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Record-Setting Year for Bowdoin Admissions

Amid one of the largest applicant pools Bowdoin College has seen, the Class of 2025 sets records in selectivity, the percentage of students admitted who accepted their offer, and the diversity of the students admitted.

Best History Podcast

Alvin Hall ’74 Wins Ambie Award for "Driving the Green Book" Podcast

Journalist, author, and educator Alvin Hall ’74 has won the Ambie award for best history podcast for Driving the Green Book.
Hearing from a Key Player

Honorary Degree Recipient DeRay Mckesson '07 in Conversation

Rewatch a conversation with 2021 honorand DeRay Mckesson '07, a civil rights activist and the cofounder of Campaign Zero. The talk was moderated by Beth Kowitt ’07, senior editor at Fortune.
A Breakthrough Year

Anthony Yanez ’22 Receives Goldwater Scholarship for Science

This year the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, established by Congress in 1986, awarded 409 scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
Bowdoin in the News

Do Big Bucks Bring Big Rewards? Zorina Khan on the Role of Prizes in Driving Innovation

Professor of Economics Zorina Khan shares her expertise and insights into the realms of economic history and technological progress with Resources Radio, the podcast by Resources for the Future, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.
Meeting Life's Challenges

From Alamos and South Tucson to Bowdoin and Beyond: The Journey of Kathleen Armenta ’21

As Kathleen Armenta approaches her college graduation, she considers the distances she has traveled and what it has taken to believe she belongs at Bowdoin.
Streaming Performance

Seniors Demonstrate Theater and Dance Skills

A number of theater and dance students, from both the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2020, recently held their senior studio performances. Eight original pieces were streamed to the Bowdoin community over ten days in April.
Teaching Languages—and Tolerance

Students Expand a School Library as Professor Builds a Language and Anti-Bias Program

Using the online tool Diverse Book Finder, Mohamed Kilani ’21 and Norell Sherman ’21 have purchased 250 new picture books about many different cultures and languages for a Brunswick elementary school.
Artist Abode

House of Dowd Home to Artistic Interest

When Dan Dowd isn't working as a security guard at the Museum of Art, he's often creating art of his own at his house in Phippsburg, which is featured in a book of photography dedicated to the spaces talented people have created for themselves.
Challenges and Choices

Experts Discuss Social and Environmental Challenges in the Arctic

A quartet of experts from the Bowdoin community recently tackled one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the planet: the effect of climate change on the Arctic.
More Students, More Giving

Common Good Grant Program Turns Twenty, Students Give Away Record Amount

Bowdoin's Common Good Grant program (CGG) is twenty years old this year. Acting much like a foundation, students in the program solicit donations and award grants to local nonprofits, learning both about philanthropy and the greater Brunswick community in the process.
Beyond the Tangible

Art Class Creates 3D Virtual Sculptures that Glisten, Spin, Catch Light, and Astonish

When Jackie Brown's sculpture classes moved online, she encouraged students to venture forth into the digital world to find inspiration.
Mixed Media

What's That on Campus Over There? Oh, Just a Giant Head

To help out an anthropology professor, two tech-savvy students created an augmented reality tool that allows their peers to conjure up a bit of Easter Island in Brunswick.
Promoting Diversity

Library Launches Inaugural BIPOC Book Display

One part of the Bowdoin Library is now home to a display highlighting nonwhite authors and themes. The collection is curated by longtime bibliophile Thando Khumalo ’23, in an effort to promote books she can relate more to.
The Future of Oceans

Clara Benadon ’23 Wins NOAA Hollings Scholarship

The Hollings Scholarship helps to fund two years of undergraduate tuition and supports a paid summer internship at a NOAA facility. Benadon is hoping to be matched with a marine scientist doing research in behavioral ecology.

Common Good Project Teams to Continue Bowdoin’s Commitment, Tackle Opportunities Year-Round

Common Good Project Teams to Continue Bowdoin’s Commitment, Tackle Opportunities Year-Round

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Record-Setting Year for Bowdoin Admissions

Best History Podcast

Alvin Hall ’74 Wins Ambie Award for "Driving the Green Book" Podcast

Hearing from a Key Player

Honorary Degree Recipient DeRay Mckesson '07 in Conversation

A Breakthrough Year

Anthony Yanez ’22 Receives Goldwater Scholarship for Science

Bowdoin in the News

Do Big Bucks Bring Big Rewards? Zorina Khan on the Role of Prizes in Driving Innovation

Meeting Life's Challenges

From Alamos and South Tucson to Bowdoin and Beyond: The Journey of Kathleen Armenta ’21

Streaming Performance

Seniors Demonstrate Theater and Dance Skills

Teaching Languages—and Tolerance

Students Expand a School Library as Professor Builds a Language and Anti-Bias Program

Artist Abode

House of Dowd Home to Artistic Interest

Challenges and Choices

Experts Discuss Social and Environmental Challenges in the Arctic

More Students, More Giving

Common Good Grant Program Turns Twenty, Students Give Away Record Amount

Beyond the Tangible

Art Class Creates 3D Virtual Sculptures that Glisten, Spin, Catch Light, and Astonish

Mixed Media

What's That on Campus Over There? Oh, Just a Giant Head

Promoting Diversity

Library Launches Inaugural BIPOC Book Display

The Future of Oceans

Clara Benadon ’23 Wins NOAA Hollings Scholarship

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