After more than sixteen months behind bars in Russia, the Wall Street Journal reporter is released, along with two other US citizens, in what’s been described as the biggest prisoner exchange between Russian and the West since the Cold War.
In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we examine the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and meaning—throughout their careers.
This summer, Bowdoin's six 2024 Global Citizens Fellows are living in Thailand, Honduras, Peru, Nepal, Costa Rica, and Namibia. They are all working with local nonprofits, engaged in on-the-ground work to support communities.
College employee Marko Melendy and his Polar Bear nephew, Jackson, unearth a baseball signed some eighty six-years ago by star athlete Oakley Melendy ’39, father of Marko and grandfather of Jackson, himself a varsity baseball player.
FirstGen Forward has invited Bowdoin's THRIVE initiativeto become part of its FirstGen Forward Network, which helps colleges and universities provide exceptional experiences to students who are the first in their families to attend college.
Scholars representing a wide array of disciplines benefitted from grant funding during the spring semester. From math to music, from neuroscience to environmental studies, from biology to oceanography, Bowdoin faculty are pursuing pioneering research.
An essay by English professor and noted author Brock Clarke, who teaches classes on fiction writing, is to be featured later this year in a prestigious nationwide anthology.
