As Workday Student fully rolls out as the College’s official course registration system, students and professors this semester are dealing with waitlists and changing courses on Workday for the first time.
The new system has changed how waitlists work for …
Bowdoin’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) held several panels this week in which faculty from different disciplines discussed the ways academic freedom is currently under attack in their various fields. These forums served as part of …
This past summer Zai Yang ’27 began a personal coding project following an online computer science class. The result? The Polar Plate: a website allowing Bowdoin students to view and rate meals from the daily menus for both Thorne …
“Elevenses” is a colloquial English expression from the 18th century that means taking a light refreshment at around 11 a.m. But in Brunswick, it means a new fantasy-themed cafe on Maine Street.
From orientation trip origin stories to intergenerational friendships, students at Bowdoin form friendships in unique ways.
An integral part of the Bowdoin first-year experience are orientation trips (o-trips). Whether students go on a trip with the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) …
While Serbs nowadays throw up a holy trinity salute to express their national pride and religion—like Albanians who sign an eagle across their chests with both hands—when I occasionally throw up my thumb, index and middle fingers in a photo, …
Early in the fall it is not rainy, but I decide to wear rain pants to lab anyway. We study mosses flagged by yellow tape for a few hours. The medium is found ballpoint pen on waterproof paper: my favorite …
For some Bowdoin students, summer break is just that, a well-deserved break from a rigorous academic year. For others, it’s an opportunity to explore real-world career experiences or conduct hands-on research beyond the boundaries of campus. This summer, students Noemi …
On June 30, Randy Nichols retired from his position as associate vice president of safety and security. Many students knew Nichols well, as he worked at the College for 20 years. Luckily for students, he had his successor in mind …
At the interface between the public and private world, window sills are strange, beautiful spaces. Collectors of curated chaos, they are an assemblage of the tender excesses of our everydays: dried flowers, pill bottles, Asian lady beetles and a healthy …