Last week, the Board of Trustees met on campus for their second scheduled meeting of the academic year. From last Thursday to Saturday, the trustees discussed issues including research funding and campus planning, awarded tenure to several professors and …
Last Friday, President Safa Zaki announced that Professor of Natural Sciences and Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Student Advising Rachel Beane will be the College’s next senior vice president and dean for academic affairs. Beane will begin her new …
On January 20, the College joined 47 other colleges and universities in supporting Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government’s decision to cancel their visa program for international students.
Last May, the federal government attempted to revoke Harvard’s ability to …
In an email to the campus community last Friday, Senior Vice President and Dean for Student Affairs Jim Hoppe announced several updates to campus policy on the use of campus spaces and freedom of expression, developed based on recommendations from …
On January 15, President Safa Zaki announced Senior Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs Martin Mbugua would be departing from the College at the end of February for personal and familial reasons.
In an effort to promote exploration earlier in students’ college careers, the College has implemented a new policy requiring completion of educational requirements by the end of junior year. Juniors whose requirements remain incomplete by the end of the academic …
On Monday afternoon, President Safa Zaki announced the passing of Bowdoin’s 13th president, Robert Edwards, who served from 1990 to 2001, in an email to the campus community. During his time at Bowdoin, Edwards instituted significant financial and social …
On Tuesday night, Democrat Zohran Mamdani ’14 was elected as the next mayor of New York City, making him the first Muslim and South Asian mayor in the city’s history.
Mamdani’s win in the largest city in the United States …
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) convened in a closed executive session on Wednesday night in Mills Hall to discuss the College’s operating budget and student perspectives on how financial resources should be allocated.
As Bowdoin’s decennial reaccreditation review by the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE) approaches, the 2026 Reaccreditation Committee hopes to give the community a chance to learn about the process and provide input on both Bowdoin’s accomplishments and areas …