News

Celebrating Fifty Years of Women at Bowdoin

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of women at Bowdoin, the College held a two-day program that brought alumnae together to reflect—and to look forward.

Fall Spectacular

Sights From A Colorful Family Weekend

The first Family Weekend in two years was held during a beautiful October weekend, with bright trees providing a backdrop to the President's Research Symposium, football and rugby games, food trucks, and student performances.
Student Showcase

President's Summer Research Symposium Features Breakthroughs across the Universe

The event celebrated more than 150 students who presented work they pursued last summer—many of the projects funded with Bowdoin grants—from developing youth leadership in Malaysia to programming a camera-toting Mars rover.
Inclusion Work

Changing the Game for Young Trans Athletes: A Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Shane Diamond '10

Bowdoin Athletics, Alumni Relations, and the Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center welcomed human rights advocate and former Bowdoin women's ice hockey captain Shane Diamond '10 on October 14 for a film screening and virtual panel discussion.
Celebrating Academic Heights

The Return of Sarah and James Bowdoin Day

For the first time in two years, the Bowdoin community was able to come together to celebrate Sarah and James Bowdoin Day. The scholarly heights achieved by students were honored in a ceremony on Friday, October 22, 2021.
Racial Equity Training

Second Chapter: A Campus-Wide Workshop on What the Data Shows about Racism

Since last winter, the entire community of Bowdoin staff, faculty, and students has been engaging in a campus-wide, multipart curriculum to examine issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI. This semester, the College is specifically focusing on the persistence of anti-Black racism in US systems.
Poetry and Mental Health

Casual Poetry, Serious Mindfulness: The Nightingale Society Begins Its Inaugural In-Person Semester

Every Wednesday, after the sun has gone down, the Nightingale Society, a student-run poetry and mindfulness club that took off amid the pandemic, meets for a forty-five-minute session.
The Warm-Up’s the Thing!

Student Actors Tackle Award-Winning Play

Bowdoin’s Department of Theater and Dance presents “The Wolves,” a 2016 play that centers on the experiences of a high school girls’ soccer team. The drama occurs as the teammates meet for their weekly pre-match warm-ups.
Share a Memory

Personal Histories: Fifty Years of Stories for Fifty Years of Women at Bowdoin

Organizers of Bowdoin's recent celebration, Leaders in All Walks of Life: Fifty Years of Women, are inviting alumnae and students from all class years to share their stories about Bowdoin on interactive online storyboards. Eventually, this digital trove will be housed in the College archives.
An Audio Offering

New Bowdoin Podcast to Tackle Issues of Democracy

The College is launching a podcast series, tapping into the reservoir of talent contained in the Bowdoin community. Bowdoin Presents examines the concept of democracy from a number of angles.
Belgrade Bound

White House Nominates Christopher Hill '74, H'14 for Key Balkans Post

Foreign service veteran Christopher Hill is President Joe Biden’s choice to be US ambassador to Serbia. Hill was a key player in the Balkan peace process of the 1990s, helping to bring peace to Bosnia.
Heading Out

Record Number of Students Join Outing Club

This fall, Bowdoin Outing Club memberships almost quadrupled, a rise its directors attribute to several factors, including the club's longtime efforts to welcome all students, no matter their background, ability, or experience in the outdoors.
Grey Matter Matters

How the Study of Animal Brains Could Help Reveal the Neural Basis of Trauma

Neuroscientist Jennifer Honeycutt receives funding for a groundbreaking three-year research project. Through behavioral and cellular analysis of animal brains, she hopes to help humans who have suffered early life trauma.
More Environmental Accolades

Green Building Award for Coastal Studies Center

The Schiller Coastal Studies Center receives an Institutional Merit Award from the Connecticut Green Building Council.
Life at Bowdoin: 200 Years Ago

Welcoming the Class of ’25… 1825, That Is

Bowdoin's Class of 1825—which included the likes of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne—entered college 200 years ago. What was it like to be a member of this famous class long before it was famous? And what about the not-so-famous among the group?