Two Hundred Acres of Learning
With a background in art history as well as biology, having studied lobsters and birds and bats and now bees, field biologist Patty Jones is an ideal director for the Bowdoin Scientific Station, where interdisciplinary work is an art form, long-term research meets single-summer experiments, and everyone learns skills that stay with them for life.
Nature Moments: Last Chance Dance in Plants
Flowers look so innocent. But just like humans, they can be manipulative and very picky about their mates, as illustrated by ladyslippers and irises, two common bumble-bee pollinated plants.
Bowdoin Students and Grads Reap National Awards
This year, thirty-four students — many of them graduating seniors — received awards or fellowships to support graduates or undergraduate studies, or travel abroad.
Our Original “Nanook”
Explorer Donald B. MacMillan, Class of 1898, delivered the following talk at Bowdoin’s Commencement Dinner on June 20, 1918.
Cucumber Pimm’s Cup
A refreshing summer cocktail from Dining’s Adeena Fisher.
Professor’s Tweet about Trump Executive Order Inspires Late-Night Joke
Comedian Stephen Colbert found some dark humor in a contradiction that Bowdoin government professor Andrew Rudalevige recently identified.
The Poetic Possibilities of Snail Research
The Bowdoin Marine Science Semester launched four years ago with large ambitions for enriching student’s education with research in the field. Since then, molecular ecologist Sarah Kingston — one of the program’s fulltime faculty — has been hatching excitement among her students about tiny things, from the DNA of blue mussels to the muscular feet […]
‘Champions of Access and Success’ Convene at Bowdoin
High school counselors, college admissions staff, deans, financial aid advisors and many others who help talented low-income students gain admission into colleges or universities, and help them to thrive there, gathered at Bowdoin this week to share their knowledge and make connections.