News Archive 2009-2018

Multicultural Alumni Connect at Career Panel & Reception

On Thursday, October 25th, Bowdoin’s Multicultural Alumni Network of New York (BMAN) hosted a career panel and reception at the Centre for Social Innovation.

Installation view of “A Handheld History: Five Centuries of Medals from the Molinari Collection at Bowdoin College,” on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Holding History in the Palm of One’s Hand: Contemporary Perspectives on Medals and Coins from Antiquity to the Recent Past

On Tuesday, November 13, leading numismatic experts share their insights into the art of the creation of medals in a special panel discussion: “Holding History in the Palm of One’s Hand: Contemporary Perspectives on Medals and Coins from Antiquity to the Recent Past.”

“Cypripedium reginae, Showy lady’s slipper,” watercolor and graphite by Kate Furbish, American, 1834-1931. Gift of the artist, Bowdoin College Library.

Focus on Kate Furbish

Kate Furbish continues to inspire new generations of botanists, artists, and others with her watercolor and graphite illustrations of the flowering plants of Maine.

“Untitled (Plan for a Model City),” 1935, chalk, by Le Corbusier, French, 1887-1965). Gift of Mrs. Edith L. K. Sills, Honorary Degree, 1952. Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Object Preview for “Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment”

Le Corbusier’s “Untitled (Plan for a Model City)” will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, “Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment” at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Students Show Solidarity With ‘Take Back the Night’

On Friday, several students shared either their own personal story or relayed the stories of others.

‘Lady Bird’ Cinematographer Visits Bowdoin

Award-winning cinematographer Sam Levy visited Bowdoin last week to speak to students at Macmillan House about his professional journey and his understanding of cinematography.

Caught in the Middle: The Tragic Life of Minik Wallace

Born in Greenland, raised in New York, Minik Wallace had much to relearn when he returned to Greenland as a young man. Eventually he returned to the United States, only to die in the 1918 influenza pandemic.

What’s Up With the Political Divide? A Community Conversation

The event, a collaboration between The McKeen Center’s What Matters series and Make Shift Coffee House, a Brunswick nonprofit that facilitates dialogue among people with different views, demonstrated the ability for the campus to consider new perspectives and for students to challenge their ideas and those of others among friends and unfamiliar faces.