Bowdoin Guides Local Church Group in Race Dialogue
After Brunswick’s Unitarian Universalist Church took a vote on the matter last year, the congregation affixed a prominent “Black Lives Matter” banner onto the outside of the church, clearly visible to drivers passing by on the busy road.
Nevan Swanson ’18 Wins Watson to Explore Documentation, Experience, and Memory
In his year of travel as a Watson fellow, Nevan Swanson will investigate some of the oldest forms of documentation — cave paintings in France, and oral storytelling in Tanzania — while also exploring one of the most modern, the youthful craze of taking fleeting selfies.
SenCinema: Students meet with Senegalese Documentary Filmmaker
Dr. Amadou Fofana, professor of french and francophone studies at Willamette University in Oregon, visited Bowdoin to share his recent documentary, SenCinema
Andrew Rudalevige on President Trump’s ‘Surprising Predicament’
Speaking to BloombergPolitics, government professor Rudalevige points out that despite having a Republican majority in Congress, President Trump has relied on executive actions to implement his policies.
Brendan Pulsifer ’20 Receives Grant to Assist Grad’s Health Work in Zambia
Brendan Pulsifer ’20 has received a $10,000 grant from David Projects for Peace to help teach reproductive health to young girls in Zambia through a nonprofit founded by Lonnie Hackett ’14.
First the Alternative Spring Break, Then the Reflection
Over Spring Break, over fifty students travelled to six different locations across the world with the Bowdoin McKeen Center’s Alternative Spring Break program. It is a tradition at Bowdoin that these students gather again, soon after they have returned to campus, for an evening of reflection, hosted by the McKeen Center for the Common Good.
Professor Vineet Shende’s New Composition: When East REALLY Meets West
The music professor’s new string quartet, which premieres on April 6, aims to genuinely integrate the musical traditions of two hemispheres. The composition, he said, “employs melodic and formal ideas found in North Indian raag, rhythmic ideas found in South Indian taal, and polyphony and modulation found in Western concert music.”
First-Generation First-Years Share Why They Chose Bowdoin
We reached out to three Bowdoin first-year students who are the first in their families to attend a four-year undergraduate institution in this country. Dylan Bess, Kathryn McGinnis, and Srini Pandiyan, all of the Class of 2012, spoke about why they chose to attend Bowdoin and what it is like to attend school here.