Nature Moments: How a Wood Frog’s Thumbs Help Him Find ‘Mrs. Right’
As soon as the ice melts from ponds, wood frogs emerge from hibernation, filling cool spring nights with the sound of their croaks. To tell males from females, just look at their hands. Males have absurdly muscular thumbs, the better to hold onto females in the brief but fierce competition for mates.
President Clayton Rose Reads a Pop-up Poem about ‘A Couple’
President Clayton Rose read a poem Monday afternoon as part of the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library’s Pop-up Poetry readings happening throughout April, in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Muslim Students Invite Syrian-American Poet, Activist, Feminist to Bowdoin
MSA president Mariama Sowe ’18 said she became an instant fan of Kassir’s after watching the poet’s performances on YouTube. “She radiates with strength, female empowerment, and is just inspirational as a young female, Muslim, hijabi activist who’s not afraid to stand up for what she believes in and give a voice to the masses that don’t have one,” Sowe said.
Learning from the Best: Music Students Sit with Indian Sitar Master
Ustad Usman Khan is regarded as one of the greatest living sitar players, said music professor Vineet Shende. “His family have been musicians going back six generations, and he’s a third-generation sitar master.”
Prof. Erin Johnson Honored for Bringing Community Service to the Classroom
Erin Johnson, a visiting assistant professor in the departments of Visual Arts and Digital and Computational Studies at Bowdoin, is being recognized for making public service an integral part of her classes.
Godzilla: More Than Just a Giant, Angry Lizard
Godzilla represents a number of things, says Asian studies professor Chris Born, but is commonly associated with the ongoing concern in Japan, and elsewhere, over nuclear contamination. Born has organized an academic symposium to examine the continuing relevance of the ‘Godzilla’ franchise.
Nature Moments: Galls, Cankers and Witch’s Brooms
Have you ever noticed tumor-like growths on plants? Fungi, insects, mites and bacteria are like “body snatchers,” penetrating plant cells and manipulating them to produce galls, cankers and witch’s brooms for the parasites’ benefit.
Site-Specific Drawings in New Museum Show Stretch Language
For a few days in February, Chicago-based artist Tony Lewis (b.1986) took over one half of a gallery at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. With a team of fifteen Bowdoin student volunteers and his two assistants, and armed with power tools, screws, paint, and graphite powder, Lewis undertook the significant task of creating two large site-specific drawings for the museum.