Abigail Hebert

Photo Editor — Class of '28

Number of articles: 3

First Article: October 3, 2025

Latest Article: November 21, 2025

52 photos by Abigail Hebert

**STUDENTS AND SOJOURNER:** Part of the course “Black Women Lives,” students shared their exhibition, bringing creative perspectives to the work of Sojourner Truth.

**SAFETY FIRST:** From back left, student leaders Emmy Wheatley '26, Martina Tognato Guaqueta '28, Alex Bloom '26, Edward Fontaine '28 and Ava Moore '27 are working on establishing a student emergency medical services system on campus through the Bowdoin Emergency Medicine Club.

**IN SHORT:** While the author of two published short story collections, Kevin Moffett’s visit to the College highlighted his debut novel “Only Son.”

**MAINE V. DARK MONEY:** Lawrence Lessig speaks in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday night. Lessig, a Harvard Law professor and founder of the non-profit Equal Citizens, spoke about a novel legal strategy Equal Citizens is using to attempt to uphold Maine’s regulation of super PACs.

**(T)OIL AND TROUBLE:** Reader in Comparative Politics at Queen’s University Belfast Stefan Andreasson speaks in the Pickering Room on Thursday night. Andreasson unpacked the dominance of Exxon Mobil in the American and global oil industries and its commitment to growing its oil and gas production as peer companies in Europe look to transition to renewable energy.

**BEYOND THE BINARY:** Ken Stern, an author and director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, speaks in Kresge Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. Stern discussed the importance of understanding multiple perspectives to avoid the pitfalls of binary thinking in the fourth installment of the Viewpoint Exchange speaker series.

**FARMING FOR FREEDOM:** Dr. Teona Williams ’12 speaks in Mills Hall. Williams, a professor at Rutgers University, discussed the work of Black feminists like Fannie Lou Hamer in the Mississippi Delta.

**CONFRONTING HATE:** Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Keona Ervin speaks in the Roux Lantern on Tuesday. Ervin, as part of a panel alongside Assistant Professor of English Zahir Janmohamed and Professor of Religion and Middle Eastern and North African Studies Robert Morrison, presented on transphobia, Islamophobia and antisemitism, respectively, as well as the connections between the three forms of hate.

**FINALLY ON THE BIG SCREEN:** Afro-Italian filmmaker Fred Kuwornu screened his documentary, “We Were Here,” emphasizing the neglected history of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe.

**ANSWERING ANTISEMITISM:** Yair Rosenberg speaks in Kresge Auditorium Wednesday afternoon. Rosenberg, a writer for The Atlantic, spoke about what he sees as the reasons for rising American antisemitism in a lecture for the Viewpoint Exchange series.

**LESSONS FROM THE PAST:** Associate Professor of African Studies and History Brian Purnell speaks at a panel in Gibson Hall. Purnell, sitting on a panel along with three other professors from the history department, discussed the history of political violence in the United States in order to contextualize the current day.

**IN THEIR OWN WORDS:** Pickard Theater hosts a one-night performance of a New York City play about the October 7 attacks in Israel.

**BRIDGING THE GAP(P):** Dr. Isabelle Gapp delivers her talk on the work of Anna Boberg, illuminating the connection between Boberg’s painting, titled “The Blue Roof,” and many of Bowdoin’s academic departments.

**BRIDGING THE GAP(P):** Dr. Isabelle Gapp delivers her talk on the work of Anna Boberg, illuminating the connection between the painter and many of Bowdoin’s departments.

**GLOBAL HEALTH ROCKS:** Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of USAID, presents in Mills Hall. Shah spoke on what he has learned from his many jobs in public service, foreign aid and philanthropy.

**WELCOMING WHIMSY:** Decorated with fantasy-inspired elements, Elevenses invites customers in for a tasty treat as it looks forward to its grand opening.

**CHOSEN COMMUNITY:** Dawa Lokyitsang gives a talk. Lokyitsang, a Tibetan-American anthropologist, spoke on how Tibetans fleeing from Chinese colonialism found their chosen families among other refugees in India.

**WRITING AUDACIOUSLY:** Machado explored her writing process, highlighting the force of “duende,” a spirit that captivates artists.

**IT WAS A SIGN:** Finn Torres ’25 began drawing as a child. When he came to Bowdoin, his skills translated into graphic design, including the neon sign that shines outside WBOR’s studio.

**IN HARMONY:** The Bowdoin College Concert Band’s performance “Made in Maine,” featured a number of collaborations between local composers and musicians.

**BCMA IN BLOOM:** Featuring objects ranging from a cauldron to a pair of earrings and focusing largely on depictions of the natural world in ancient Mediterranean societies, James Higginbotham’s new curative project studies the influence of nature on ancient art.

**GLIMPSES OF GIBSON:** Gibson Hall sits quietly in the afternoon sunshine. Gibson has been a staple of the music department since 1954 but has recently struggled to accommodate the expanding department.

**ALL THAT JAZZ:** On Wednesday evening, in the newly installed Center for Experiential Multimedia Art (CEMA), Director of Jazz Ensembles and Lecturer in Music Kate Campbell-Strauss released their debut album, “Give Way,” with trumpeter Emily Mikesell.

**LOTTERY LIMBO:** Harpswell Apartments remain one of the top choices for senior housing, along with Park Row Apartments. This year, returning senior ResLife staff will not have spots reserved in Harps or Park and will instead enter the regular housing lottery.

