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Bowdoin College Expands Need-Blind Admissions Policy to Include International Students

This step makes Bowdoin one of just seven institutions nationally with comprehensive need-blind aid policies for all students, regardless of citizenship.

Opportunities that Really Pay Off

Funded Internship Grant Recipients Make Waves Across the Country

This summer, nearly a hundred students received funded internship grants from Career Exploration and Development (CXD), which provides students with a $5,000 stipend so they can pursue unpaid internships in their areas of interest.
Tech Hub Epicenter

A New Partnership between Bowdoin College and The Roux Institute at Northeastern University

Bowdoin has entered into a partnership with The Roux Institute at Northeastern University in Portland, Maine to provide opportunities for students to supplement their Bowdoin studies—and both institutions share the goal of transforming midcoast Maine into a research-intensive technology hub that attracts and retains talent in these fields.
Community Fellowships

Students Serve the Common Good in Partnership with Local Organizations

Students who received community and environmental fellowships from Bowdoin this summer interned at Maine nonprofits and in town offices to help improve the lives of others.
"Steadfast in Our Commitment"

Bowdoin College Signatory to Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Use of Race-Conscious Admissions Process

Bowdoin has joined with thirty-two peer institutions in an  amicus curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina and policies that allow admissions officers at both institutions to consider race as a factor in the review of a college application.
A Summer of Ideas

Mellon Mays Fellows Have 'Absolutely Phenomenal' Summer

Six Bowdoin sophomores—plus four Smith College students, plus students from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa—worked together with mentors and faculty this summer to launch ambitious research projects.
Knowledge for the Planet

With Bowdoin Fellowships, Students Pursue Environmental Questions

This summer, several students working on independent research projects explored some of the complexities associated with efforts to protect the environment.
Teaching the Holocaust

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Teaching the Holocaust

Middle and high school educators attend a Bowdoin summer institute exploring how to teach the Holocaust through visual culture. The two-week seminar was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
“A Cloudy Forecast”

Reassessing Russia’s Climate Policy

Government professor Laura Henry discusses the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Moscow’s climate policy. Slow but steady progress was being made prior to the conflict, she says, but the war has derailed that momentum.
Team Unbroken

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans, Wife of Robert Evans ’76, Receives Pat Tillman Award

Author, athlete, and retired US Army Command Sergeant Major Gretchen Evans was honored with the 2022 Pat Tillman Award for Service, given to an individual with a strong connection to sports and who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and US Army Ranger.
Embarking on an Elevated Mission

Anneka Williams ’21 Publishes Essay on Hiking New England's Highest Peaks

In 2019, when she was in her junior year at Bowdoin, Anneka Williams decided she needed a concrete goal to help pull her through uncertain times.
"Dynamic, Inspiring, and Collaborative Leader"

Holly Parker Named Schiller Coastal Studies Center Director

Bowdoin College has named Holly Parker director of the newly expanded Schiller Coastal Studies Center (SCSC), the College’s 118-acre research facility thirteen miles from the main campus on Casco Bay.
New Approaches

Twenty-Nine K-12 Educators Attend Multilingual Learning Institute at Bowdoin and Bates

Elementary school education professionals from across the US gather for a two-week institute looking at identity and language learning. The event was sponsored by a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities.
Making Waves

Sea Change: Preston Anderson ’22

Amid the COVID doldrums and in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Preston Anderson ’22 skippered an ambitious national initiative—The Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) task force—that is changing collegiate sailing.
Summertime Research Deep Dives

(Practically) Every Topic Under the Bowdoin Sun

Over 200 students received fellowships from Bowdoin this summer to pursue independent research with a faculty advisor.