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Kaya Patel
Orient Staff — Class of
2026
Number of articles:
92
First Article:
February 6, 2026
Latest Article:
May 16, 2026
25 photos by Kaya Patel
Kaya PatelMOOSE MOMENT: After getting started as a mobile coffee truck in Richmond, Morning Moose Coffee recently opened their first brick-and-mortar storefront in Topsham, where they serve coffee and mini donuts.
Kaya PatelUNWINDING: A knitter since the age of four, Laboratory Instructor in Biology Bethany Whalon knits a scarf using leftover scraps of yarn she has been collecting for 30 years. Whalon processes and dyes her own yarn.
Kaya PatelPICTURES IN POLITICS: Professor of Government Janet Martin specializes in presidents and Congress, providing her students with books that delve into a range of topics within her field of study for their research.
Kaya PatelPOSTERS FROM THE PAST: Professor of History Page Herrlinger collects posters from her trips to Russia originating from the Soviet Union, including a film poster for "The Berlin Symphony of a Great Metropolis," which is a 1920s film that Herrlinger teaches in her "German Experience" class.
Kaya PatelFASHION SHOW GROWS:
Dancers at the African Alliance’s Fashion Show. The event featured social media influencers Ini Cash and Amarachi as guests. The show involved performances ranging from poetry to live music.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers recently reported that consistently writing essays with the help of a large language model (LLM) reduced the levels of neural, linguistic and behavioral output compared to those who used a search engine or only …
For better or for worse, I am a deeply nostalgic person. But I didn’t realize this until quite recently, perhaps because I usually don’t enter bouts of nostalgia until everyone else falls asleep and I lie awake trying to do …
Ladd House, a space once regarded as a senior housing “social experiment” before the Covid-19 pandemic, completed its final year as part of the College House system in 2022, when the College announced its closure for renovations. This …
The housing lottery came to a close for the 2026–27 academic year last Thursday. Despite upcoming renovations to Reed House next academic year and the addition of laundry machines at Pine Street Apartments, housing trends remained fairly consistent from previous …
On Tuesday, Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs Jen Scanlon informed the Bowdoin community in an email that Anne and Frank Goodyear, co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA), will be stepping down from their positions …
Before computer screens lit up the first floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, the hum of VCRs and clanking of card catalog drawers reverberated through the building. Looking back at the implementation of technology at Bowdoin since the beginning of the computer …
Morning Moose Coffee began with three sisters, a pink trailer and a dream. The business that started as a mobile coffee truck in Richmond, Maine now operates across four locations, including their new brick-and-mortar. On February 28, Morning Moose officially …
Last Friday, the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) announced that Reed House will undergo renovation during the 2026–27 academic year. The announcement came amid the College House application process for current first-year students and several other infrastructural challenges in the …
Similar to other institutions, many professors at Bowdoin share not only their academic disciplines but also their lives. Several couples exist within Bowdoin’s faculty and staff, with some in fields as different as biology and economics while others reside in …
Professors are such fundamental presences in students’ academic lives, so the thought that they have a life outside of their teaching can come as a shock. But professors, like students, are not singular in their interests.