Kaitlynn Miller ’14 Makes Olympic Team
Former Bowdoin student-athlete Kaitlynn Miller ’14 has been named to the 2018 US Olympic Team in the sport of cross-country skiing.
Portland Museum of Art Biennal Opens, Features Bowdoin’s Erin Johnson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Johnson is among the twenty-five artists being featured in the PMA’s much anticipate exhibition. Her video documentary piece, “Lawrence”, which deals with issues of nuclear destruction and art, will be on display.
Bowdoin’s Curling Team—Its Largest Ever—Plays Nice
When captains Cole Hamel ’18 and Thomas Ezquerro ’18 joined the Bowdoin Curling team three years ago, there were only five players. This year, there are twenty-eight players. A little more than half are women.
Kenneth Chenault ’73, H’96 Joins Board of Second Tech Company, Airbnb
A week after Facebook announced it had appointed Kenneth Chenault ’73, H’96 to its board of directors, Airbnb delivered the news that it had also succeeded in persuading the outgoing American Express CEO to its board.
Dramatic Photographs from an 1869 Arctic Art Expedition on View
Beautiful images taken on an unusual nineteenth-century Arctic expedition are the focus of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s new exhibit, Solely for the Purposes of Art: Images from William Bradford’s 1869 Arctic Expedition.
WCSH Explores Bowdoin’s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
A TV crew from Portland recently checked out some of the more than 45,000 artifacts in the 50-year-old Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum — admiring the stuffed polar bears, seal-intestine clothing, fur-lined jackets, and other items on display.
Alumni, Family, and Friends Enjoy the Annual Family Skate
Nearly a hundred alumni and family members donned their skates and hit the ice with the Polar Bear this past weekend, January 21.
In New Yorker Article on Bratz Dolls vs. Barbie, Bowdoin Economist Offers Insight
Jill Lepore H’15 reports on the expensive legal battle waged between the two corporations that sell Bratz dolls and Barbie dolls, arguing that their struggle illuminates the tensions in our society “between fashion and porn, between originals and copies, and between toys for girls and rights for women.”