News
Climate Change
Katie Auth ’08 brings global perspective to climate solutions
Students and faculty piled into Roux Lantern’s long benches on Monday evening to learn about a widely unknown element of the climate crisis: energy poverty. In a talk co-sponsored by the economics department and the environmental studies program, Bowdoin alumna …
BSG
BSG approves updates to club funding and guidelines
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) briefly met in the Mills Hall event space on Wednesday night to share committee updates and discuss Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) amendments regarding club funding, fundraising and donations.
The meeting began with committees sharing updates. …
Facilities
Inadequate air control in Hubbard Hall causes Bliss Room’s temporary closure
The temporary closure of the Susan Dwight Bliss Room in Hubbard Hall, which began in 2020, is due to a lack of climate control in the building. While the College is currently embarking on a planning and design process for …
Lecture
Scott Ellsworth discusses the often-erased history of the Tulsa Race Massacre
On Tuesday evening, students, professors and community members gathered in Kresge Auditorium to hear the 2024 Alfred E. Golz Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Scott Ellsworth of the University of Michigan, titled “Hidden Histories: The Tulsa Race Massacre and the …
Lecture
Kristina Richardson highlights the overlooked history of slavery
This past Wednesday, Professor Kristina Richardson, a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar and faculty member at the University of Virginia, delivered a talk examining the Indian-Ocean slave trade that began in the seventh century.
Richardson’s research has been met with …
Safa Zaki
Zaki takes the mic at WBOR “President’s Hour”
What do Roger Waters, Steel Pulse and Cake have in common? Listeners tuning into WBOR this week learned that the answer is President Safa Zaki.
Zaki answered questions live on WBOR during the station’s “President’s Hour” for the first time …
Brunswick
Nomad Pizza announces closure, Dutchman’s Wood-Fired Bagels to move in
Over the past two years, Nomad Pizza has turned into a hotspot for students to gather with friends, eat and enjoy live music by student bands. Last week, the owner, Tom Grim, announced that he will retire at the age …
Lecture
Ambassador Fick untangles U.S. cybersecurity policy
From undersea internet cable to international AI policy to Russian cyberattacks, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nathaniel C. Fick handles it all. At the annual Everett P. Pope lecture on Tuesday in Kresge Auditorium, Fick shared …
BSG
BSG announces Thanksgiving break shuttle service
Next week, the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) plans to run a shuttle service to Portland to help students access transportation home for Thanksgiving break.
On Friday, November 22, and the Saturday after, BSG will be running ten-person Bowdoin shuttle vans …