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Bowdoin Marks Close of Academic Year with Baccalaureate Ceremony

Bowdoin College held its Baccalaureate ceremony Friday, May 24, 2019, in the Sidney J. Watson Arena, marking the official close of the academic year.

Love a New Way

A Romantic Campus Tradition Gets an Upgrade

Four seniors have just launched a new dating app for Senior Week—the days leading up to Commencement—to help students' last-ditch efforts to meet a love interest before leaving Bowdoin.
Change Making, Already

Lucas Johnson ’22 Helps Usher In Maine Bill Requiring Mental Health Education in Schools

Working with Maine Senator Brownie Carson ’69, first-year Lucas Johnson supported a new bill ensuring that Maine schools teach students about mental health.
One Pixel at a Time

Using Art and Technology to Help the Community and Change the World

Students in Erin Johnson's digital and computational class created promotional and documentary media for a local animal shelter, the farmers market, a day shelter for adults, and other nonprofits that serve the community.
A Modern Twist

Archaeology Class Uses High-Tech Objects to Understand Ancient Ones

In her class Descendents of the Sun: The Inca and Their Ancestors, archaeologist Lauren Kohut attempts to recreate the experience of doing fieldwork in the Andean highlands for students in a classroom in Maine.
A Banquet of Art

Museum of Art Launches Major Medieval and Renaissance Art Show

Bowdoin College Museum of Art will be organizing the first North American exhibition of the Wyvern Collection, one of the world's leading collections of medieval art.
Bright Futures

Forty National Fellowships Awarded to Bowdoin Students, Alumni

Seventeen seniors have Fulbrights to teach or do research abroad. Others—including several recent alumni—have Truman, Watson, Keasbey and other awards.
Does Dragon Glass Exist?

In honor of this weekend's last episode of Game of Thrones, we investigate whether or not “dragon glass” is real and what it actually is.
Molten Magic

Students Witness the Fine Art of Metal Casting

Professor Jackie Brown’s mold-making and casting class enjoys a visit to the Green Foundry in Eliot, Maine, where art is made from metal.
Five-Year Funding Boost

Bowdoin Shares in $18-Million INBRE Grant for Biomedical Research and Training

Bowdoin College is among thirteen institutions sharing in a federal grant worth about $18 million to strengthen biomedical research and training in Maine. Bowdoin’s share is nearly $800,000.
Only Cosmological Secrets Here

The Peucinian Society: Clashing Ideas While Staying Friends

Bowdoin's oldest student organization, the Peucinian Society, fosters an intellectual environment in which students "do not just tolerate but actually seek out opposing views." And then they go to SuperSnack together.
A Model to Replicate

Geoffrey Canada ’74 Wins Leadership Award

The Richard Murphy Leadership Award recognizes Canada’s “extraordinary accomplishments in the youth leadership field In New York City,” according to the news site Youth Today.
Commencement 2019

Bowdoin to Award 472 Degrees at 214th Commencement May 25

Bowdoin will hold its 214th Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2019, and confer bachelor of arts degrees on 472 graduates.
Princess Shoes

Shoe Designer Ruthie Davis ’84 Honored for New Disney Collaboration

Ruthie Davis ’84 has won the "Golden Globes" of the fashion industry—the American Image Award.
New Trustee

Apple Senior Vice President Philip Schiller P’17 Elected to Bowdoin College Board of Trustees

The Bowdoin College Board of Trustees elected new member Philip W. Schiller P’17 during meetings held on campus May 9-10, 2019.