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 Fall 2024 issue:

Features

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Toby Kiers ’98—evolutionary biologist, founder of the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, and the youngest scientist ever to win the prestigious Spinoza Prize—digs deep to map the global fungal diversity that’s critical to life on Earth.

Parts Unknown

In executing their projects, Watson Fellows must embrace a journey with all its ups and downs. Along the way, they learn lessons for a lifetime.

A Past Present

Podcast hosts and English faculty members Tess Chakkalakal and Brock Clarke visit the lovely and a little bit haunting Pettengill Farm.

Q&A

Curious Science: Biologist Jacob Blum ’13 embarks on a project to rethink and optimize the process of cell engineering for cell therapies.

Column

A Long Hike on the Shortest Day: Marine scientist and avid skier John Bohorquez ’13 recounts the challenge—and beauty—of a fourteen-mile trek in Maine’s Bigelow Range on the winter solstice.

Profiles

John Bowman ’76 retired after leading projects in agricultural research, development, and trade in more than forty countries.
Tenzin Tsagong ’16 talks about finding a college she never heard of and a career she never expected.
Chris Yager ’89 spent thirty-five years in experiential education—a lifetime’s work of daily exploration and discovery.

Forward

Talent on Tap: Whether she is singing with her band, acting in community theater, or tending bar at Washington, DC’s legendary Old Ebbitt Grill—for Andrea Weeks ’03, it’s all performance.

Dine

Pastry chef, author of many cookbooks, and longtime food professional Lauren Chattman ’85 shares a recipe for a delicious olive oil cake.