Most Bowdoin students know that Ivies, formerly known as “Ivy Day,” is a campus event steeped in tradition. But before contemporary traditions—like Quad Day, the Lighthouse Darty, selfies with Randy and security’s infamous pouring of BORGs spotted at the Whittier …
On Wednesday night, the Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENA) program hosted a talk titled “Difficult Terms in the Israel/Palestine Conflict” in Kresge Auditorium. Students, Bowdoin faculty and community members filled the seats to hear three professors give context …
Meet Olivia Wirsching ’24 and Zane Bookbinder ’24, the computer science majors and girlfriend-boyfriend duo who created a new and improved Bowdoin Course Reviews (BCR) website.
The new website, which incorporates old BCR data into a much friendlier user interface, …
On Friday, more than 50 Bowdoin students participated in a Justice for Palestine demonstration at the Maine State House in Augusta. Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized van rides to and from Augusta, free to any Bowdoin student …
Among century-old artifacts held in the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum (PMAM)—sleds, maps, four taxidermy polar bears—the museum also houses a new exhibition: “Inuit Qiñi?aa?ii: Contemporary Inuit Photography,” featuring select works from five different Inuit photographers from Alaska, Canada and Greenland. The …
Last spring, the Bowdoin sailing team broke records at the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women’s Fleet Race Nationals. The team finished in fifth place, exceeding Bowdoin sailing’s previous highest-ever finish—10th place in 2022. Lizzy Kaplan ’23 was named an Honorable …
Root, Rind & Petal is a local health and wellness boutique on Pleasant Street. Its unassuming exterior, chalkboard sign, covered porch and charming white paint doesn’t reveal much to the passerby. Inside, however, owner Jenny Fitzpatrick has created a truly …
Announcing that it entered into a partnership with Northeastern’s Roux Institute in Portland, the College can offer more academic and professional development opportunities for STEM students, including internships with local startups and a potential “four-plus-one” program for computer science majors …
Despite a three-year wait and several administrative changes, Bowdoin students took to the Harpswell and Main Quads last week to celebrate the annual Ivies Weekend. Based on institutional memory from the Office of Safety and Security, the weekend was relatively …
In celebration of fifty years of women at Bowdoin, the College is awarding its yearly honorary degrees to an all-female group of five honorands. The recipients are Katherine Bradford, Janet Langhart-Cohen, Raquel Jaramillo P’18, Laurie Lachance ’83, P’13 and Joan …