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  • For Students in ‘The Undiscussed,’ No Topic is Taboo
  • Women's Ultimate Team Headed to Nationals
  • President Mills Honors Students who Embody Leadership, Eloquence
  • Howell House Holds Silent Auction for McKeen Center
  • 2013 Scholarship Appreciation Luncheon
  • Department Awards Presented on 2013 Honors Day
  • Students Help Gelato Fiasco Scoop Up More Than $5K for Teen Center
  • Academic Trip to Colombia Makes Links Between Fiction and Reality
  • From Cambodia to Bowdoin: Two Unlikely Students Recount Their Journeys to College
  • Slideshow: Gorgeous Weather, Music Make Ivies 2013 Memorable
  • Diverse Cultures on Display at Annual Fashion Show
  • Lonnie Hackett ’14 Wins Truman Scholarship
  • BC Prof. Joe Tecce '55 on Coping with the Boston Tragedy (WCVB)
  • Student Night at the Museum, April 2013
  • Karen Mills Christens USNS Millinocket (AL.com)
  • Video: Students Raise Money, Create Cards in Wake of Boston Marathon Bombing (WGME)
  • Two Student Groups Tackle the Middle East Problem
  • Students Reflect on Spring-Break Service Trips
  • Students Give 100th Common Good Grant
  • Bowdoin Junior Competes on Jeopardy! College Championship
  • Bowdoin Experts on What Students Can Do About Climate Change
  • Apekshya Prasai ’16 Wins Peace Grant to Work with Nepalese Street Boys
  • Watch Online: Common Hour with Gerald Chertavian '87 Live this Friday
  • Education Professor Brings Mindfulness into the Classroom
  • Senior Class Shares Hidden Talents
  • Former Bowdoin Fraternity Honors Student Artists
  • Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team Sweeps Tournament
  • Bowdoin's Ghodsee on the Fiery Desperation in Bulgaria (PRI)
  • Paper by Economist Stone Among Featured 'Ideas' (Boston Globe)
  • New Library Exhibition Looks at Chaucer at Bowdoin
  • Bowdoin Faculty Treated to Community-Immersion Field Trip
  • Philosophy Prof. Conly Defends the 'Nanny State' (New York Times)
  • Navy Women's Basketball, with Ties to Bowdoin, Keeps Winning (Navy Sports)
  • Video: Bowdoin Senior Offers Ballet Class, Open to All
  • Nicole Stiffle '04 'Leans In' With Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
  • Bowdoin Talks: Lectures, Discussions and Events Now Available on Demand
  • Video: Taekwondo Master Golden Owens ’15
  • Douglas Brown '68 to be Inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame (Portland Press Herald)
  • 'Best Campus Food' Colleges Showcase Top Dishes
  • Video: Team IMPACT Recruit Makes a Difference for B-Ball Team
  • Former US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen '62, H'75 to be Inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame (Sun Journal)
  • Video: Sen. G. Mitchell '54 on Common Sense Solutions for Ending Washington Gridlock
  • Slideshow: Art Students Take Whirlwind Trip to NYC
  • Twelve Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa
  • Touring Bowdoin's New Home for Dance and Visual Arts (Bangor Daily News)
  • Extra Training for Bowdoin Finance Students
  • Slideshow: Faculty and Staff Outcook Students with Wild Mushroom Ravioli
  • Bowdoin Grows its Green Sports Program (NRDC)
  • Broadway Comes to Bowdoin
  • Canada '74 and Druckenmiller '75 Hit the Airwaves with Economic Warnings
  • Theater Department presents 'Quake'
  • Bowdoin Feeds Farmers to Bolster Ties to Local Food Economy
  • Homeless Youth Documentary is Born at Bowdoin Upward Bound
  • Alumnus in Asia Offers Helping Hand to Students
  • Slideshow: Masque and Gown presents 'Den of Thieves'
  • Video: 'Harlem Nights' Theme Makes for Glamorous Ebony Ball
  • Linda Kinstler ’13 Wins Google Journalism Fellowship
