http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ en-us dcook@bowdoin.edu 2009-11-06T10:42:48-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006840.shtml Max Goldstein '09 is living the good life. "A life where I am confidently understanding what I love and pursuing just that," writes Goldstein in his blog chronicling his Thomas J. Watson Fellowship project, "Swimming Around the World: Creating Bridges Between Communities." 6840@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-11-06T10:42:48-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006836.shtml A talk and musical performance by Josephine Cameron '98 titled "Songs of the Civil War Era" became the subject of a news segment that aired Tuesday, November 3, 2009, on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. 6836@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-11-05T10:44:42-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/german/006835.shtml This fall marks the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution in East Germany and the opening of the Berlin wall. The German department will commemorate the event with a three-film series titled "Beyond the Berlin Wall: A Retrospective 20 Years Later." 6835@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ German 2009-11-05T10:32:08-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/006832.shtml 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. 6832@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-AcademicNews 2009-11-05T03:21:13-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006828.shtml Logan Place, a collaboration between Avesta Housing and the social service agency Preble Street, is the focus of the article, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in the November 2009 issue of Down East magazine, which highlights the role of Mark Swann '84, Preble Street's executive director and the 2001 recipient of the Common Good Award. 6828@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-11-03T10:32:16-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006773.shtml Maine has been in the national spotlight as residents decide whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage. An ABC News segment focusing on the issue aired Sunday, November 1, 2009, and included the observations of DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm. 6773@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-11-02T10:37:29-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006812.shtml Joan Benoit Samuelson '79 has done it again. The 1984 Olympic gold medalist and two-time Boston Marathon winner set a record Sunday, November 1, 2009, when she ran the New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 49 minutes and 9 seconds, breaking the 50-plus division record of 2:53:53 set by S. Rae Baymiller in 1993. 6812@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-11-02T09:35:28-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoininthe/006825.shtml DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm was featured in a segment about Maine's same-sex marriage referendum. The interview with Potholm was conducted by Alessandra "Ali" Sozio '07, an ABC News field producer. Watch the segment.... 6825@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinInThe 2009-11-01T15:02:37-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoininthe/006826.shtml The popular news and opinion Web site carried the Maine Associated Press article, "Maine Voters to Decide Future of Gay Marriage Law Tuesday," featuring commentary from DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm. Read the article.... 6826@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinInThe 2009-11-01T08:05:21-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006806.shtml Bowdoin's highest-ranking scholars were recognized at the College's Sarah and James Bowdoin Day exercises Friday, October 30, 2009. This years speakers were Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University, and Yongfang Chen '10. 6806@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-10-30T17:00:00-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoininthe/006811.shtml The article, "Fulbright's Good Fortune," mentions that Bowdoin students and alumni submitted 20 applications last year and 28 this year for the State Department-sponsored fellowships to study, conduct research or teach English in 140 countries. Read the article.... 6811@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinInThe 2009-10-30T15:04:29-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006807.shtml Yongfang Chen '10 delivered the student address, "Bowdoin as a Lifelong Gift," at the 2009 Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony Friday, October 30, 2009. 6807@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-10-30T15:00:00-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006693.shtml It was a robust October for Bowdoin in the News: Professor Chris Potholm was in demand coast-to-coast and over the border for his political insight, Bad Girls Go Everywhere author Jennifer Scanlon was in The New York Times for the fourth time in five months, and the College went prime time twice in two weeks on hit television shows. 6693@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-10-29T08:09:51-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006765.shtml The President's Climate Commitment Advisory Committee has announced the publication of its draft report, "A Blueprint for Carbon Neutrality in 2020." 6765@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-BowdoinCampus 2009-10-29T06:58:02-05:00 http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/006799.shtml Two Bowdoin students get the ride of their lives when they accompany Dan Thornhill on a research trip to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. 6799@http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/ 1-AcademicNews 2009-10-28T12:04:19-05:00