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Family Weekend 2024 in Pictures

Parents and families showed up for their students en masse amid a beautiful fall weekend full of activity and togetherness.

Piling Up Plates

Students Relish Dining's Famous Thanksgiving Event

Dining did it yet again!
Gabfest Service

Weekly Conversation Sessions Help English Language Learners Gain Fluency

Each Thursday, several Bowdoin students drive to the Welcome Center at Brunswick Landing to engage in small—but valuable—talk with people new to Maine who are learning English.
"Nihilism, Magic, and the Value of Philosophy"

Philosopher Scott Sehon Tackles Some Big Questions in Inaugural Lecture as Merrill Professor

What does morality require of us? Are there objective moral truths? Do we have free will? How is the mind related to the brain? Does science provide an authoritative source of knowledge? Does God exist?
Senior Soiree

Class of 2025 Kicks Off Senior Class Engagement Campaign

Class agents kicked off the Senior Class Engagement Campaign on November 14 with the Senior Soiree in Mills Hall. More than 150 members of the class enjoyed jazz music performed by Bowdoin students, a raffle for six VIP seat tickets to Commencement, a photo booth, and conversation with classmates and alumni over drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided by Bowdoin Dining.
Exploring Russia-US Relations

Persecuted for Opposing the Ukraine War, Russian Scholar Teaches at Bowdoin

After being effectively forced out of his job in St. Petersburg due to his opposition to the Ukraine war, Russian academic Ivan Kurilla enjoys a semester at Bowdoin as visiting scholar.
“The Sound of Innovation”

AI in Music: Bowdoin Symposium Addresses Technology and Human Creativity

Music and artificial intelligence (AI) both provide modern students with tools for exploration and creativity, says math and computer science major Brian Liu ’25, who is also a gifted concert pianist.
Bowdoin in the News

Media Highlights Schiller Center, Bowdoin Senior’s Efforts to Restore Maine Eelgrass

Biology major Lucy Dutton ’25 works with the Schiller Coastal Studies Center as part of a regional collaboration to restore Casco Bay’s degraded eelgrass habitat. The marine plant is vital to the health of the ecosystem.
Architecture and the Holocaust

How Nazi Germany’s Built Environment and Genocide Were Linked

Duke University’s Paul Jaskot continues the Bowdoin College Holocaust Education Lecture Series with a look at how Nazi Germany’s genocidal plans were inextricably linked with the regime’s architectural policy.
Dinner and Dancing

Bright Spot: Diwali Festival Lights Up Moulton Union

Members of the South Asian Student Association lit up the night with a party in Main Lounge, Moulton Union, to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
“Having a place and creating a space”

Taking A Week to Recognize First-Generation College Students

Bowdoin closed out a week of honoring students and their accomplishments with an afternoon get-together in Ladd House on National First-Generation College Celebration Day.
Two Pianos + Vocalist

Trio of Bowdoin Faculty, Staff to Play First Concert on Campus

Three Bowdoin employees—a writer for the communications office, a professor of Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Africana Studies, and a pop/jazz piano instructor—have formed a jazzy musical trio with a debut performance November 16.
Bowdoin on the Air

McKeen Center’s Seames Discusses “The Gift of Giving” on Public Radio

Director of the McKeen Center for the Common Good Sarah Seames shares her thoughts on the subject of giving. Seames was a featured caller on Maine Public Radio’s weekday call-in show Maine Calling.
A Fairy Tale Mash-Up

Bowdoin Theater Department Goes “Into the Woods” for Latest Musical Production

Bowdoin student performers rehearse the Stephen Sondheim show Into the Woods, which is being performed at the Pickard Theater later this week. Director Davis Robinson says the production features elements of many favorite fairy tales, weaving them into a dark musical fantasy.
Fledgling Artist

Mysterious Bird Sketch in Hatch Library Leads to Public Art Series

Science librarian Jenny Zawisza was tidying up around Hatch Science Library, as she does, when she poked her head around the corner of a study nook and saw a large sketch of a House Sparrow drawn on a white board.