  • Bowdoin to Host 2014 NCAA Div. III Men's Ice Hockey Championship in Lewiston
  • Video: Bowdoin's Patrick Rael on How 'Lincoln' Holds Up
  • Slideshow: Pep Rally for Tourney-Bound Women's Basketball Team
  • Q&A: White House Intern Mariya Ilyas ’13
  • Student Lecture Series Debuts with Talks on Christian Science and Squirrel Diabetes
  • Multimedia: Ying Quartet Leaves Lingering Notes on Campus
  • Slideshow: Bowdoin Celebrates Black History Month with Poetry, Food, Music
  • Multimedia: Winter Weekend 2013 Heats Up with Cool Activities
  • Video: 'Bowdoin Music Collective' Collectively Shines
  • Slideshow: Student Group Plays Cupid at Bowdoin for Charity
  • Student Editorial Praises Local Homeless Shelter (Times Record)
  • Slideshow: Recruiting Students for Maine Jobs
  • Bowdoin Announces 2013 Honorary Degree Recipients
  • Slideshow: Blizzard Blows Bowdoin Under Big Snow
  • Campus Speaker Advises Students on Managing Online Reputations
  • Slideshow: Bowdoin Nonprofit Symposium for Students Inspires and Enlightens
  • Craig Hickman, ME's 2nd Black State Rep, Shares His Dream on Ending Hunger
  • Video: Ying Quartet at Common Hour
  • Library Exhibition Highlights Bowdoin's Own in the Civil War
  • Luis Beltran ’13 Remembers Rev. Tarbell ’32 and Their Friendship
  • Frank Goodyear and Anne Collins Goodyear Named Museum of Art Co-Directors
  • Remembering Bowdoin's Forgotten Zoologist
  • Bowdoin Student's Equality in Sports Project in the News (WCSH)
  • Bowdoin Honored as Brunswick Downtown Group's Member of the Year
  • Bowdoin Hires New Director of Spiritual Life
  • From Winter Break Springs Opportunities to Serve Common Good
  • Photos: President Barry Mills Amid Inauguration Onlookers
  • Listen: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bowdoin, May 6, 1964
  • Slideshow: Bowdoin Students Rescue Other Students Injured in 'Copter Crash and Other (Fake) Disasters
  • Multimedia: Bowdoin Polar Bear Celebrates 100th Birthday in Big Apple
  • Video: A Bowdoin Polar Bear History Lesson on 'Morning Joe' (MSNBC)
  • Video: The Story of Bowdoin's Polar Bear Mascot
  • Two Upcoming Events Honor MLK's Enduring Message
  • Museum's 'Fantastic Stories,' 'Printmaking ABC' Exhibitions Reviewed (Portland Press Herald)
  • 2013 Common Good, Alumni Council Awards Announced
  • Bowdoin Alumni Help Create New Homeless Shelter for Teens
  • Eric Davich '06 Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Forbes)
  • In Focus: Museum of Art's 'Printmaking ABC: In Memoriam David P. Becker' (Portland Press Herald)
  • 'On This Day in Civil War History...' Blog Commemorates Sesquicentennial
  • Allan Woodcock ’44 Retires as Maine's Longest-Serving Probate Judge (Bangor Daily News)
  • Bowdoin Scores High for Homecoming Recycling Rate
  • Educator Geoffrey Canada '74 on Gun Control (CNN)
  • Video: A Very Merry Taiko Christmas
  • New Student Alliance Brings Together Colby, Bates and Bowdoin
  • Outing Club Students Hike, Ski, Bike, Kayak — and Knit
  • National Improv Groups Brings Laughs to Campus
  • Bowdoin's Office Eco Reps Prioritize 'Green Purchasing'
  • Students Kick Up Their Hiking Boots at Yule Ball
  • Bowdoin History Jumps Online
  • Imagine the Reaction: Chemistry Department Yields Hidden Treasure
  • Video: 'Polar Bear Uprising' Dance Event April 28
  • President Mills Welcomes Students to the 'Bowdoin Experience'
  • Video: Bowdoin Student Breaks World Record for Grape Toss
  • Bowdoin Raises Nearly $46K in 12-hour Relay for Life
  • Bowdoin Entrepreneurs: Personalizing Your Musical 'Perusal Experience'
  • Common Good, Alumni Council Awards to be Presented Reunion Weekend
  • Video: A 15-hour, 21-minute Non-Stop Oration of the .Iliad.
