Nature Moments: Who is the True Forest Heavyweight? You Might Be Surprised
You may find it hard to believe, but if you took all the moose or deer in a northeastern forest and put them on a scale, they wouldn’t weigh as much as the superabundant but often overlooked red-backed salamander.
Middle Eastern Music to Jazz: Recent Student Performances
The end of the semester at Bowdoin always brings many live student shows, in which ensembles often perform music they’ve been working on throughout the fall.
North Korea Strategy: Advice for the White House from Christopher Hill ’74, H ’14
Christopher Hill ’74, H ’14 writes about President Trump’s failure to articulate a North Korea strategy. Putting the country back on the terrorism watch list, which the White House did in November, is a “largely symbolic” move, Hill wrote, in an op-ed for the Japan Times
Bowdoin College establece un programa semestral para estudiantes puertorriqueños y de las Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU. afectados por huracanes
Bowdoin College está abriendo sus puertas y aulas para estudiantes en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de los EE.UU. cuya educación ha sido interrumpida por los huracanes Irma y María.
Bowdoin Establishes Guest Semester Program for Puerto Rican, US Virgin Island Students Affected by Hurricanes
Bowdoin College is opening its doors and classrooms to students in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands whose education has been disrupted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Prof. Rudalevige on ‘Monstrous Battle’ Over Leadership of CFPB
A “monstrous battle” is raging over who should lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, writes Thomas Brackett Reed Professor Government Andrew Rudalevige in The Washington Post. It’s a struggle that pits President Trump’s appointee Mick Mulvaney against the bureau’s deputy director Leandra English.
Students Write Down the Stories of People with Memory Challenges
The students were part of a new initiative at Bowdoin to help preserve the personal stories of local people who are starting to experience memory loss, to write down memories before they are forgotten.
Bowdoin’s Santoro Highlights Shortcomings of National Education Paper
Associate Professor of Education Santoro says a recent report by The Education Trust failed to tackle difficult issues regarding recruitment and retention of teachers in “hard-to-staff schools.”