Scientist Madison Smith ’14 joins the “largest polar expedition in history,” as she travels to a research platform frozen into the ice near the North Pole, where she’ll be collecting valuable data for the next two months.
Departing senior Anne McKee found a unique way to celebrate her graduation. On what would have been the day of her commencement, the track star is running the thirty-one miles from campus to her family home in Hallowell.
Bowdoin students and recent graduates have been offered Fulbrights to teach English or conduct research abroad next year in countries spanning the globe.
Last September 11, on his twenty-third birthday, Will Bucci left for a long journey to study Buddhism and to meditate. His trip culminated in a sixty-five-day silent retreat in Myanmar.
Each year, Bowdoin's president selects a few seniors to celebrate their achievements outside of the classroom. (Academic accomplishments are recognized at the annual Honors Day ceremony.)
Spectacle in Antiquity and Beyond features displays of objects and photographs from ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth century. Together, the objects in the exhibition's six galleries illuminate how large, spectacular events can foster and sustain a shared identity.
