News

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (Classes, Actually)

A random survey of a handful of students on their best fall classes elicited a range of answers. Organic chemistry, anyone?

Creative Grammar

What's Art Got to Do With Spanish Grammar?

A Spanish class visited an abstract piece of art for inspiration to express their dreams—in the correct tense, of course.
Keeping People Warm

Hats, Gloves, Scarves, and Mittens for the Common Good

A newly formed group this semester has been busy knitting items to give away to those in need.
Cookies, Latkes, and Good Cheer

Holiday Festivities... Commence!

Around campus, different groups have been celebrating the holidays in all sorts of ways, and with all sorts of treats, from elaborate cookies to latkes.
Pistols at Dawn

Ten Paces, Two Shots: The Duel as a Literary Device

“In the real world, there are rarely clearly defined winners and losers.” Professor of German Andrew Hamilton talks about the history of dueling in literature, and why it’s often a lot more complicated than we think.
Sociology at Work

A Sociologist and a Senior Collaborate to Update Research on Adverse Childhoods

Craig McEwen, a retired Bowdoin sociologist, collaborated last year with Scout Gregerson ’18 to publish a reassessment of childhood adversity and its root causes.
A Different Way of Learning

Taking on the Romans! History through Wargaming

A couple of Bowdoin classics scholars are incorporating a passion for wargaming into their teaching. Here they discuss how one particular game deals with the Gallic revolt against Caesar.
Bring Down the House

Alumnae Make Doc on South Africa's Comedy Scene

When two Bowdoin students studied abroad in Cape Town in 2015, they developed an interest in the city's comedy scene that later blossomed into a documentary.
Read All About it!

From Psychology to Politics, Bowdoin Professors Write for National Media

Psychology professor Samuel Putnam looks at the issue of culture and personal identity, while political scientist Michael Franz takes stock of political advertising in the 2018 midterm elections.
Serving the Oligarchy

Thomas Ricks: Why New Yorker Ads Are too Elitist

“Reading them is like receiving dispatches from the oligarchy.” Writing in The Guardian, Visiting Fellow in History Ricks says he loves The New Yorker's reporting but laments how its ads are aimed at the “one percent.”