For Alternative Winter Break Students, It’s Personal
This January, two Alternative Winter Break groups stayed in Maine. One worked on the issue of homelessness, the other with refugee and immigrant education. A third group traveled to Vietnam to learn about the lingering aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Bowdoin’s Killeen Brings World Stage Premiere of ‘Babette’s Feast’ to Portland
“If the audience walks away thinking Babette’s Feast is about food, we’ve failed,” Killeen told The Portland Press Herald. “This play is about the way relationships are transformed through this beautiful act of sharing a meal. It’s the heart and the spirit behind it, as well as the food itself.”
Nature Moments: Fungi, the Original Recyclers
If it weren’t for fungi, dead trees might not decompose and nutrients would be locked up, unavailable for other plants and animals to use. In this latest Nature Moments video, biology professor Nat Wheelwright explains why fungi are “the original recyclers.”
Bowdoin’s Rudalevige Evaluates Trump’s Use of Executive Authority
A consistent theme in President Trump’s use of executive authority has been the rolling back of regulations, government professor Andrew Rudalevige writes, and this coming year could indicate whether those changes will actually stick.
Michael Wolovick ’09 Proposes ‘Radical’ Solution to Curb Sea-level Rise
Michael Wolovick ’09, a glaciology postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, is investigating whether it might be possible to geo-engineer a solution to prevent the collapse of massive glaciers and fend off catastrophic sea-level rise.
Victorian Spiritualism: When Ghosts and Objects Collide
The pursuit of pursuing the deceased infected all levels of society, from Queen Victoria herself—who used mediums to try and contact her late husband Prince Albert after he died in 1861—to ordinary working class families, who flocked in great numbers to spiritualist meetings.
Kenneth Chenault ’73, H’96 Joins Facebook Board
Facebook has named Kenneth Chenault ’73, H’96 “one of the nation’s most prominent black corporate members…and a highly regarded finance executive,” to its board of directors, USA Today reports.
German Department Looks Ahead to ‘Continued Excellence’ in 2018
After being honored as a national “center of excellence,” Bowdoin’s German department is looking forward to an exciting year of teaching, research and special events.