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Bowdoin College has been educating leaders for America and the world since the dawn of the American republic. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a highly selective college of approximately 1,730 students of distinction from across America and around the world.

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Chertavian '87 Non-Profit Receives $4.5 Million Grant

Year Up, a national non-profit organization founded by Gerald Chertavian '87, is receiving a $4.5 million grant for its Washington, D.C., chapter from Venture Philanthropy Partners.
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Potholm to Appear on NBC Nightly News

In what will be his second television network news appearance in three weeks, Professor Christian Potholm is to be included in a story about Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) to air on The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
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Tea Course Steeps Bowdoin Students in Historical Research

Students in Lawrence Zhang's first year seminar, The History of Tea in East Asia, are getting a true taste of scholarship.
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Casselberry Brings Strong New Voice to Africana Studies

If Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Judith Casselberry isn't studying the intersections of music, identity, spirituality and politics, she may be actually living it: The cutting-edge scholar also has a high profile musical career as a singer with Toshi Reagon and BigLovely.
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