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Object of the Month: "Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, D. C." by Gordon Parks
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (148+ words) Bowdoin College - Object of the Month: "Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, D. C." by Gordon Parks Gordon Parks, Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, D. C. , 1942, gelatin silver print on paper. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter…...
From College Standup to Hollywood Scriptwriter
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (238+ words) Sophie Fleur de Bruijn "18 is making waves in the film industry as a writer. Her latest screenplay, One Month Mark, has attracted the attention of a major Hollywood name. The plot of One Month Mark concerns two people: one of…...
Are Green Crabs Facing a New Predator in the Gulf of Maine?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (369+ words) It began when a local fisherman reported a new kind of crustacean showing up in his traps, said rising senior Reuben Siegel. "He wanted to know why blue crabs were starting to appear and what this might mean. They're typically…...
Scholarship, Creativity, and Recognition: Celebrating Faculty Achievements
2+ week, 2+ day ago (489+ words) Assistant Professor of Design Germ'n C'rdenas-Alaminos created the scenic design for Lend Me a Tenor at Portland Stage Company, setting the farce inside an Art Deco hotel room filled with doors and comic possibilities. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures…...
Summer Support Fuels Research, Internships, and Service for 456 Students
2+ week, 1+ day ago (242+ words) Many Bowdoin students use the summer to explore in depth a topic or field that most interests them. While many stay on campus, others travel to destinations around the world." This is how it works: if a student presents the…...
From African Spirituality to European Drama: Film Students Showcase Achievements
2+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) Growing up, I was always told that our ancestors didn't know God," declares Aurelie Ishimwe '26 in the introduction to her documentary film, Imana Twahoze Tuzi (The God We've Always Known), which was premiered on campus in the final weeks of…...
Flipping the Bird: Audubon Book Page-Turning Spotlighted on WCSH
2+ week, 6+ day ago (138+ words) Bowdoin College One of only 120 copies of John James Audubon's The Birds of America believed to still exist is on permanent display in Bowdoin's Special Collections & Archives. Ten years ago, the library began making an event of the monthly page-turning,…...
Who Gets Greenland? | Bowdoin College
3+ week, 5+ day ago (790+ words) Arctic anthropologists Susan Kaplan and Genevieve Le Moine remind us that the voices of Inuit who live in Greenland should have priority in any talks of who governs the world's largest island. In January 2026, the White House announced the intention…...
When Maine Politics Was Fun'and Sometimes Funny
2+ week, 6+ day ago (221+ words) Politics is, of course, a serious affair, but that doesn't mean it should be devoid of humor, says Chris Potholm '62, Bowdoin's De Alva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Emeritus. It was this rationale that prompted Potholm'a seasoned political strategist and…...
Trustworthy AI in Practice: Professor Gomezgil Yaspik Brings Bowdoin's Research to Washington's Finance and Legal Communities
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (440+ words) Bowdoin College Trustworthy AI in Practice: Professor Gomezgil Yaspik Brings Bowdoin's Research to Washington's Finance and Legal Communities Professor Vianney Gomezgil Yaspik, of the Digital and Computational Studies program, recently traveled to Washington, D. C. , to lead two evenings of programming on…...