News

Students Travel to Brazil to Study Technology and the Common Good

A group of students and two faculty members traveled during spring break to explore the effects of digital technologies on people living in rural communities and less affluent areas of Brazil.

“A Faith Healer and His Followers”

“Holy Sobriety.” Surviving Persecution in Early Twentieth Century Russia

Russia scholar Page Herrlinger discusses her new book, which explores the life and legacy of “Brother Ioann” Churikov— a charismatic early twentieth-century spiritual leader whose followers were targeted by the Russian Orthodox Church and, later, the Soviet state.
Honoring Many Cultures

Starting with Delicious 'Wraps' and Ending with Exploding Color, Students Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Cultures

In March, leaders of nine student groups gathered with staff at the Center for Multicultural Life to plan this year’s Bowdoin’s Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
A Campus Democracy Challenge

Exploring Racial Turnout Gaps among Student Voters

Three government students travel to New York, along with their professor, to present their research at a national conference. The Bowdoin scholars are examining why there are significant differences in turnout among student voters according to their racial and ethnic identity.
The Real Work of Make Believe

Davis Robinson Is a Full-time Theater Professor and Director—and a Part-time Movie Actor—Most Recently in ‘The Holdovers’

What would you do for the chance to act in a movie scene with Meryl Streep?
One Size Does Not Fit All

New CXD Internship Program Encourages Employers and Students to Create Unique Opportunities

This summer, Bowdoin’s Career Exploration and Development office (CXD) will fund 180 summer internships. Several of these originated from employers and students willing to think creatively and improvise.
Peaceful Futures

Projects for Peace Grantee Sabrina Kearney ’26 Will Work with Tibetans in Exile

Each year, Projects for Peace awards grants of $10,000 to more than 125 college students who have proposed “innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues.”
Gathering Oral Histories

Artist’s Lunar Capsule Project Tours Maine Ahead of Upcoming Bowdoin Exhibition

Former artist-in-residence Abigail DeVille launches an interactive sculpture designed to collect audio testimony from people. The project will inform a wider exhibition of DeVille’s work coming to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art this summer.
2024 Solar Eclipse

Bowdoin Group Journeys to the Zone of Totality

After traveling hours to Jackman, Maine, nearly fifty Bowdoin students gathered at the edge of an icy lake ringed by small hills to watch the solar eclipse.
Dance Till the Balloons Drop

Spring Gala Celebrates the Coming Season

Bowdoin Student Government and Student Activities threw their annual spring gala dance party, complete with balloon drop.
Have idea, will travel!

Curiosity and Watson Fellowship Propel Bowdoin Seniors Around the Globe

Three Bowdoin students have received Watson Fellowships to travel for twelve straight months next year, following unique intineraries around the world.
Behind the Creative Process

Telling a Story on Stage and Screen: Director Tina Satter ’96 Visits Campus

Satter hosts a campus screening of her critically acclaimed movie Reality, which tells the story of intelligence contractor and whistleblower Reality Winner. The English major describes the filmmaking process and how she drew inspiration from the transcript of a real-life FBI interrogation.
Art+Activism=Liberation

'Parable Path' Returns to Maine With Music, Art, Poetry, and Messages

Parable Path—a multidimensional community arts project—is continuing in Maine this semester with a series of performances and conversations focused on rooting out injustices in the US incarceration system.
The Financial Cost of Disaster

Marine Insurance Expert John Miklus ’82 on Likely Baltimore Bridge Collapse Costs

The president of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters tells reporters liability claims from the recent Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could well exceed a billion dollars.
A Grim Milestone

Standing with Evan

Global support for Evan Gershkovich ’14 remains strong one year after his imprisonment, as supporters of the jailed Wall Street Journal reporter take part in a series of coordinated activities around the world.