As the College responds to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the classroom, it is offering more opportunities for students to engage with these technologies and leverage them for the common good. On October 14, approximately …
As an electrician by trade, Leon Doyle quite literally keeps Bowdoin running.
Having worked at the College’s eight-person electrical shop for the past ten years, Doyle plays a crucial role in repairs, maintenance and responding to the not-infrequent losses of …
On Saturday, thousands of Mainers gathered in more than 30 demonstrations throughout the state to join the “No Kings” day of protest. From York to Bangor, community members gathered together in the second “No Kings” protest. The nationwide protests were …
Look up. Is it a ceiling that presses back down towards your skull? Or perhaps you are greeted by the brisk expanse of blue, speckled with myriad oranges, reds, browns and yellows: that iconic earth tone palette ritually gathering …
The year was 2010. I was five years old and finally allowed to watch television (my mother had a strict “no TV” rule until then). Quickly, my little mind was captivated. At first by the commercials advertising toys I would …
Dirt cake, Grandma and a wind-up lobster. These aren’t just things you may witness walking down the mean streets of Maine but essential components to Nick Jr.’s 2002 show “Max and Ruby.” If this show wasn’t a staple of your …
Editor’s Note 10/17/25 at 3:18 p.m.: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that George Pottle ’32 fell off the roof of Searles Hall instead of the Bowdoin Observatory. The quote has been removed to reflect this.
Some Friday evening deep into the throes of each semester, cocktail dresses, wrinkled suits and funky corduroy pants find an occasion to emerge: Student Night at the Museum. Among charcuterie spreads and a bar calling back to some Great Gatsbyian …
Every day, students walking through the lobby of Morrell Gymnasium on their way to class or any of their other commitments pass by a large glass case in which a taxidermied polar bear lies. This bear was gifted by the …
With the increased prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, faculty across campus have had to adopt AI policies in their syllabi. However, these policies are by no means standardized.
Some faculty have allowed the use of AI in certain …