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How Does Our Social Network Influence Our Behavioral Choices?

Computer scientist Mohammad Irfan heads an exciting project exploring human interactions in networks. The research could have implications for many fields, from public health to energy pricing to congressional voting patterns.

Exploring Friendship

A Lifelong Ambition Realized

These are exciting times for Josephine (Vodicka) Cameron ’98. This year she published her debut novel, Maybe a Mermaid, a work of contemporary fiction aimed at elementary school readers and the first in a major two-book deal.
Waste Not Want Not

Gleaning Fellow Helps Feed the Hungry

Anne McKee ’20 has been doing her bit for food security recently. For her summer fellowship she’s been working with a local nonprofit in the field of gleaning, the practice of harvesting surplus crops to give to those in need.
How to Respectfully Disagree

Depolarization and the Art of Loving Your Enemy

Behavioral economist Daniel Stone reflects on the latest book by social scientist Arthur Brooks, soon to be Bowdoin’s first Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow. "Love Your Enemies" is described as a “DIY depolarization manual.”
A Summer of Sun, Surf, and Science

Sophomore Nicholas Bower's Marine Science Internship in the Bahamas

The rising Bowdoin sophomore has a funded internship from Bowdoin to work on an interdisciplinary environmental project at a Bahamian "mega-resort."
Harlem LAX

Empowerment through Sport

Rising junior Kendall Rogers takes his passion for lacrosse to the at-risk youth of Harlem, where he is volunteering with a community nonprofit—one of about a hundred Bowdoin students pursuing funded internships over the break.
Let's Get it Started!

Esra Park ’21 Practices Design Skills, and Patience, at a Start-Up

Esra Park ’21 has a summer grant from Bowdoin to intern for the app Fuloop, which promotes fun stuff to do in Los Angeles.
Tell the World

Students Help Maine Kids Tell Their Stories

Three Bowdoin students have grants from the College this summer to intern at The Telling Room, a Portland-based nonprofit that offers creative writing programs to kids throughout the state.
Digging into the Roman Empire

Cole Crawford ’20 Helps Excavate Important Legionary Base in Israel

The discovery, in 2013, of a nearly 2,000-year-old military encampment in Israel proved that the Romans maintained an impressive military presence in the Galilee.
Algorithmic Politics

With Math, a Professor and Students Analyze Maine's Political History

Associate Professor of Math Jack O'Brien and student researcher Jill Tian ’21 are collecting Maine's referenda voting data going back to 1820 to tell a political story about the state and its people.
Hot Off the Press!

Ian Ward ’20 and Kate Lusignan ’21 Revel in Local Journalism at Portland Paper

Two students who believe in the importance of local journalism are spending the summer creating content for one of Maine's most prestigious daily newspapers.
Going on a Tick Hunt

Ecology Professor and Student Launch a Long-Term Study on Ticks

Onyedika Onuorah ’22 has been bravely venturing into prime tick territory to collect data for an ecological study on ticks—and the diseases they carry.
Local Fellows

Highlighting the Local Work of McKeen-Environmental Studies Summer Fellows

Nearly thirty students showcased their summer projects, which included work in the fields of sustainable agriculture and fisheries, environmental conservation, human rights, social services, and the creative arts.
Someone to Blame

Who's More Likely to Resort to Scapegoating? A Student Investigates.

Psychology and religion major Ben Simonds ’21 is collecting data this summer to find out whether our temperaments can make us more likely to scapegoat others.
Air Work

Raine Raynor ’21 Adds Detail to the Global Oxygen Budget

Those who harbor doubts about climate science would do well to see how much work Raine Raynor is putting into getting the data just right.

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Little Things Matter

Related Links

How Does Our Social Network Influence Our Behavioral Choices?

Exploring Friendship

A Lifelong Ambition Realized

Waste Not Want Not

Gleaning Fellow Helps Feed the Hungry

How to Respectfully Disagree

Depolarization and the Art of Loving Your Enemy

A Summer of Sun, Surf, and Science

Sophomore Nicholas Bower's Marine Science Internship in the Bahamas

Harlem LAX

Empowerment through Sport

Let's Get it Started!

Esra Park ’21 Practices Design Skills, and Patience, at a Start-Up

Tell the World

Students Help Maine Kids Tell Their Stories

Digging into the Roman Empire

Cole Crawford ’20 Helps Excavate Important Legionary Base in Israel

Algorithmic Politics

With Math, a Professor and Students Analyze Maine's Political History

Hot Off the Press!

Ian Ward ’20 and Kate Lusignan ’21 Revel in Local Journalism at Portland Paper

Going on a Tick Hunt

Ecology Professor and Student Launch a Long-Term Study on Ticks

Local Fellows

Highlighting the Local Work of McKeen-Environmental Studies Summer Fellows

Someone to Blame

Who's More Likely to Resort to Scapegoating? A Student Investigates.

Air Work

Raine Raynor ’21 Adds Detail to the Global Oxygen Budget

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