The Goldwater Scholarship, established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater (1909-1998), supports undergraduate sophomores and juniors who show promise in the natural sciences, ...

Students from all four classes danced, posed, caught balloons, and had a ball at the annual Spring Gala.

“I was sixteen when a stranger first confessed to me they wanted to die,” recalled Sophia Tottene-Darvas ’25, “the when and where, the why, the how.” At the time, Tottene-Darvas was manning the phone ...

Dreaming of Light: Kara Solar After finishing his flute song, Canelos first spoke about the origins of Kara Solar, which began as a series of conversations, fueled by wayusa tea, in 2012. At the time, ...

The retrospective, Field (Art) Work, highlights the many threads Bowdoin students have found over the years that weave through science, nature, and the arts. The exhibition, Mooney said, helps raise ...

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.

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 ...

Adriana Nazarko’s strong multilingual skillset and knowledge base have helped her secure a highly prestigious Thomas Pickering Fellowship for US diplomats-in-training.

Students gathered at Thorne Hall on December 6 for the annual Junior-Senior Ball. This year’s theme was “Northern Lights,” and guests were encouraged to dress accordingly (hint: think blue, green, ...

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 ...

Recipients of Bowdoin's inaugural round of DEI mini-grants recently gathered for a dinner to discuss the diverse experiences they had this summer. Bowdoin's Center for Multicultural Life created the ...