Charlotte Youkilis ’20 Heads North for Southern Soul Food
For documentary film, NYC-native Charlotte Youkilis is exploring the Harlem Soul Food scene, its roots, and the people who helped shape it.
Teaching Quantitative Reasoning With Photography
The Geoffrey Canada Scholars, who come from all over the United States and the world — including two from Maine and one from Rwanda — arrived on campus July 7. The program is designed to help the students transition to college, to make them feel they belong at Bowdoin, and to show them how to access resources and find support.
Young Composers Present Music Inspired by Art
In a collaboration with the Bowdoin College Art Museum, ten young composers recently showcased original music inspired by works of art on display. The composers are all summer students at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Maine-Focused Internships Are ‘Life-changing,’ ‘Inspiring,’ ‘Motivating’
This summer, the twenty-four fellows chipped away a little at all that needs to be done to help our society and environment. They worked for nature advocacy and conservation groups; they interned at organizations feeding hungry families; they provided free healthcare to low-income people.
Jiankun Wu ’21 Translates Undiscovered Chinese Sci-fi Writer
Because she loves science fiction and science—she studies physics and English at Bowdoin—Jiankun Wu decided to take on the task this summer of translating Qiang Fu’s 2017 book, The Loners’ Game, from Chinese to English.
Bowdoin’s Danahy Mentors Gold-Winning Chemistry Olympiad Team
A team of US high school students has won four gold medals at this year’s International Chemistry Olympiad in Europe. Senior lecturer Danahy is one of the team’s three mentors.
Behind-the-Scenes: “Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting”
Curious about all the thoughts that go into an exhibition like “Winslow Homer and the Camera?” Frank Goodyear discusses what inspired the show, the challenges he faced, his favorite pieces, and what’s next for the exhibition.
A Handheld History on Your Handheld Device
The curators of “A Handheld History: Five Centuries of Medals from the Molinari Collection” at Bowdoin College” have sought to take advantage of mobile technology to provide an interpretation of the handheld histories of five centuries of medallic art.