The Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra debuts this year with 72 members—the largest orchestra in the College’s history. The influx of new musicians corresponds with Bowdoin’s record-size first-year class, but Orchestra Director and Beckwith Artist-in-Residence George Lopez attributes the growth to …
Franklin Leonard, a Hollywood producer, entrepreneur and founder of the Black List, a survey of unproduced film scripts, has been named the College’s first Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow. The position honors Herman S. Dreer, Class of 1910, a …
On Tuesday evening, attendees assembled in Kresge Auditorium to hear behavioral scientist Julia Minson speak in the latest iteration of Bowdoin’s Viewpoint Exchange speaker series. Over the course of an hour and a half, Minson unpacked the psychology of disagreement …
On Thursday evening, author and speaker Tricia Hersey shared her practice of destigmatizing self care and sleep to a crowd of students and community members in Moulton Union’s Main Lounge. Sponsored by the Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center (SWAG), the …
When Bowdoin students returned to campus this fall, they were greeted with a surprise in their OneCard accounts. For the first time in three years, the Polar Points allocation for the semester increased from 150 to 175 points.
Both Hatch Science Library and Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L) received small updates to increase usability and accessibility over the summer. Changes to H-L include a new Quiet Cave, a fidget lending library, a refurbished classroom and study pods in the basement, …
As students navigated the drinking culture during their first weekend on campus, the Office of Residential Life and the Office of Safety and Security relied on the College’s help-seeking policy, which is now in its second year.
Bolos, rebranded in 2024 as Tonic at Bolos, opened in 2019 and has been a regular Thursday-night spot for Bowdoin students ever since. However, this July, a post to Bolos’ Facebook and Instagram accounts announced that the business would be …
On Wednesday evening, students were joined by Professors of Government Paul Franco and Andy Rudalevige in Moulton Union’s Main Lounge to talk about the lasting significance of the Declaration of Independence.
Bowdoin has appointed two new leaders to oversee its nearly $2.9 billion endowment and its communications operations, respectively, promoting Boris Raykin to senior vice president and chief investment officer (CIO) and naming Hellen Hom-Diamond senior vice president for communications and …