Bowdoin Admissions Dean Soule Talks Character and Kindness on Bloomberg Radio
Whitney Soule tells Bloomberg Radio’s listeners about Bowdoin’s holistic approach to college admissions and about the distinction between being nice and being kind—and why it matters in the application review process.
Postseason Begins For Polar Bear Teams This Weekend
Five Bowdoin teams will begin postseason play Saturday, October 28, 2017, as NESCAC Championship season commences.
Morneau Celebrates 30 Years as Bowdoin College Concert Band Director
John P. Morneau, now in his thirtieth year as director of the Bowdoin College Concert Band, will conduct a musical tribute to the natural wonder of mountains Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 2 p.m. in Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
‘This Art Was Meant for the Masses’: Museum of Art Soviet Poster Exhibition Reviewed in Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal
“These posters still look modern and feel revolutionary — revolutionary in appearance as well as ideology.”
‘I am Not Your Negro’ Filmmaker Raoul Peck Visits Bowdoin
Speaking at Bowdoin, filmmaker Raoul Peck concluded, “People don’t become the way they are just by magic. There is always a story of the human being behind it. Mankind makes history. And if man makes history, man can change history.”
Candles in Hand, Students ‘Take Back the Night’
Each year, Bowdoin’s students come out to support survivors of sexual and dating violence for Take Back the Night. They take a silent walk through campus, lighting up the way with handheld candles.
Global Law Firm Names 12 New Partners — Two are Bowdoin Classmates
Ropes & Gray, the global law firm with eleven offices and more than 1,200 attorneys across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, has named twelve new partners. Two of them — Alison E. Rundlett (George) and Patrick Welsh — are members of the Class of 2003.
Math, Milk and Cookies: What Everyday Activities Can Tell us About Randomness and Decision-making
“Concepts of allocation algorithms and randomized decision making may sound very highfalutin, but you use them all the time in your daily life without knowing it,” says Assistant Professor of Mathematics Amanda Redlich