News

Fall Awards Boost Reach of Student Researchers

This fall, the Student Fellowships and Research office awarded twenty-five Fall Research Awards, up to $2,500 apiece, to students working on independent, faculty-mentored research across the curriculum.

Prep and Party!

Glamming and Glowing to Go to Ebony Ball

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 shine.
A Public History Project

Bowdoin Hosts Transcribe-a-Thon to Celebrate (Frederick) Douglass Day

Members of the Bowdoin community got together on Valentine’s Day to eat cake and transcribe historical documents as the College celebrated Douglass Day, in honor of former slave and nineteenth-century social reformer Frederick Douglass.
Global Connections

Bowdoin—Again!—is a Top Producer of Fulbrights

Bowdoin students, continuing a multi-year streak, received a record number of Fulbright fellowships to do research, pursue graduate study, or teach English abroad for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Professor Promotions

Board of Trustees Awards Tenure to Five Faculty Members

The Bowdoin College Board of Trustees has granted tenure to five faculty members.
1825 and all that

Two Centuries On: Inside the Lives of Students

Special Collections launches a new exhibition, both online and physical, celebrating the illustrious Class of 1825. From academics to living conditions to pranks, find out what life was really like for Longfellow, Hawthorne, and their classmates.
A Liberal Arts Leader

Bowdoin Officially Recognized as Research Institution

Bowdoin’s position as a leading center of undergraduate research has been formally acknowledged. The College is one of 218 institutions now being recognized as Research Colleges and Universities by the Carnegie Classification systems.
Stowe House Valentine's Day

Looking for Love in the Archives

Those with a romantic sensibility gathered last Friday, February 14, at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House to read and find inspiration in old love letters from Bowdoin's Special Collections & Archives.
Like CRISPR, Jr.

Gnat Your Average Fly: Aale Agans ’25 Explores New Gene Editing Technique on Fungus Gnat

The senior is finessing a procedure to better study the genetics of the darkwinged fungus gnat, Bradysia coprophila, and possiby open the door to future biomedical breakthroughs.
Personifying the Idea of the Common Good

George A. Khaldun ’73 to Receive the 2025 Common Good Award

George A. Khaldun '73 has devoted his considerable skill as an administrator, expertise as an educator, and passion as a reformer to bettering the lives of young people in distressed communities through his quest to break the cycle of poverty in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and in other urban communities throughout the country.
Future of Film

AMC+ Streams Short Film by George Ellzey ’13

Cottage Grove is streaming on AMC Networks as part of the channel’s “Future of Film” series for Black History Month. The film also screens at Chicago’s Music Box Theater February 19 and February 25.
Adventures in Law

Jordan Goldberg ’14 Secures Supreme Court Clerkship

The government major and practicing attorney is looking forward to the next stage in his legal career: a one-year clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor. “For a young lawyer who's interested in how the law shapes this country,” he said, “it's an immensely exciting opportunity and a true privilege.”
Going Places

Adriana Nazarko ’21 Earns Coveted State Department Pickering Fellowship

Adriana Nazarko’s strong multilingual skillset and knowledge base have helped her secure a highly prestigious Thomas Pickering Fellowship for US diplomats-in-training. She is one of two Polar Bears to earn a significant foreign service fellowship in the latest round of awards.
World Peace

Khalil Kilani ’25 Wins Prestigious Fellowship to Support A Future in Diplomacy

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship, which helps “outstanding young people" forge a career in the US Foreign Service, will fund Kilani through two years of graduate school and provide internships on Capitol Hill and at a US embassy or consulate.
Wellness and Community

2025 Black History Month Looks Back and Takes Joy in the Now

Black History Month at Bowdoin this year is highlighting wellness, community, and—importantly—fun. Every program event is linked “in the sense that to truly settle into wellness, you have to take moments to celebrate, to take moments for joy,” said Jasmine Ross.