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Critical Elements: What Do Young Scientists Need to Succeed?

Each January, Bowdoin's THRIVE program offers first-year students interested in the STEM fields a two-week program to gain the research and study skills needed to advance in a number of scientific disciplines.

How Genuine Are Elections?

DR Congo Embraces Democracy?

For the first time in its fifty-nine year history, the Democratic Republic of Congo may be about to experience its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. Professor David Gordon explains the perils and possibilities.
Getting Hired

Sophomores Get a Jumpstart on Career Prep

A group of students returns to campus before the spring semester to learn the ins and outs of finding a job.
Articulated Opinions

With 'Real-World Grit,' Students Make Their Voices Heard

Over one third of the students enrolled in a fall environmental policy class had their op-eds published in newspapers around the country.
Real-Life Drama

Bowdoin Grad Turns FBI Interrogation into Stage Play

New York-based theater director Tina Satter ’96 has based her latest production on the real-life interrogation of a former air force linguist now behind bars for espionage-related charges. (Photo: ©PaulaCourt)
Taking Ownership of Chance

In Life as in Photography, Good Fortune Plays a Part in Success

Speaking at a TEDx event last fall, Bowdoin junior Samantha Roy reflected on the role good luck plays in your life, drawing lessons from her experience as a photography student.
A Political Battlefield

Coercing an Ally: The Problem with Counterinsurgency Warfare

When two sides go to war, the outcome is typically decided on the battlefield. Not so in counterinsurgency warfare, where military dominance is no guarantee of success, says government professor Barbara Elias.
Women on Fire!

Spontaneous Human Combustion and the Enlightenment

History professor Meghan Roberts describes how one woman’s fiery death in 1725 was used to advance theories on medical science.
Transforming Space

Students Project Spectacular Visions in Thorne Hall

Students in a digital and computational visual arts class presented their final projection projects in Thorne Hall before break as they explored how media changes the spaces we spend our days in.
Green Building

Roux Building Earns Top Environmental Certification

The Roux Center for the Environment, which opened this fall, has been officially designated as LEED platinum, the highest environmental grade a building can obtain.

Campus Observations and Celebrations to Mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Campus Observations and Celebrations to Mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Related Links

Critical Elements: What Do Young Scientists Need to Succeed?

How Genuine Are Elections?

DR Congo Embraces Democracy?

Getting Hired

Sophomores Get a Jumpstart on Career Prep

Articulated Opinions

With 'Real-World Grit,' Students Make Their Voices Heard

Real-Life Drama

Bowdoin Grad Turns FBI Interrogation into Stage Play

Taking Ownership of Chance

In Life as in Photography, Good Fortune Plays a Part in Success

A Political Battlefield

Coercing an Ally: The Problem with Counterinsurgency Warfare

Women on Fire!

Spontaneous Human Combustion and the Enlightenment

Transforming Space

Students Project Spectacular Visions in Thorne Hall

Green Building

Roux Building Earns Top Environmental Certification

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