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Bowdoin students enjoy the sunshine in the College's odeon.
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Bowdoin students enjoy the sunshine in the College's odeon.
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Reunion Weekend 2025
Reunion Weekend 2025 in Pictures

More than 2,000 alumni and guests representing class years from eight decades returned to campus to reconnect with fellow Polar Bears who had traveled from across the country and from as far away as Columbia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

You Made It!

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The Finish Line: Bowdoin Celebrates 220th Commencement

Graduating seniors, most of whom started at Bowdoin when the world was still dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, were joined by friends and family as the College conferred 520 bachelor of arts degrees on the Class of 2025.

A Landmark Exhibition

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Shining a Light on Inuit Artists and Printmakers

The latest exhibit at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum showcases the largely forgotten work of a group of Inuit artists and printmakers. On display is a collection of printed textiles produced in Arctic Canada in the 1950s and 1960s as part of an experimental initiative.

Reunions, Real and Fictional

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Life Imitating Art, Imitating Life

Author Elise Juska ’95 visits campus on Reunion Weekend to discuss her latest novel, Reunion, a “snapshot of mid-life” that follows three friends at their twenty-fifth college reunion. The setting is a fictional college in midcoast Maine.