A Bowdoin Investigation: Can a Maine Marsh Survive Rising Seas?
Eventually, with the data they will have collected, they will forecast whether the marsh, after thriving for approximately 5,000 years, can survive the coming acceleration of climate change.
Michael Mascia ’93 Named Board President of Global Conservation Group
Michael Mascia, the senior director of social science for the nonprofit Conservation International, has been named board president for the Society for Conservation Biology, the field’s pre-eminent professional society.
The Story Behind the Artifact: Arctic Museum’s Seal Intestines Raincoat
The Alaskan raincoat dating from the 1860s is made from seal intestines. It was given to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in 2001 after being found in a barn in western Maine, where it had originally been brought by a nineteenth century whaling captain from Maine
Mainers Welcome Mainers to Bowdoin
Nearly 100 alumni, parents, guests and current students gathered to welcome members of the Class of 2021 and their families to the Bowdoin community in Maine. Ella Frederikson Brown ’84 and her family hosted the popular annual event for Maine students for the 18th summer in a row at her home in Falmouth. Fifteen First-Year […]
Bowdoin IT Staff Pulls Off Major Storage Upgrade
Following months of planning, testing, and implementation, Bowdoin’s Information Technology staff is finally on the other side of a major upgrade to the College’s digital storage system.
Polar Bears Gather Over Lobsters in Minnesota
Forty members of the Bowdoin community gathered at the home of Quinn Kitchen Miller ’03 in Minneapolis to welcome the Class of 2021 to the Bowdoin community. This annual gathering featured a traditional Maine lobster bake organized and prepared by the host. Quinn reported that the weather that evening was “perfection” and provided a wonderful […]
Rudalevige in Washington Post: What Did Founding Fathers Think of the Press?
What role does the news media play in the functioning of the US government? “The principle of a free press is a cornerstone of the Bill of Rights,” wrote Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government Andrew Rudalevige in the Washington Post political science blog The Monkey Cage.
A Summer Spent Sifting Through Peary Artifacts on Eagle Island
This summer, two Bowdoin students are, for the first time, inventorying all the contents in the Harpswell summer home of Arctic explorer Robert Peary.