**SHOWTIME:** Sean Hoessli and Lindie Kuzmich, the new owners of Eveningstar Cinema, hope to bring Bowdoin students and Brunswick community members alike to watch the big screen. Hoessli and Kuzmich moved from Montreal to Brunswick, with Eveningstar as their most recent challenge.

**IF NOT FOR NEURONS:** Professor Hadley Horch delivers her inaugural lecture in Kresge Auditorium. Horch spoke on the role of neurotrophins and neuron growth in mood disorders and injury recovery.

**TEACHINGS FROM THE TEXTS:** From left, fellows Vincent Diep ’28, Daniele Musry ’28, Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor, and Molly Richardson ’25 look on as fellow Sofia Fogg ’26 discusses the week’s text.

**STANDING TOGETHER:** Students and community members stand outside of Moulton Union on Tuesday in a rally organized by SJP. Students spoke on community, solidarity and supporting the eight students temporarily suspended after their involvement with the encampment.

**PROGRAMMING WITH A PURPOSE:** From left, Karim ElSedfy ’28, Niklas Chaney ’28, and Aoi Araki ’28 worked together at a Hackathon where they built an innovative writing tool that prioritizes learning.

**REFLECTIONS ON RACE:** Jennifer Chudy, professor of political science at Wellesley College, stands in the VAC Beam Classroom as she shares her research about race and racial sympathy in American politics. Using survey results and data sets, Chudy analyzed what motivates white Americans to stand against the discrimination Black Americans face.

**AN AGE-OLD STORY:** Last Wednesday, Chicago-based musician and composer Joe Goodkin was invited to perform from his album “The Blues of Achilles,” his award winning musical adaptation of “The Iliad."

**ROBISON ON RELIGION:** Professor Claire Robison speaks at her book launch. She explored how the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has found its place in a world increasingly wary of religion.

**MIXING IT UP:** Leslie A. Beattie, one of The Mix’s owners, hopes that the store’s move will facilitate a more engaging artistic community in Brunswick, as well as a more accessible and walkable location for artists.

**COLES NOW:** Coles Tower today remains a center of activity, allowing residents to easily access Thorne dining hall during the cold winter months.

**IN HARMONY:** The Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra presents Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Three Latin American Dances” (2004) and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op. 67” (1808). George Lopez found that honoring musical legacies and modernity was equally important.

**GENERATIONAL GAPS:** Jean Twenge speaks in Kresge Auditorium. Twenge’s lecture explored how generational differences have been exacerbated by technology from a social psychology perspective.

**HIDDEN HISTORY:** Paul Jaskot delivers the annual Holocaust Education lecture in Kresge Auditorium. Jaskot spoke on the often unseen way architecture and forced Jewish labor in Nazi Germany were used to carry out the Holocaust.

**FROM RUSSIA TO THE BOWDOIN QUAD:** Visiting Professor Ivan Kurilla has reached millions of viewers across the Russian speaking internet with his interview with youtuber and journalist Yury Dud.

**IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY:** Yusur Jasim ’25, poet Maya Williams and drag queen Gigi Gabor sit in Kresge Auditorium for a panel moderated by Eli Bundy ’27. The panel, organized by SWAG for LGBTQ+ history month, explored building community and finding joy even in times of anti-trans hostility.

**CHAMBERLAIN IN CHARGE:** Chamberlain Hall is named after the American Civil War general who later became President of Bowdoin College.

**BURRITOS OF BRUNSWICK:** Brunswick residents line up to order from Taco the Town, one of Maine Street's most iconic food trucks, on a windy fall day. Taco the Town is known for its authority Mexican cuisine in Brunswick, adding culinary diversity to Brunswick's food scene.

**TALK TO THY ENEMY:** Rachel Wahl presents on political dialogue and democracy in Kresge Auditorium. The talk was organized by the Office of Inclusion and Diversity as part of a series of lectures leading up to the presidential election.

**A HARD HISTORY:** “The Malaga Ship: A Story of Maine and the Middle Passage” performance tells the story of Brunswick in the institution of slavery.

**WAVES OF ART:** Panelists discuss Zero Station Gallery’s “Floating Worlds: The Intersections of Art, Science and Poetry” exhibition in Kresge Auditorium.

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Feast your eyes

By Isa Cruz, Abigail Hebert, Kiran Elfenbein and Andrew Shi • 12 days ago

Awaiting the glamorous rollout of literal tons of holiday food, two parallel scenes unfold across campus. Beginning in the early afternoon, Thorne Thanksgiving fanatics can be found camping out in the lobby of Coles Tower, as if a famous pop …

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Ground cover

By Abigail Hebert, Isa Cruz, Bergen Pickett and Jared Scott • October 24, 2025

Look up. Is it a ceiling that presses back down towards your skull? Or perhaps you are greeted by the brisk expanse of blue, speckled with myriad oranges, reds, browns and yellows: that iconic earth tone palette ritually gathering …

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By Isa Cruz and Abigail Hebert • October 3, 2025

Some Friday evening deep into the throes of each semester, cocktail dresses, wrinkled suits and funky corduroy pants find an occasion to emerge: Student Night at the Museum. Among charcuterie spreads and a bar calling back to some Great Gatsbyian …

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Abigail Hebert

Photo Editor — Class of '28

52 photos by Abigail Hebert

Photo Essay

Feast your eyes

Photo Essay

Ground cover

Photo Essay

Gallery View