News Archive 2009-2018

Museum Security Guard Gets His Own Rave Art Review

In a recent write-up of the show, “Industrial Maine: Our Other Landscape,” in Lewiston, Portland Press Herald art critic Daniel Kany writes that of the nearly seventy works in the exhibition, he was most impressed by Dan Dowd’s pair of wall assemblages.

Artist Shaun Leonardo ’01 Triggers Nonverbal Gun Debate

Shaun Leonardo’s newest work, Primitive Games, commissioned by the Guggenheim Museum, has brought together people with opposing views of gun control to debate the issue—just without words. In a recent article, “Can an Artist Shift the Gun Debate?,” The New York Times reports, “With the dialogue on guns stalled, Mr. Leonardo suggests that the underlying […]

Bowdoin’s Santoro Discusses Teacher Burnout in Educational Media

“Demoralization happens when educators face persistent challenges to their professional values,” argues Associate Professor of Education Santoro.

Bowdoin Alumna Cruises to Victory in 750-Mile Sailing Race

Jeanne Assael Goussev ’99 and her all-female crew  sailed — and bicycled — their way to victory in the Race to Alaska, a 750-mile odyssey from Port Townsend, Wash., to Ketchikan, Alaska.

Polar Bears Celebrate at the 42nd Annual Chicago Lobster Bake

On June 16, Bill ’65 and Carolyn Springer hosted the 42nd annual Chicago Lobster Bake. A great group of Polar Bears enjoyed lobsters and steamers while catching up with friends old and new.

Bowdoin’s Rudalevige Weighs in on Supreme Court Travel Ban Vote

Writing in The Washington Post, the government professor described the ruling as “normal decision — or, more precisely, it is the outcome you would expect under a normal president.”

DC Alumni Kick Off Summer at Franklin Hall

On June 12, over 30 Bowdoin alumni celebrated the start of summer with a happy hour at Franklin Hall in Washington DC.

Middle Schoolers Use Bowdoin’s Mitchell Archives to Produce Award-Winning Documentary

Matthew Gilbert and Don Strawbridge from Greely Middle School spent hundreds of hours researching the Bowdoin archives as well as interviewing Sen. George Mitchell himself.