News Archive 2009-2018

A Sense of Direction: Neuroscience Project Analyzes Spatial Memory

How do we navigate our way from A to B to C and beyond? Why are some people better than others at doing it? What brain activity occurs when we are trying to remember how to get to a particular destination?

52 New Classes, From Jane Eyre to the Biology of Sex Differences

This semester, faculty are offering fifty two classes that are brand new to Bowdoin.

Endowment Return of 15.7 Percent Boosts Student Financial Aid at Bowdoin

The Bowdoin College endowment, of which nearly half is permanently restricted by donors to the support of student financial aid, generated an investment return of 15.7 percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018.

Four Students Selected as Bowdoin’s First Multifaith Fellows

The Multifaith Fellowship will not only provide students with insights into the world’s major religions and practitoners, but may also help them reach across other divides. “I think if we can develop these skills of multifaith engagement, they apply to multiracial engagement, multi-political-party affiliation engagement, and multinational engagement,” Eduardo Pazos Palma said.

One Year Later, Nature Moments Video Series Calls It a Day

After twelve months, the weekly Nature Moments video series is calling it a day. In this final installment, biology professor Nat Wheelwright looks back and thanks the team of writers and technicians at Bowdoin College who helped him produce the series.

Lemur Life: David Anderson ’19 Researches a Madagascar Primate

As a biology major at Bowdoin, David Anderson ’19 has had the chance to study the behavior of sparrows on Kent Island and crabs at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center. But to satisfy his curiosity about primates, he (obviously) needed to go farther afield than Maine and New Brunswick.

Beyond the Football Field: Scholar-Athlete Cameron Rondeau ’19 Nationally Recognized

Bowdoin senior Cameron Rondeau  has been named a semifinalist for the 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy. The national award recognizes the top football scholar-athletes in the nation.

Latinx Heritage Month and Beyond

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.