“The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even vulgarly do.” – J.D. Salinger, “Franny and Zooey.”
So began “Zooey,” first published in the The New Yorker in 1957. The …
With 216 miles of rocky shores, the Town of Harpswell has the longest coastline in Maine. But as housing grows less affordable, families and fishermen fear losing access to the Gulf of Maine, and Bowdoin’s 118-acre Schiller Coastal Studies Center …
Mr. Mallard may not have been in the lead, but this summer, 75,000 visitors still made their way to Curtis Memorial Library in downtown Brunswick for the “Robert McCloskey: The Art of Wonder” exhibit. Visitors came from 49 states (all …
“As for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, no one knows where, a sheep we never saw has or has not eaten a rose …” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince.”
At 4:30 a.m. each morning, the Bake Shop above Thorne Hall begins filling muffin tins with homemade batter. 2,000 muffins are baked each week, but the Bake Shop’s operations do not stop there. From homemade breads to pastries to pies …
For over 160 years, Bowdoin has been connecting students and faculty members with the Arctic, forging intellectual and community relationships across Norway, Finland, Canada, Alaska and Greenland. This summer, the Arctic studies program sent student researchers to Greenland and …
Michael Pulju has been named the College’s new senior associate dean for student affairs and dean of students. Janet Lohmann, senior vice president and dean for student affairs, announced Pulju’s promotion in an email to the Bowdoin community in early …
Memorials to past presidents surround Bowdoin’s campus. When students reside in first-year bricks Appleton and Hyde, move into Chamberlain Hall, Coles Tower and Howell House as upperclassmen, take classes in Sills Hall and swim in Greason Pool, they pay quiet …
For Sophia Wei ’23 and Emily Jacobs ’24, co-directors of two student-led groups, the Art Society and the Student Museum Collective, life at Bowdoin has been shaped by connections made over a love of art.
The athletics department’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee has worked this year to broaden and deepen discussions on class, accessibility, race and identity that it facilitates within teams. The committee is currently reflecting on the work it has done …