One of our favorite traditions, the all-school lobster bake, happens before classes start for the fall semester. It's a great time to meet new friends, reunite with old friends, and for some, make a fashion statement.
Bowdoin undergraduates have been pursuing a wide range of funded academic projects over the summer. In all, 180 students received research fellowships over the summer. Concluding our series of summer fellowship profiles, we hear from a philosopher, an ecologist, and a student of US history.
Working from the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Olivia Ho ’28 uses VHF tracking technology to monitor the activity of eider ducks in Harpswell Sound. The summer project is part of an ongoing study into the impact of toxic chemicals on the natural environment, following a major spill in the area two years ago.
This summer, five Bowdoin students are working in an unusual kind of lab on campus—one that doesn't have test tubes or microscopes. Instead, it's filled with sprawling datasets, machine learning models, and questions whose answers could influence everything from environmental policy to women's athletics.
Once it was a family farmhouse and a much-loved summer retreat. Now it’s a thriving coastal studies center serving the Bowdoin community, thanks to one family. The College launches an oral history project to recognize the generosity of the Thalheimers.
Five students are being funded by the Hastings Initiative to pursue projects over the summer in a range of areas, inside and outside the classroom. They are all working with faculty or staff on projects using artificial intelligence tools to make the world a better place.
