Nature Moments: The Buzz About Bees
It turns out that bumblebees are not that different from humans. They like to follow the crowd and they like coffee!
Athletics: Bowdoin Broadcasts Now Available on Multiple Devices
Bowdoin College and the Northeast Sports Network (NSN) will provide webcasts via OTT (over-the-top) apps this season.
Theater Professor Directs Tribute Play to Late Boston ‘Theater Legend’
Davis Robinson and the “Beau Jest Moving Theatre” are staging “Larry’s Play” in honor of Larry Coen, the charismatic actor/director who died suddenly earlier this year. It was a play Coen himself had been working on when he died, explains Robinson.
Arts and Culture: 2018 Fall Preview
To complement the Bowdoin Arts and Culture Fall 2018 Calendar of Events, here’s a sample of some of the treats on offer in the galleries, museums, concert halls, libraries, theaters, and and lecture halls of the College over the next few months.
Former American Express CEO Ken Chenault ’73, H’96 Talks Leadership and Success on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’
Ken Chenault ’73, H’96, long a respected leader in the business world, stepped down this year as chairman and CEO of American Express. After thirty-seven years at the company—the last seventeen in the corner office—Chenault had become a “rockstar to the green-card faithful,” notes CBS Sunday Morning.
Nature Moments: Herbivory in Moderation
In moderation, herbivory—the eating of plants—is a sign of a healthy environment because it indicates that our native insects have not been decimated by pesticides or climate change.
Wheelwright’s ‘Nature Moments’ Videos Enjoy a ‘Made in Maine’ TV Moment of Their Own
Nat Wheelwright, Bowdoin’s Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, took a year off from teaching to produce, with a team of filmmakers and ecologists, the video series Nature Moments, to encourage mindfulness and curiosity about one’s own nature discoveries. They are short installments that have been released one per week over the past year — and recently were featured on local ABC affiliate WMTW’s Made in Maine series.
Why Scholarly Research Should be Podcast (At Least Some of the Time)
Meghan Roberts is one of several Bowdoin professors who, along with asking students to write more traditional papers, also assigned podcasts this past year.