Bowdoin is committed to admitting students from Maine high schools. The College's leaders say it's good for Maine and good for Bowdoin. Once a semester or so, Kate Nicholson, who runs Bowdoin’s ...

In the summer of 1869, ten white men, led by a one-armed naturalist and Civil War veteran called John Wesley Powell, set off from Wyoming in four boats on a thousand-mile river journey. Their mission, ...

Last month, Professor Gomezgil Yaspik and senior Ari Bersch represented Bowdoin College across multiple academic venues in Peru, presenting cutting-edge research and establishing important connections ...

Senior Yusur Jasim is set to graduate this May with a teaching certificate from Bowdoin Teacher Scholars. They credit their high school teacher, Matt Bernstein ’13, for helping set them down this path ...

Bowdoin College will bestow two honorary degrees at its 220th Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 24, 2025, on the steps of the Walker Art Building. This year’s honorary degree recipients ...

Construction of the new boathouse on the New Meadows River is nearing completion as final finishes and fixtures come together. Head coach Doug Welling says the construction crew has done “a remarkable ...

The book is now among the three finalists for one of the biggest prizes in Spanish language fiction, the Finestres Award for Best Novel of 2024. After being presented in fifteen cities on both sides ...

Per tradition, the annual Ebony Ball brought out serious dazzle in students. This year, the Center for Multicultural Life also hosted a pre-ball barbershop and beauty salon to help students really ...

With more than 200 students each year pursuing faculty-mentored research, Bowdoin is one of the most active research institutions among liberal arts colleges today. This status has now been formally ...

“I’ve always wanted to transcribe historical documents,” said an excited Tina Finneran, as she pored over a transcription of the 1841 Supreme Court case United States v. The Amistad. Finneran, who is ...

Whether in artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, or genetic engineering, businessman John McQuillan Jr. ’87 has serious concerns about the current rapid rate of scientific progress. “[S]cience ...

Parents and families showed up for their students en masse amid a beautiful fall weekend full of activity and togetherness. Against a backdrop of beautiful fall foliage and with unseasonably warm ...