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Alternative Spring Break 2010: Forgoing Fort Lauderdale to Serve the Common Good
One hundred students are taking off on eight Alternative Spring Break trips, leaving March 13-14, 2010, to volunteer in communities across the country and in Guatemala.
McKeen Center for the Common Good Receives Presidential Community Service Award
The Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
Video: Longfellows Take TD Garden with Pre-Celtics Game National Anthem
The all-male a cappella group, The Longfellows, were on the parquet of Boston's TD Garden in front of more than 18,000 people to sing the national anthem before the Boston Celtics-Washington Wizards game Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Bowdoin Amid the Oscars: Hey, Wasn't That Geoff Canada '74?
Viewers of the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday evening saw a new commercial for the Members Project featuring Bowdoin graduate Geoffrey Canada '74 and 2008 honorary degree recipient Yvon Chouinard.
McKeen Center Asks Alumni: What Literature Has Influenced You?
If there's a written text that has changed the way you look at the world, inspired you to action, or informed your academic or professional path, the McKeen Center would like to hear from you.
Polar Chef Competition: Where's the Beef? In Everything, Even Dessert
Culinary interpretations of beef tenderloin, variations on asparagus, and ice cream — carnivore-style — were parts of the 2010 Polar Chef competition, held Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in Thorne Dining Hall.
Ten Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa
The members of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Maine, have nominated 10 students for membership in PBK. These students join eleven other seniors who were nominated for membership last October.
David Morse '73 Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Dr. David L. Morse '73, senior vice president and director of corporate research for Corning Incorporated, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Through Russwurm's Eyes: 'The Conditions and Prospects of Haiti'
John B. Russwurm, the College's first African-American graduate and thought to be the third African-American to graduate from an American college, delivered a commencement address in 1826 that resonates nearly 184 years later. The speech, "The Condition and Prospects of Haiti," was delivered 22 years after Haiti won independence from France.
Maine Students Gather for Sustainability Institute Led By Bowdoin Students
While Bowdoin and Colby students were battling it out over the ice on February 27 and 28, another group of Bowdoin and Colby students were seeing their vision of a Sustainability Training Institute for Maine college students come to fruition.
Storm Topples Trees Across Campus, Knocked Out Power
The wind-whipped rain that flooded scores of roads across Maine — and knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses across the state, has left a number of trees and limbs down around campus.
George Aumoithe '11 Receives 2010 National Voice & Action Award
Campus Pride, a national non-profit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) students, has recognized George Aumoithe Jr. '11 with the 2010 National Voice & Action Leadership Award.
Bowdoin Announces 2010 Honorary Degree Recipients
Bowdoin College will award four honorary degrees at its 205th Commencement exercises Saturday, May 29, 2010. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on the Quad in front of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Bowdoin Daily Sun a Compendium of News, Information
A daily online digest of Bowdoin news, sports, photography and articles of interest from around the globe is now available with the launch of the Bowdoin Daily Sun. Visit the Bowdoin Daily Sun and subscribe by e-mail.
Bowdoin in the News: February in Review
Associate Professor of Italian Arielle Saiber, go-to expert on all things Dante, put Bowdoin in the news in February with commentary on the latest must-have video game, Dante's Inferno, and alumnae appeared on The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and in the pages of The New Yorker.
Bowdoin to Receive Prestigious Beckman Scholarship Grant
Bowdoin College has been chosen to receive a highly selective Beckman Scholars grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to support undergraduate research and faculty-mentoring for select students in chemistry, biochemistry and the biological sciences.