth commencement, graduating its "most famous class," that of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne. A new online exhibition marks this 200th anniversary and recreates the Library's Spring 2025 exhibition "Before They Were Famous: The Student Days of the Class of 1825."

  • The New Class

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    Bowdoin Welcomes the Class of 2029

    Through an intensive and thoughtful selection process, Bowdoin College has enrolled an entering class of 515 students from 14,045 submitted applications—a slight increase over last year’s applicant pool—resulting in an acceptance rate of 7 percent.

  • Advice for the Class of 2029

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    Convocation Speaker Offers Tips on AI and the Future Job Market

    Professor of Economics Erik Nelson offered advice to the incoming Class of 2029 on how to prepare for the job market when they graduate—a job market likely to be made much more challenging by artificial intelligence (AI): lean into your liberal arts education.

  • Hitting the Perfect Note

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    How to Choose the Right Piano

    The music department recently took delivery of a brand-new grand piano, thanks to a generous donor. Priced at more than $100,000, the instrument in question is a near six-foot Steinway practice grand, individually selected by Bowdoin faculty for its “beautifully balanced tone,” after a visit to the Steinway showroom in Boston.

  • All Aboard!

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    America from a Train Window

    Daniel Hennelly ’26 hit the tracks over the summer, crisscrossing the country via rail. Laden with photography equipment, the student veteran embarked on a visual arts project to capture the experience of rail travel in the US.

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