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Two Arctic Mysteries, A Century Apart
Iita, Northwestern Greenland. Photo: Genevieve LeMoine Genevieve LeMoine spent a good chunk of this past summer in northern Greenland trying to solve a thousand-year-old Arctic mystery concerning the...
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Bowdoin’s Isaacson ’70 on Supreme Court Internet Retail Decision (AP)
George Isaacson ’70 Purchasing goods online could get more expensive following a recent decision by the US Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press. Earlier this month, the court declined to...
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Faludi’s ‘In the Darkroom’ Recognized as One of New York Times 10 Best Books...
The New York Times has recognized Susan Faludi’s In the Dark Room as one of the 10 Best Books of 2016. In her book, Faludi—research associate, former Tallman Scholar in Gender and Women’s Studies, and...
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Bowdoin Economist Uses Pollution Satellite Data to Assess China’s GDP
Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Morris studies macroeconomics, particularly the nexus between macroeconomics and the environment. . China is notorious among economists for not accurately...
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Bowdoin’s Rudalevige on Reining In Presidential Power — And Its Consequences...
Andrew Rudalevige Republican leaders in Congress are planning votes on at least two bills that would restrict or repeal executive branch regulations. Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin’s Thomas Brackett Reed...
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Bowdoin’s Rudalevige Will Help ‘Make Sense of 2017’ (Bloomberg)
Andrew Rudalevige Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin’s Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, shares expertise and insight regularly in the Washington Post political science blog Monkey Cage. In fact,...
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Bowdoin’s Logan Cautiously Welcomes Genetic ‘Breakthrough’
Barry Logan Researchers led by agricultural scientists at the University of Illinois recently reported some remarkable results that could one day end up boosting the global food supply. Professor of...
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Bowdoin’s Rudalevige on Trump’s Staffing Challenges (Washington Post)
Andrew Rudalevige As confirmation hearings get underway in Washington to decide on Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments, the president-elect faces an even greater challenge in staffing the rest of his...
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Bowdoin’s Rudalevige Helps Explain History of the President’s Cabinet (History)
Presidential seal Did you know that the size and the function of the US president’s cabinet have varied greatly over time? Or that every president has had a cabinet, even though there’s no...
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Bowdoin Unveils Historic Lincoln Inauguration Photograph
Prof. Patrick Rael admires the historic photo The week before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art has formally unveiled a recently acquired photograph of...
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Bowdoin’s Rael on ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Speech Problem’
Patrick Rael At the recent unveiling of the rare and historic photograph of President Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Professor of History Patrick Rael...
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Rudalevige: ‘Every President is a Minority Leader. Trump Will Be, Too’...
Andrew Rudalevige In his latest contribution of analysis to the Washington Post political science blog Monkey Cage, Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin’s Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, looks at...
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The Sacred and the Profane: Rome as 21st Century Horror Movie Setting
Allison Cooper Professor Allison Cooper, who teaches Italian and cinema studies, describes how Rome’s richly symbolic history makes the city the perfect setting for a gory twenty-first-century horror...
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Former Dean Judd Named President of Sarah Lawrence College
Cristle Collins Judd Cristle Collins Judd, who served as Bowdoin’s dean for academic affairs from 2006 to 2015, has been named the eleventh president of Sarah Lawrence College. During Judd’s nine years...
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Bowdoin Economist Meardon Offers Thoughts on Proposed Border Tax
Stephen Meardon Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Meardon, on leave from Bowdoin this academic year, has temporarily assumed the directorship of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric...
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Bowdoin News: Economist John Fitzgerald Addresses Income Inequality;...
John Fitzgerald, Bowdoin’s William D. Shipman Professor of Economics, joined a discussion on Maine Public Radio’s Maine Calling to speak about the growing problem of income inequality, its causes, and...
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Students Learn Art of Curating as They Research Photography Exhibit
Dana Byrd’s fall 2016 art history class Students taking Dana Byrd’s fall art history class found themselves heading out of the classroom and into the archives, as they delved through the George J....
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Executive Powers: Bowdoin’s Rudalevige on the Power of the Memorandum (Stars...
Andrew Rudalevige President Donald Trump signed a memorandum aiming to make a military buildup policy. Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin’s Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, comments on the power...
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Rare and Vivid 2,000-Year-Old Mummy Mask on Display at Museum of Art
The portrait of the young boy, on dry and cracked wood, is roughly 2,000 years old. Yet the boy’s large brown eyes still appear vivid and lifelike under his gilded laurel. His pupils shine and his...
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Bowdoin’s Welsch Celebrates Longfellow Through Film
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The annual Longfellow Days celebration is underway in honor of one of America’s most celebrated poets. Among the College’s most illustrious alumni, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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