A Bowdoin grant brought a daughter and father together to work on a long-term project to help end the silence around mental illness.
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Charles Dorn heads to Hanover, Germany, next week, when he will help organize a conference of transatlantic scholars to reflect on the role higher education has played in society since 1945.
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From distinguished fellowships and international conferences to influential research and publications, Bowdoin scholars are leaving their mark on a wide range of fields.
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From national and international recognitions and important books and papers to explorations and performances that benefitted the Maine community and beyond in myriad ways, Bowdoin faculty enriched campus life this spring through a wide array of scholarly and artistic pursuits that extended well beyond the classroom.
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Senior Yusur Jasim is set to graduate this May with a teaching certificate from Bowdoin Teacher Scholars. They credit their high school teacher, Matt Bernstein ’13, for helping set them down this path.
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The Education Department has presented Fiona Hopper and Bridgid Neptune with its 2024 Education for the Common Good Award.
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The Bowdoin community gathered recently to celebrate Sarah and James Bowdoin Day. The annual ceremony was held in Pickard Theater on Friday, October 18, 2024.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is no fan of Disney, accusing the entertainment giant of supporting a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda in its movies, for example. As education professor Charles Dorn points out, however, this is not Disney’s first “woke” moment—that came more than seventy-five years ago.
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Five scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, and STEM subjects have been awarded prestigious federal grants in recent months to help them pursue a range of projects and activities, all related in different ways to environmental issues.
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After Alison Riley Miller, associate professor of education, served on a state committee helping to review Maine's science education standards, she is joining the debate about whether to add genocide and eugenics to middle- and high-school science curricula.
Read moreStudents are able to coordinate studies in education with the liberal arts curriculum in a variety of ways—including research, community-engaged study, and teacher preparation.
Interested in a teaching opportunity the semester before Bowdoin Teacher Scholars? The Snow Family Teaching Fellowship provides recent graduates the chance to engage in teaching and mentoring at Bowdoin. Learn more.
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