New Transportation Services Available to the Bowdoin Community

From shared cars and shuttles to bus services and bikes, the Bowdoin community has more transportation options than ever before, making travel — whether a local errand or a trip out of town — easy, affordable and environmentally friendly.

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Bowdoin Opens Academic Year with 209th Convocation

The College's annual Convocation ceremony, marking the official opening of the 209th academic year, was held September 1, 2010, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.

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Convocation 2010 Welcome: President Barry Mills

President Barry Mills presided over Bowdoin's 209th Convocation, marking the official opening of the academic year. In his welcoming remarks, Mills speaks to perceptions of the College, its commitment to diversity on all levels, and its place in the heart of the country's democratic traditions.

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Convocation 2010 Address: Professor B. Zorina Khan

Professor of Economics B. Zorina Khan delivered the talk, "Ideas and the Democratic Ideal," at Bowdoin's 2010 Convocation, held September 1, 2010, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.

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Convocation 2010: Voices from Bowdoin's Past

Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster delivered the talk, "Voices from Bowdoin's Past," at the College's 209th Convocation Wednesday, September 1, 2010, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.

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Bowdoin Receives Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, a living memorial to the nation's 33rd president, a man dedicated to education and public service, has designated the College a 2010 Truman Foundation Honor Institution.

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Strong Like Bull (Moose): Brett Wickard ’90, His Music Biz on NECN

Brett Wickard '90 and Chris Brown '91 launched Bull Moose Music while students at Bowdoin, and the old-school music store (now a successful chain) continues to thrive in an industry that's otherwise nearly dead. Bull Moose and its founders are featured in a news segment that aired on NECN.

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Bowdoin in the News: August in Review

Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster is in The New York Times twice in as many months, sharing words of wisdom with first-year students, and some returning students make their way back to Bowdoin from Oregon — on bikes. These are just two of the stories that put Bowdoin in the news this August.

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Robert E. Peary: Exhibition, Doll on the Move

After a successful run of more than two years, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum exhibition Northward Over the Great Ice: Robert E. Peary and the Quest for the North Pole is closing, but "plush Peary" continues his travels.

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NY Times: Self-Reliance, Newfound Business Skills Keys to Entrepreneur Saudia Davis '00 Success

Entrepreneur Saudia Davis '00 is highlighted in "Some Business Skills to Go With the Passion," a New York Times article about the entrepreneurial ideal and the college courses and continuing education classes that endeavor to foster it.

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College Launches First Online Catalogue

For more than two centuries the Bowdoin College Catalogue has been the authoritative source for information about the College. A one-page document upon its inception in 1807, the Catalogue has necessarily grown and changed with the times; today Bowdoin presents the new 2010-2011 online Catalogue.

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Good Fortune: Beth Kowitt '07 Writes Cover Story Going Inside Secretive Trader Joe's, Discusses on NPR

Fortune magazine writer and reporter Beth Kowitt '07 examines the quirky Trader Joe's grocery store chain, attempting to go beyond the Thai lime-and-chili cashews and $2 wine for a glimpse at the notoriously secretive company as it begins to expand into new markets. Kowitt, who spent two months investigating the cover story of the current issue, spoke with NPR's Renee Montagne about what she found.

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Who We Are: A Class of 2014 Exhibition at Smith Union

Thoughts, feelings and photos from members of the Class of 2014 compose the exhibition, Who We Are, on display in Smith Union.

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Prof. Susan Bell Talks Destigmatizing Disease on NPR

It's become common for patients with diseases like cancer to wear ribbons or buttons, or to sport bumper stickers that reveal the illness. Some critics argue the trend has become just another corporate marketing opportunity. A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences Susan E. Bell, interviewed for a segment on NPR, has studied patient responses from artists' books to photography to large political organizations.

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Class of 2014 Begins College Career with Pre-Orientation Trips

Approximately three-quarters of the students from the incoming first-year class will begin their Bowdoin careers with a variety of pre-orientation — or "pre-o" — trips. Some students choose adventures that take them out into the environment while others select experiences that immerse them in their new community.

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American Icon Co-Author Nate Vinton '01 on Roger Clemens Indictment

In the wake of Roger Clemens' indictment on perjury charges, the Bowdoin Daily Sun features an interview with investigative reporter Nate Vinton '01, co-author of the headline-making book, American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), about the indictment and what's next for the pitcher known as "Rocket."

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