Each summer at Bowdoin, around two hundred students receive fellowships from the College to conduct independent, faculty-mentored research in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Three members of the music faculty attended an electronic music and arts symposium in South Korea earlier this summer to offer workshops, performances, and launch a pioneering recording project—all aimed at highlighting a fresh approach to intercultural improvisation.
The Upward Bound program at Bowdoin recently celebrated its anniversary on campus, looking back at the six decades it has helped limited-income and first-generation high schoolers from Maine achieve a college education.
Bowdoin is proud to announce a $50 million gift—the largest in our 231-year history—from Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings ’83 to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity.
Mendoza is in Brunswick and Waterville this week to attend the screenings of his film Lucky Night at the Maine International Film Festival Saturday and Sunday.
Go for a stroll across campus anytime between the end of July and early August and you’ll likely hear some rather pleasing background sounds emanating from various college buildings, as chamber musicians from across the globe hone their skills.
The renovation of Bowdoin’s 133-year-old observatory took a major step forward in July. Two years after being relocated to Pickard Field, the structure now has a new steel dome in place and a high-powered telescope imported from Europe.