After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Zack Burton looked for stories that illuminated the hope, healing, and humanity that are part of people's recovery from mental illness. He didn't find many.
Read more
This fall, the biochemistry and EOS major heads to the University of Cambridge, where she will pursue a master’s in earth science as part of a transatlantic scholarship program set up nearly sixty years ago by Winston Churchill.
Read more
This year's Kibbe Science Lecturer was Ayana Johnson, a marine biologist who has founded a think tank to help coastal cities adapt to climate change.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
With a team of astrobiologists, Zack Burton ’14 has discovered that underneath the dry, barren landscape of Mars, ice could be melting and mixing with underground salts to cause surface landslides.
Read more
More space for research, teaching, and living is now available at the 118-acre facility, which is located about thirteen miles from the Bowdoin campus and offers a wider range of opportunities for students and researchers.
Read more
After Bowdoin, Irby taught science at a prep school for three years before attending grad school at William & Mary, where he earned a doctorate in marine science, and then moving into the policy realm.
Read more
EOS majors Liam Houlgate ’21 and Holly Harris ’22 spent the fall semester of 2020 examining the unique physical and chemical features of the mineral zircon found within rock samples collected from the Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (Greece).
Read more
In a new high-profile paper in Nature Climate Change, Bowdoin's Phil Camill and sixty-nine other scientists highlight peatlands' impact on climate change and the importance of their preservation.
Read more