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TIME magazine (July 14, 2008)

Sen. George Mitchell '54 appears on the 2008 TIME 100, the magazine's list of the world's most influential people. The former Senate Majority Leader, architect of the Northern Ireland peace accord, Chancellor of Queen's University of Belfast, former Chairman of The Walt Disney Company and most recently, investigator into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, is profiled in TIME's Heroes & Pioneers category. Read the article.

Newsweek (July 1, 2008)

The College is mentioned for its SAT-optional admissions practices.

Washington Post (June 28, 2008)

An article regarding the usefulness of SAT scores includes Bowdoin in a handful of schools it calls "some of the nation's top small liberal arts colleges," saying these institutions "have moved away from the SAT and achieved greater diversity and quality in their student bodies." Read the article.

Washington Post (June 16, 2008)

The article, "Young Voters, Engaged and Online," focuses on the impact online groups had on the 2008 primary campaign and highlights the Facebook group Students for Barack Obama, noting that it was created by Bowdoin College student Meredith Segal '08. Read the article.

Baltimore Sun (June 15, 2008)

An article about applying the Harlem Children's Zone's principles to help disadvantaged children in East Baltimore quotes the social service agency's founder Geoffrey Canada '74 and mentions that Stanley Druckenmiller '75, billionaire hedge-fund manager and Canada's friend from Bowdoin, helped create a network that offers health, parenting and educational services that extend from infancy to college. Read the article.

Architecture Week (June 2008)

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art's $20.8 million renovation and expansion project is the subject of a profile piece that describes the architecture as "eloquent" and "lively and engaging." Read the article.

USA Today (May 28, 2008)

Zinio, a company that specializes in creating digital editions of magazines and newspapers, and its CEO, Richard Maggiotto '96, are the subjects of an article about the technological advancements that are making it easier for consumers to read their favorite publications online. Read the article.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 28, 2008)

Bowdoin's RoboCup team, Northern Bites, won the 2008 RoboCup U.S. Open, held May 25-27, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The robotics competition is detailed in the article, "Robot Soccer Tournament Proves to be a Huge Hit." Read the article.

Washington Post (May 27, 2008)

The article, "Mid-Level Official Steered U.S. Shift On North Korea," profiles Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill '74, calling him "the public face of an extraordinary 180-degree policy shift on North Korea, from confrontation to accommodation." A sidebar mentions that he's a Bowdoin graduate. Read the article.

Fortune magazine (May 26, 2008)

The article, "Private-Money University," singles out a handful of major donors whose contributions have funded buildings on college and university campuses. Trustee Emeritus Stanley Druckenmiller '75, who funded the Druckenmiller Science Center, and Trustee John Studzinski '78, for whom Studzinski Recital Hall is named, are featured in the article. "While I don't make products that people use to make their lives better, I can take the excess earnings I have and funnel them to places I think make a difference," says Stanley Druckenmiller in the article. "Science is at the forefront of what could make a better world." An interactive graphic depicting the bricks-and-mortar results of their generosity can be seen here.

ESPN Magazine (May 16, 2008)

Picking up on the U.S. Department of the Interior's May 14, 2008, announcement to place the Polar Bear under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, the tongue-in-cheek article, "Breaking: Bowdoin College Disputes 'Endangered' Status," disputes that the College mascot is in any way diminishing. "We have 31 varsity sports, which is a huge number for a campus of just 1,700 students, and we're coming off a first national title in Field Hockey," said Sports Information Director Jim Caton in the article. "I can assure you, these Polar Bears are thriving." Read the article.

The Chronicle Review (May 16, 2008)

The cover story delving into the first translation of Virgil's Aeneid by a woman quotes Barbara Weiden Boyd, Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek and chair of the classics department, and mentions that she published a textbook of selections from the Aeneid.

The New York Times (May 9, 2008)

Bowdoin is mentioned along with Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale in the article, "Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students." The piece, which quotes Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William Shain, examines the changing landscape of admission to highly selective colleges amid the broad expansion of financial aid at many of those elite institutions and an unusually large class of graduating high school students. Read the article.

The Sacremento Bee (May 7, 2008)

Bernard Osher '48 is the subject of an article detailing the Bernard Osher Foundation's unprecedented $70 million donation to California community college students. The article notes that Osher "attended Maine's prestigious Bowdoin College." Read the article.

The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 25, 2008)

An essay by Kristen Ghodsee, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, examines the virtues of having chosen a career path involving a liberal arts college rather than a major research university. Read the article.

The New York Times (April 21, 2008)

Joan Benoit Samuelson '79, two-time Boston Marathon winner and Olympic marathon champion, leads off an article covering the U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials in Boston. Her time of 2:49:08 set an American record for the women's 50-54 age group. "The support around the course was unbelievable," she says in the article. "I ran a very conservative race. All I wanted was to break three hours and finish." Read the article.

The Boston Herald (April 21, 2008)

Joan Benoit Samuelson '79 set a record at the April 20, 2008, U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials in Boston. With a goal of "running 2:50 at age 50," she clocked in at 2:49:08, putting her 90th out of 124 finishers, and in doing so, set an American record for the women's 50-54 age group. The article mentions how, as a senior at the College in 1979, she won the Boston Marathon, crossing the finish line wearing a Bowdoin singlet. Read the article.

The New York Times (April 20, 2008)

The cover story of a special Education Life supplement mentions the College's no-loan announcement. Bowdoin is also included in an accompanying graphic depicting colleges and universities that offer what the Times calls "generous financial-aid packages." Read the article.

ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson (April 17, 2008)

Barbara Held, Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies and author of Stop Smiling, Start Kvetching: A Five-Step Guide to Creative Complaining, appeared in a segment about the Rev. Will Bowen's Complaint-Free World movement, in which he challenges people not to complain for 21 days. Held offered counterpoint: "One size does not fit all. That's true of clothing, and it's true of coping. Some need to vent. Some don't." Read the ABC News story.

The Boston Herald (April 16, 2008)

Quoting from former Governor and Distinguished Lecturer Angus King's April 15, 2008, lecture on campus, "The Saudi Arabia of Wind: Confronting Maine's Energy Catastrophe," the article details King's suggestion that Maine launch a research and development project to create a $15 billion network of offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine over the next decade.