“Sustainable Bowdoin 2042” builds on Bowdoin’s environmental leadership to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity, creates a clear transition to a fossil fuel-free campus, and enhances existing academic programming.
This year, six Earth and Oceanographic Science (EOS) majors independently studied a wide range of topics, from events that happened millenia ago to very current issues, like carbon sequestration policies and warming trends in the Gulf of Maine.
In the wake of the May 1 commitment deadline, Bowdoin’s Class of 2026 has taken shape, currently including 521 students representing 423 high schools across the US and around the world.
Bowdoin geologist Rachel Beane studies the mineral, volcanic, and tectonic forces that have shaped the earth. In recent years, she has also stepped up to fix a persistent problem in her field: its lack of racial and ethnic diversity.
