News

Construction, Climate, and Forest Management

As work on two new academic buildings gets underway, Bowdoin looks to replace trees lost to construction and to also take needed steps to manage the health and safety of the Bowdoin Pines.

Bowdoin at Sea

On the Prow of Liberty

In foot-tall letters across the bow of forty-three famous Liberty Ships were names that are familiar—alumni, board members, and other illustrious members of the Bowdoin community.
The Personal, The Process

Fueled by the Grappling

Writing is notoriously hard. And writing about, as author Melissa Faliveno calls them, “spaces of uncertainty,” makes it even more so.
Q&A with Jamie Russo '01 of Choice Hotels International

Trust in Travel

Jamie Russo '01 of Choice Hotels International talks about the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the travel industry.
“Minuscule and Infinite”

Claudia Villar-Leeman '15 on Reaching

Claudia Villar-Leeman '15 wonders at friendship, temporality, and hope as she remembers her friend Elizabeth Brown '15.
Settle the Debate

New England Clam Chowder

You can find many versions of clam chowder at Maine restaurants these days, but that wasn't always the case. What makes a classic?
A Bicentennial Exhibition

Celebrating Maine’s First Medical School

A new exhibition at the Bowdoin College Library explores the history of the Medical School of Maine, which was situated on the Bowdoin College campus from 1820 to 1921.
Faculty Roundtable

Unrelenting: The Present Never Stops

Bowdoin students have always learned, whatever years they studied here, that the present affects, informs, and sometimes distracts from their work. But there hasn’t been a year in recent history quite like the last one.
High Performance Class

Biology Students + Crickets + High Performance Computers = Scientific Breakthrough

Students in Hadley Horch's molecular neurobiology class are not just getting an introduction to bioinformatics this semester, they're applying their new computational skills to a project that will help decipher the mysterious genetics of crickets.
Exemplary Achievement and Dedication

Bowdoin Announces Recipients of Alumni Council Awards

The Alumni Service Award and Distinguished Educator Award, bestowed by the Alumni Council, recognize members of the Bowdoin community for their exemplary achievement and dedication.
Anthropology for the Common Good

Adaiah Hudgins-Lopez ’18 Receives a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for Graduate Studies

Adaiah Hudgins-Lopez will start at the University of Cambridge next fall, pursuing a master's of philosophy in social anthropology.
"After the Insurrection"

Protecting Voting Rights for All

Civil rights lawyer Myrna Pérez made the case that the protection and enhancement of voting rights must be the bedrock for all other political projects.
An Interdisciplinary Entity

Africana Studies Becomes a Department

More than half a century after it was established at Bowdoin, the Africana Studies Program is now becoming a fully fledged academic department. The change was announced at the March 9 faculty meeting and is effective immediately.
Leading Legal Voices

Evaluating the Lives and Legacies of the Women of the US Supreme Court

Maron Sorenson, an assistant professor of government who specializes in judicial politics, recently spoke to a Norwegian university about the five women justices who have served on the US Supreme Court.
Marching into Women's History

Herstory Month Features Art, Theater, Self-Love, and Social Justice

Bowdoin is honoring Herstory Month this March with theater, storytelling, art, and a keynote speaker who promotes self-love and body empowerment as a means of achieving social justice.