Bowdoin Magazine

We publish Bowdoin Magazine three times a year and send it free of charge to all Bowdoin alumni, parents of current and recent undergraduates, members of the senior class, faculty and staff, and members of the Association of Bowdoin Friends.

Inside the Winter 2025 issue:

Features

Moved to Preserve

For more than two centuries, artists have seen Monhegan’s wildness as essential to its character. Through an interplay of art, science and natural history, and community, the island remains under the watchful eye of those who love it.

The Sport a Joy

Adam Walsh’s journey took him from a California childhood to Notre Dame, where he was captain of the Knute Rockne team featuring the famed Four Horsemen, and then—twice—to Bowdoin.

Seriously Funny

Two Bowdoin graduates who work in humor—Chip Leighton ’93 and Kerry Elson ’05—talk to us about the serious business of being funny.

Q&A

New World Order: Professor Allen Springer talks about the challenges of teaching international law amid shifting and changing global politics and norms.

Column

Some Vibrant Word: Were it not for Longfellow’s ardent wish to stir the public, Tom Putnam ’84 and other scholars argue, Paul Revere’s midnight ride might have passed into obscurity.

Profiles

Tommy Mandel ’71 followed a “force like gravity” into an illustrious career in music.
Alethea Fischer Kehas ’96 encourages others, with yoga and her writing, to find deep connections.
Carrington Renfield-Miller ’06 turned a fun hobby into a soaring career as an international pilot.

Forward

Operatic Life: Mo Zhou ’09 has taken her fluency in three languages and her talent for directing to the greatest stages in opera.

Dine

Karla Olivares ’17 shares a recipe for tamales from her mom, head chef in Olivares’s new catering company.