Bowdoin will bestow four honorary degrees at its 216th Commencement exercises to be held Saturday, May 29, 2021.
In a book of literary criticism, Romance languages and literatures associate professor Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego explores eight authors.
In the third video of a series, Jordyn Birmingham ’24 offers a glimpse into what her life is like on campus this semester.
Bowdoin is marking December 12, 2020, the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement.
Half a dozen alumni of color, spanning twenty-eight years, got together in mid-November—remotely, of course.
More than five million campaign ads aired on broadcast television during the 2020 election season. That’s a record.
There's no better time to learn about infectious diseases and how they shape and reflect a society's priorities, politics, and economy.
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In a new high-profile paper in Nature Climate Change, Bowdoin's Phil Camill and 69 other scientists highlight peatlands' impact.
“Americans have no right to take the moral high ground with Germans when talking about the sins of the past”—Professor Jill Smith said.
Scientists need to get used to the idea that they have responsibilities that go beyond the laboratory, or beyond their latest research.
Teaching remotely this semester gave German professor Jill Smith an opportunity to put more emphasis on teaching the architecture.
A student club for budding entrepreneurs will offer an incubator program next semester to teach business skills.
Did you grow up talking about mental or emotional health? So begins each of a series of personal conversations.
Assistant Professor of English Alex Marzano-Lesnevich says living in Maine has been transformative for their work.
Author Isabel Wilkerson gave a talk Thursday evening via Zoom, speaking to the Bowdoin community about her latest book.
Associate Professor of Mathematics Thomas Pietraho clearly recalls the controversy.
It’s the morning after the election that brought Donald Trump to power in 2016, and Morgan Edwards knows it’s going to be a tough day.
Journalist, author, and educator Alvin Hall ’74 recently joined President Clayton Rose to talk about a 2,021-mile road trip he took.
It is Bowdoin's fourth and final discussion of The New York Times Magazine series "The 1619 Project."
When Andrew Hall ’22 was the same age as most of his classmates, he was serving aboard the USS Makin Island, an amphibious assault ship.
Visitors to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, on the Bowdoin College campus, frequently comment on the full-sized kayak.
This week, the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center announced the launch of the alliance.
Pamela Zabala ’17 recently Zoomed in from Duke University, where she is a sociology PhD student, to discuss her Bowdoin honors project.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the US research enterprise to a breaking point.
Bowdoin's lab instructors in biology, physics, chemistry, and earth and oceanographic science (EOS) worked many extra hours this summer.
The Maine Jewish Film Festival gets underway in a few days in a virtual format.
This fall, Bowdoin supplied every student and most faculty with an iPad. For many, the gadget has become indispensable.
Biology professor Amy Johnson consulted extensively with the filmmaker—and provided some of her own footage.
As Election 2020 races toward the finish line, Bowdoin faculty are showing up in force in national media outlets eager for their insight.
Acclaimed military historian and journalist Tom Ricks came to Bowdoin in 2018 as a visiting fellow in history to research his next book.
A new study analyzing eating habits of a particular bat species by tracing DNA found in fecal samples has revealed unexpected eating habits.
Of the Bowdoin College endowment, nearly half is permanently restricted by donors to the support of student financial aid.
Despite disruptions caused by the pandemic, ten Bowdoin students had the chance this summer to explore their interest in public service.
Seamus Frey, '23, came to Bowdoin thinking he had been doing a good job as an anti-racist.
Among the relatively small group of sophomores, juniors, and seniors living on campus this semester are 34 international students.
The annual President's Summer Research Symposium.
This election season, Bowdoin doesn't just have its typical handful of students working to encourage a big student turnout at the polls.