News

Almost Two Dozen Students and Alumni Offered Fulbright Awards

Bowdoin students and recent graduates have been offered Fulbrights to teach English or conduct research abroad next year in countries spanning the globe.

The World Beyond Our Screens

How to Bring Maine's Sea to Students

"We are trying to still get them out there and to show them Maine," marine biology lab instructor Bethany Whalon said. "We’re trying to give them the Bowdoin experience, even though they're not present."
Using Your Own Space

Acting for the Camera: A Remote Experience

The move to remote learning creates a perfect opportunity for theater professor Abigail Killeen to introduce a new class. Acting for the Camera encourages students to take advantages of the spaces they find themselves in.
Bowdoin in the News

Bowdoin’s Testing Protocol and Fall Semester Approach Highlighted on "The CBS Evening News"

CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook interviewed President Clayton Rose and a handful of students about Bowdoin’s cautious approach to the fall semester and its testing protocol.
Race in the US

First "1619" History Event Draws Hundreds of Viewers

In the first of four public forums in which Bowdoin historians analyze The New York Times Magazine initiative "The 1619 Project," Brian Purnell and Patrick Rael discussed the value of the project and the complicated links between the history of the US and contemporary race and racism.
Climbing the Food Chain

Making Waves as a Natural Scientist

Evan Fricke ’11 is an up-and-coming ecologist who recently had his work published in Nature magazine. He says he got his first taste for field research as an undergraduate visiting the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island.
Different but Excellent

Online Teaching: Japanese with Vyjayanthi Selinger

"I hope my students still see my passion for Japanese, and my care for them—that these are coming through, just expended in another way," said Associate Professor of Asian Studies Vyjayanthi Ratnam Selinger.
Campus Construction

Slideshow: Harpswell Apartments Nearing Completion

Finishing touches are being added to the new Harpswell Apartments east of the Watson Arena, which will house 132 students in apartment-style accommodations.
In the Media

The Chronicle: "Some Colleges Planned Early for an Online Fall. Here’s What They Learned."

Find out what Bowdoin faculty and faculty from other colleges learned as a result of their institutions making an early decision about teaching plans for the fall.
Online Polling

Gauging Maine’s Political Landscape

Government and math major Sumer Vaidya ’22 spent the summer trying to gauge how Mainers will vote in the coming elections. Due to the pandemic, he had to adjust his research project to an online format.
Wind in their Sails

Sailing Team Acts to Diversify a Historically White and Exclusive Sport

Following a summer when the nation once again takes stock of entrenched racism, Preston Anderson ’22 is making positive changes where he can—in his sport of sailing.
Ecosystem Modeling

Education Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Science Education Project

Assistant Professor of Education Alison Riley Miller is part of an ecosystem modeling project to help middle school students and teachers. Also involved are the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Vanderbilt University.
Racial Reckoning

History Department Will Lead Fall Series Based on The 1619 Project

In 2019, on the 400-year anniversary of the date that the first slave ship arrived on the shores of America, The New York Times Magazine launched an ongoing initiative called The 1619 Project.
Unusual, but Still Celebratory

The Annual Opening of the College: Bowdoin's 219th Convocation

For the first time in the College's history, Bowdoin held a virtual Convocation ceremony to mark the official opening of the academic year. Classes—most of them also online this fall—start Wednesday.
Healthy Hometown

Ruby Ahaiwe ’21 Focuses Her Public Health Interest on Her Community

After developing an interest in public health at college, Ruby Ahaiwe took a closer look at the Nigerian community she grew up in to see if she could improve health care outcomes there.