Honoring Women in Technology: Bowdoin Delegation Attends Grace Hopper Celebration in Florida
Thirteen students attend annual, global celebration of women in technology. They enjoyed networking, listening to keynote speakers and interviewing with potential employers.
‘Bound and Determined’: Special Collections Curates Book Exhibition with a Twist
“We approached this exhibit in a totally different way. We look at the physical aspects of the book—the binding, the paper, the illustrations, the print—not at what the book is about or what it says.”
Vermont Alumni Volunteer for Common Good Day
This past Sunday, October 8, ten Bowdoin alumni gathered at Upper Valley Haven, a nonprofit that helps struggling and homeless families in Vermont’s Upper Valley area, in service to the common good.
No one way to teach a student: Bowdoin students observe pedagogy at Harvest Collegiate
Harvest is a relatively new, progressive public high school. Bowdoin students had five days of full access to the teachers, administrators, and students; they each shadowed a teacher, helped students, talked with the principal, and participated in a professional development day with teachers and administrators. “The beginning seemed like mayhem. But then I noticed, ‘Oh, there is structure.'”
Unraveling a 1,000-Year-Old Anthropological Conundrum: A Race to Save the Artifacts
Archaeologist Genny LeMoine touched down in northwest Greenland on a mission. She was in a race against time to uncover artifacts before they are lost forever to a combination of factors resulting from climate change. Experience the drama of this quest in a multimedia storytelling format featuring videos, photography, animation, and more.
Prof. Wheelwright Discusses ‘Naturalist’s Notebook’ on Maine Public Radio
Biology professor appears on statewide call-in show alongside co-author Bernd Heinrich to discuss their recent publication ‘The Naturalist Notebook,’ which encourages people to pay more attention to the world around them and to record what they see in a five-year journal
International Relations Class Tests Normative Behavior — By Eating Bugs
After spending a couple of classes discussing international norms and how normative change occurs, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Rebecca Gibbons decided it was time to bring these lofty political ideas down a notch or two — right down to some basics, like bug food.
Trump’s Policies May Have Resonated with Tocqueville, Writes Bowdoin’s Yarbrough
“Tocqueville highlighted certain dangers to democratic liberty and greatness that Trump… instinctively seized on to win the presidency.”