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A Weekend to Remember

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Together Again at Bowdoin: Highlights from Homecoming Weekend 2026

Old friends reunited, sidelines filled with fans, and Polar Bear pride everywhere! Alumni returned to Brunswick September 25–27, 2026, for three lively days of Homecoming Weekend. The Bowdoin community came together to cheer on teams, revisit favorite places, celebrate old traditions, and make new memories—all part of what makes coming back to Bowdoin feel like coming home.

What Schools are Doing Right

Brodie Lecture scholars
A Public Education Worth Fighting For

The topic of public education is often a lightning rod for intense debate. Yet in focusing on what different factions feel is “wrong,” we risk overlooking what we have collectively done “right,” two education scholars recently argued at Bowdoin.

Beware of Ideologies!

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How David Simon Came to “Respect the Middle Ground”

For this year’s Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Lecture, TV producer and writer David Simon, creator of The Wire, came to campus for a conversation with film executive Franklin Leonard, Bowdoin’s inaugural Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow.

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