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A Bowdoin student looks at a print during the Student Night at the Museum

Photos: 2020 Winter Student Night at the Museum

Browse photos from the Winter Student Night at the Museum, where exhibitions included Fast Fashion/Slow Art and new work by Andrea Dezsö.

Better for All

Anthony Jack: College for the 'Privileged Poor'

As Anthony Abraham Jack, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, delivered the biannual Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Lecture, the crowd in Kresge Auditorium clung to his every word.
Exemplary Achievement and Dedication

Common Good, Alumni Council Awards to Be Presented at Reunion Convocation

The Common Good Award, selected by the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees, and the Alumni Service Award and Alumni Award for Faculty and Staff, chosen by the Alumni Council, recognize members of the Bowdoin community for their exemplary achievement
Enhancing the Humanities

Diving into Rare Books

A Bowdoin professor and a librarian have won summer fellowships at UVA’s Rare Book School. They say this will enhance collections-based study here at Bowdoin and reinforce a new learning initiative in book studies.
Taking Action

Karina Graeter '14 Fills New Sustainability Post in Southern Maine

Bowdoin graduate is hired by coastal Maine communities to work on a new climate action plan. Karina Graeter will work with state and local officials to tackle issues like rising sea levels and greenhouse gas emissions.
Reality TV Star

'Survivor' Contestant Survives a Visit to MacMillan House

MacMillan House, one of Bowdoin's nine College Houses, invited former Survivor winner Bob Crowley to watch the premiere of Survivor: Winners at War—the show's fortieth season—with house residents.
Highlights from the Field

Anthropology Students Conduct Far-Reaching Research

Three anthropology students with funding from Riley Research Awards have pursued independent research about Jamaican dance halls, affirmative action in Brazilian universities, and lesbianism in New York City.
View from Washington

Politics and Media: Washington Post Reporter Kevin Sullivan

Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Kevin Sullivan—who grew up in Brunswick, Maine—visited Bowdoin this week to give a talk on reporting from Washington, DC.
Local and National

New Gifts Strengthen Bowdoin's Public Service Initiative

Two recent gifts—one from The Hearst Foundation, Inc. and one from a Bowdoin parent—will help students pursue public service internships in Washington, DC, and in Maine.
Environmental POVs

On Green Tea Podcast, Sustainability Talk Goes Down Warmly

Marie Caspard ’20 and Diego Velasquez ’20 launched a new WBOR radio show and podcast this fall featuring personal stories of people's relationships with sustainability and the environment.
Lead by Example

Class of 2020 Kicks Off Senior Class Giving Campaign

The Bowdoin Class of 2020 launched their class scholarship fund in style, and they're aiming for an 80 percent participation rate before graduation.
Pride on Google Drive

Proud Papers Project of Kyle Putnam ’22 Showcases Student Scholarship

Psychedelics as Catalysts for Conversion. Joan of Arc: Queer Icon. Mangrove Responses to Anthropogenic Changes. These are just a sampling of the papers submitted so far to Putnam's Proud Papers Project.
A Complicated Story

Understanding Maine’s Statehood

As an important milestone approaches, an exhibition at the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library features historic documents that bring to light the complicated journey to Maine’s statehood two hundred years ago.
Faculty Promotions

Board of Trustees Awards Tenure to Four Faculty Members

The Bowdoin College Board of Trustees granted tenure to four faculty members during a meeting held in January 2020.
Rhyme Advocacy

Environmental Hip-Hop Rapper Colby Santana ’23 is a ‘Recyclepath’

Colby Santana ’23—an eco hip-hop artist from Maine—has written songs like “It Ain't Easy Being Wheezy” (about air pollution) and “No More Fish in the Sea” to muse on the