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Review Pays Tribute to ‘The Great Thomas Cornell’ (Portland Press Herald)
Thomas Cornell, “Farm Pig,” 1974, engraving. Art historian Daniel Kany, who regularly contributes reviews to the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, offers a glowing review of works by Thomas...
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Danahy Appointed Mentor for U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Team
Michael Danahy Bowdoin’s Michael Danahy has been appointed the next Chemistry Olympiad Mentor for the U.S. National team, composed of the country’s top high school students in chemistry. Danahy, who...
View ArticleWelsch Gives Film Legend Her Close-Up
Associate Professor of Film Studies Tricia Welsch talks about her book Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up with Associate Professor of English and Film Studies Aviva Briefel (director of Bowdoin’s...
View ArticleVideo: Visiting Writer Russ Rymer’s ‘Paris Twilight’
Paris Twilight, by Russ Rymer from Bowdoin College on Vimeo. Acclaimed journalist and author Russ Rymer, currently a visiting writer at Bowdoin, talks about his new novel “Paris Twilight” with...
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Symposium: Revisiting 19th-Century Political Economy
Scholars from institutions across the U.S. and abroad came to Bowdoin to discuss 19th-century political economists, and the relevance of their ideas to modern times, in a symposium on Oct. 19-20....
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Artist-in-Residence Sjovold Creates New Views of Maine
Painter Erling Sjovold of the University of Richmond, artist-in-residence at Bowdoin from Oct. 1-22, held an open studio on Oct. 18 to cap off his stay at the college. ”It’s a beautiful space,” he said...
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Hess Examines the Challenges of Civic Education
Diana Hess delivers the 2013 Brodie Family Lecture Diana Hess, senior vice-president at the Spencer Foundation and professor of social studies in education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,...
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Ladd House Student Exhibition Blurs the Lines of Art
Filling Ladd House on Thursday evening was a multifarious collection of artwork by 47 students — as well as 450 or so students, staff, faculty and parents (who were on campus for Family Weekend), a...
View ArticleVirtual Tour of Bowdoin’s New Edwards Center
Associate Professor of Art Michael Kolster introduces Bowdoin’s recently completed Edwards Center for Art and Dance. The building, which was dedicated Oct. 11 and will have a public opening Nov. 2,...
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Spotlight Shone on LaVigne’s Coral Research
Michèle LaVigne The American Geophysical Union gave a special nod to a study published recently by Assistant Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science Michèle LaVigne, featuring it as a “Research...
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Museum of Art’s ‘Breakthrough’ is ‘One of the Year’s Best’ (Portland Press...
Hung Liu, “Relic 8,” 2004, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York. Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram art historian and reviewer Daniel Kany calls the Bowdoin College...
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Bowdoin’s Holt on the Celebrations in Laos (New York Times)
John Holt Boat races, religious observations and festive parties celebrate the end of the rainy season in Laos. The New York Times reports on the end of the summer monsoon season known to some as...
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Students Inquire Into Relevance of Feminism
A panel of five staff and faculty members recently gathered in Kresge Auditorium to answer student questions about the state of feminism today and its manifestation at Bowdoin. Jackie Fickes ’15 and...
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Alchemy Talk Introduces Medieval-Early Modern Initiative
Aaron Kitch English Department Chair Aaron Kitch presented “Queer Matter: Science and Sexuality in the Renaissance” in Kresge Auditorium on Nov. 5, the first offering of the faculty lecture series...
View Article‘Summoning Ghosts’ with Artist Hung Liu
Summoning Ghosts with Artist Hung Liu from Bowdoin College on Vimeo. Acclaimed artist Hung Liu visited Bowdoin on Nov. 7 to meet with students and faculty and to present an evening lecture. Here she...
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Lopez Directs Bowdoin Chamber Orchestra
The Bowdoin Chamber Orchestra performs under the direction of Artist-in-Residence George Lopez The Bowdoin Chamber Orchestra performed before a full Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall Nov. 9,...
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Panel Advises Aspiring Scientists on Finding Career Paths
Bowdoin professors and alumni present a panel conversation on careers in science Scientists are used to following rigorous procedures and predicting specific outcomes — and yet even in the most...
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Brunswick Clinic to Dedicate Mural by Lucy Walker ’14
A mural by Lucy Walker ’14 hangs in the Mid Coast Primary Care & Walk-In Clinic at Brunswick Station. Two-and-a-half years in the making, a mural by Lucy Walker ’14 — designed as a project in Mark...
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Remembering James E. Ward, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus and Former Dean...
James Ward with his wife, Mary Lee, in 2006 In a letter to the Bowdoin community, Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd conveys news of the death of James E. Ward, Professor of Mathematics...
View ArticleCommunity Museum Pops Up in Hubbard Hall
Bowdoin’s first “Pop-Up Museum” popped up in Hubbard Hall for a couple of hours on the evening of Nov. 12, sponsored by the Arctic Museum and Museum of Art. Community members were invited to bring...
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