After Bowdoin, Irby taught science at a prep school for three years before attending grad school at William & Mary, where he earned a doctorate in marine science, and then moving into the policy realm.
Bowdoin will bestow four honorary degrees at its 216th Commencement exercises to be held Saturday, May 29, 2021, on the Quad in front of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
After earning a master’s in environmental conservation at UMass Amherst, Andrew Villeneuve ’16 prepares for a highly competitive fellowship at NOAA, where he’ll be working on federal fisheries policy.
A record number of sophomores and alumni participated in Career Exploration and Development's annual Bootcamp, a six-day workshop offered virtually this year to help students find their next internship or job.
In a case of life imitating art, actor Patrick Dempsey waxed romantic about his relationship with the College in a segment that aired on Good Morning America, saying, “Bowdoin is very special, and of course, it’s in the great state of Maine.”
