Sills Hall, a hub for the study of languages and cinema, has been largely untouched, beyond routine maintenance, since its original construction in 1950. The new floorplans include nine classrooms and ...

The Goldwater Scholarship, established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater (1909-1998), supports undergraduate sophomores and juniors who show promise in the natural sciences, ...

The party was a festive refuge from an early-spring storm that had blanketed the campus with a shallow layer of snow a few days earlier.

A Bowdoin class recently met via Zoom with two guest speakers in Ecuador—one a recent graduate, the other a native of Achuar territory in the Amazon—who are helping to bring solar-powered boats and ...

Bowdoin College will bestow two honorary degrees at its 220th Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 24, 2025, on the steps of the Walker Art Building. This year’s honorary degree recipients ...

Per tradition, the annual Ebony Ball brought out serious dazzle in students. This year, the Center for Multicultural Life also hosted a pre-ball barbershop and beauty salon to help students really ...

The Asian Students Alliance (ASA) held its annual social get-together. Students gathered in Smith Union to mingle, enjoy some music, and sample delicacies from across the Asian continent. The event, ...

Whether in artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, or genetic engineering, businessman John McQuillan Jr. ’87 has serious concerns about the current rapid rate of scientific progress. “[S]cience ...

Parents and families showed up for their students en masse amid a beautiful fall weekend full of activity and togetherness. Against a backdrop of beautiful fall foliage and with unseasonably warm ...

It’s time to redefine what populism means in the context of a liberal democracy—that’s the view of Professor Seth Jaffe ’00, who teaches the history of political thought at LUISS Guido Carli ...

Mocombe's 2024-2025 choices were based on the idea of “The Black Artist,” and include a diverse range of volumes that span ancient Egyptian art to Alvin Ailey and Def Jam. Every year since 2020, the ...

We're sharing a three-part series on why Bowdoin faculty are so committed to teaching literature, languages, the arts, history, philosophy, and religion—and how students benefit. “Engagement with the ...