News

An Environmental Studies Program for a Rapidly Changing World

Bowdoin's Environmental Studies program is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, a milestone galvanizing faculty, staff, and students to reflect on what it means to study and teach the environment at a critical moment.

Truth and Justice

Linda Kinstler ’13 Emphasizes the Power of the Personal Narrative

Award-winning journalist Linda Kinstler ’13 recently visited Bowdoin to discuss the potential shapes and forms of justice in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian invasion.
Bowdoin in the News

Museum of Art’s “Antiquity and America” and How Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Americans of All Races, Classes, and Genders Looked to the Ancient Mediterranean for Inspiration

In an article for The Conversation, Sean Burrus, former Andrew W. Mellow Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Art (2018–2022) and curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition Antiquity and America, expands on the intention behind the show and shares insights from his field of expertise in ancient Mediterranean art and culture and in the ways in which Americans have made creative connections between past and present.
Expanding the Transfer Pipeline

Bowdoin College Joins 20 Colleges and Universities Nationwide in Official Launch of the Transfer Scholars Network

Bowdoin College has partnered with the Transfer Scholars Network, dedicated to expanding community college transfers to the nation’s highly selective colleges and universities.
Bowdoin in the News

A Chef’s Kiss for Bowdoin Dining

Bowdoin Dining is having a moment. On the heels of the always immensely popular Bowdoin Thanksgiving dinner, during and after which there are heaping helpings of praise for the operation, Dining Service is also being lauded in print as FoodService Director magazine’s Foodservice Operation of the Month.
Active Citizens

Bowdoin Gets a Shout-Out for its Student Voting Efforts

The nonpartisan organization Civic Nation is applauding the McKeen Center for the Common Good's work to inspire students to participate in our democracy and vote.
CSI: Coral Scene Investigator

Isaiah Bolden ’15 and His Forensic Approach to Solving a Reef Mystery

Bolden, an oceanographer, returned to campus November 14 to give a talk on his pioneering biogeochemical investigations into the world's imperiled coral reefs.
Kicking Off a New Class

Behind the Beautiful Game

As the world’s biggest sporting tournament gets underway, students from a new course looking at the culture and politics of soccer in Latin America gather to watch the opening match.
Joyous Bounty

A Very Bowdoin Thanksgiving

Before many students leave campus for Thanksgiving break to join family and loved ones for holiday gatherings, they were treated to the feast before the feast, Bowdoin Dining’s annual Thanksgiving spread.
Analyzing the Midterms

Government Scholars See “Tumultuous Year” Ahead for GOP

Government professors Michael Franz and Ángel Saavedra Cisneros reflect on the recent midterms, discussing issues like voter turnout, political ad spending, and what Donald Trump’s recent announcement might mean for the GOP.
See by the Sea

Schiller Coastal Studies Center Hosts Open House

A steady November rain couldn’t deter more than sixty-five hardy Mainers from attending an open house at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center on November 13. The first such event in the new facilities on Orrs Island attracted neighbors, potential students and families, and Bowdoin alumni, staff, and faculty.
Festival of Lights

Diwali Festival: Lighting Up a Darkening Season

Main Lounge in Moulton Union was alive with color and light Saturday, November 12, as Bowdoin’s South Asian Students Association (SASA) hosted its annual Diwali celebration with dinner and dancing.
Thank You!

Bowdoin Honors Students and Staff Who Have Served at Veterans Lunch

US military veterans from among the Bowdoin community, including students and staff members, are honored by the College at a special lunch event.
How to Rebuild a City

Linda Kinstler ’13 Reports on Rebuilding Efforts in Ukraine as War Rages

Former student journalist Kinstler writes for The New York Times Magazine about the reconstruction of a war-ravaged Ukrainian city. On November 17, she will visit the Bowdoin campus.
Extraordinary Access

A Private Collection Burnishes the Bowdoin Museum of Art

Since the Bowdoin College Museum of Art received 100 extraordinary objects from the Wyvern Collection as a long-term loan, the artworks have become "an integral part of the day-to-day life of the Museum," staff say.