Eight Bowdoin professors—including one assistant and one associate professor—have been appointed to named chairs at the College in recognition of their achievements as scholars and educators.
A new center dedicated to the broad multidisciplinary study of the Arctic at Bowdoin College will be named the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies in recognition of Bowdoin trustee emeritus John A. Gibbons Jr. ’64 and his wife, Lile R. Gibbons.
Bowdoin students win more Fulbright awards than any other comparable US college or university. The latest rankings show twenty-four Polar Bears were offered the prestigious study-abroad grants in the current academic year.
Bowdoin has identified the key work that will be done in 2021 to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, along with the metrics that will be used to measure progress. Read more »
As part of its educational mission, the McKeen Center for the Common Good provides its student volunteers with many opportunities to reflect on the dynamics of power and privilege in community service.
In a new article, Bowdoin's Phil Camill and a team of researchers say they've come up with a more accurate and powerful method for assessing the amount of carbon stored in Earth's northern permafrost.
Historian Patrick Rael teamed up with geographer Aaron Gilbreath to offer a new type of history class. American History through GIS uses geographic information systems to offer a more data-driven approach to the subject.
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