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Kaya Patel
Orient Staff — Class of
2026
Number of articles:
88
First Article:
April 18, 2025
Latest Article:
September 12, 2025
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.
Last night, Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, spoke at the Arnold D. Kates Lecture on the future of global public health from the perspectives of lessons he has learned throughout his extensive career in public service, foreign …
Each new year, a new slate of Bowdoin bands enters the music scene on campus, making their mark. As bands return and plan for the year ahead, some prominent campus bands share how they got their start and what they …
On June 2, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce sent a second letter to President Safa Zaki and Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Perper regarding the College’s response to the ongoing congressional investigation into antisemitism …
The Bowdoin chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a letter on Wednesday in response to infringements upon academic freedom within higher education under the Trump administration and concerns over how these federal actions could directly impact …
Eleanor Morrell met her husband Richard (Dick) Morrell ’50 during a formal dance at Westbrook Junior College, now the University of New England, in 1947. Two years after he graduated from Bowdoin, the couple moved to Brunswick, where Eleanor still …
When Mira Pickus ’25 drafted a proposal in December 2023 to write a play, she had no idea that it would turn into her one-woman show “mint frappe,” which she directed, designed and performed herself last Thursday and Friday to …