  • Bowdoin Hosts 2012 RoboCup US Open April 21-22
  • Video: Bowdoin Quad Transforms During Community Chalking Event
  • Every Day is Earth Day as Bowdoin Works Toward Carbon Neutrality
  • Funding the Common Good: Students Award Grants to Nine Nonprofits
  • Smithsonian Releases Pete Seeger's 'Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960'
  • Five Bowdoin Students Awarded Mellon Mays Fellowships
  • Video: NYSE Welcomes Marine Pack Janes '09 Back from Afghanistan
  • Barry and Karen Mills on Driving Innovation, Economic Development
  • Shannon Grimes '14, Sheela Turbek '13 Receive Udall Foundation Honorable Mentions
  • After a Life-changing Spring Break, Students Share Their Perspectives
  • Slideshow: Musicians, Artists Enliven Campus at Wabanaki Art Festival
  • Video: Meaningful Celebrations Bring 'Joanie' Back to Boston Marathon
  • Video: The 'American Voices' Essay of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74
  • Inspiring High Schoolers to Reach for her Alma Mater
  • Tweets, Texts Improve Annual Housing Lottery
  • Bowdoin Expands Orientation Trips for Incoming Students
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin to Deliver Reunion Convocation Keynote
  • Bowdoin Entrepreneurs: The Social Wardrobe
  • Delta Sigma Art Competition Draws Student Talent
  • Bowdoin Chamber Choir Tours Hungary, Austria and Slovakia
  • 15 Years of 'The Vagina Monologues' at Bowdoin
  • Presidential Visit to Maine a Banner Day for Bowdoin.s Mark Wethli
  • Bowdoin's Latest Watson Fellow Teona Williams '12 to Take Global Nature Trek
  • Museum of Art's 'Edward Hopper's Maine' Finalist for National Award
  • Honors Thesis by Scot McFarlane '09 Published in Top Academic Journal
  • Kristopher Klein '12 Wins Davis Projects for Peace Award
  • Video: Students Commit to Tutoring Refugee and Immigrant Children
  • Jean Hoffman '79 Honored as Business Leader of the Year
  • Forging Strong Recruiting Relationship with Bowdoin
  • Bowdoin's Conlan, Purnell on National Television March 23-25
  • Bowdoin's OneCard Goes Downtown
  • Alumni Dispense Medicine to the Poor in Peru
  • Sustainable Bowdoin to Receive Campus Compact Award
  • 'Late Show' Executive Producer Matt Roberts .93 Tells Students about His Career and Coming Out
  • Kristen Cameron '08 Subject of Special ESPN Feature by Kaitee Daley '09
  • Macy Galvan '13 to Work for Cambodian Women's Foundation
  • Mark Swann '84 Nominated for Congressional Honor
  • Eleven Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa
  • Taking a Day Away to Help a Latino Community in Maine
  • Video: Jill Shaw Ruddock '77 Founds the Second Half Centre
  • Students Perform to Raise Donations for Guatemalan Charity
  • Lego Executive Michael Moynihan '89 Talks Business To Students
  • Photos: Masque and Gown.s .History Boys.
  • Museum.s Dowd, Salatino and Tuite Take New England Art Awards
  • Video: First-year Offers Wheel-Throwing Class at Craft Center
  • Bowdoin Library Offers Alumni Access to Online Journal Collection
  • Bringing Local Food to the Table: Bowdoin Hosts Local Farm Event
  • Video: HeadBlade's Todd Greene '89 Talks Business Success (WCSH6)
  • Students to Launch Campus Food Truck
  • .Private Practice. Star Paul Adelstein .91 on His Musical Journey
  • Jordan Francke '13 Selected for Clinton Global Initiative University
  • Author Michael Kimmel Spurs Campus Discussions on Masculinity
  • Arctic Museum Presents Inuit Art from Rabbi Harry Sky Collection
  • Bowdoin in the Community: Students File Free Taxes for Locals
  • Dr. Houghton M. White '58 Preserves Legacy of Maine Violin Prodigy
  • Bowdoin Charged Up About Producing Its Own Electricity
  • Museum Staffers Nominated for New England Art Awards
  • Homophobia in Sports: Tagliabue Speaks of 'Making a Career of Humanity'; Student-Athletes Speak Out
  • Bowdoin Announces 2012 Honorary Degree Recipients
  • 40 Years of Women of Color at Bowdoin
  • Bowdoin to Reduce Energy Use in Annual Campus Competition
  • Barron's Profile: Ken Chenault .73 'Faces Reality but Gives Hope'
  • Auden Schendler '92 on 'Climate Change and the Search for Meaning' at Common Hour
  • Leah Wang .12 Creates Trail Guide to Lure Students Outside
  • Video: Students Talk Up Facebook Deactivation Experiment
  • Video: Students and Community Members Talk about Bias
  • NPR Show 'From the Top' Comes to Bowdoin Feb. 29
  • The Arctic Museum's Great Animal Migration
  • Demystifying the Nonprofit Sector for Students
  • Bowdoin's Peary-Mac Among Boston Globe's '10 Smart Things To Do'
  • Students Sit Down with Dr. Peter Pressman '77
  • Slideshow: Dr. Charlotte Cole .82 on Muppet Diplomacy . How Sesame Street is Working to Change Our World
  • Michael Bartini Named New Director of Student Aid
  • Keyboard Is King at Bowdoin This Spring
  • Slideshow: Out Standing in their Field: Environmental Studies Students Get Hands-On Experience
  • Slideshow: College Listens to Students, Upgrades Wireless System
  • Students, Community Members Train for Upcoming 'Community Conversation'
  • Nylea Bivins '12 on Getting Beyond the Bowdoin Hello
  • Community Read: Investing in 'Nickel and Dimed'
  • Alumni-Produced Film Receives Best Picture Oscar Nomination
  • Faculty and Staff Take Time to Learn About the Community through Service
  • Alternative Winter Break: On The Ground, In The Community
  • Bowdoin's Economic Impact on the Surrounding Community
  • President Mills Gives Annual Founders Day Address at Centre College
  • Slideshow: Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson .79 on Campus to Speak about New Documentary
  • In the Spotlight: History of Women at Bowdoin Website
  • Get 'Nickel and Dimed' for Brunswick-Bowdoin Community Read
  • Video: Susan Stephenson '02 is Dressed to Impress this Winter

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