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Leadership in a Changing World
From Vision to Impact: One Year of the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity
As the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity enters its second year, we look back on an exciting twelve months—a time in which the relationship between human beings and technology has become increasingly complex—and look ahead to the ways Bowdoin will continue to be at the forefront of this important conversation.
Common Good Chemistry
Sree Kandhadai ’27 Wins Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in STEM
The chemistry major has received the Goldwater Scholarship, a federally funded award for undergraduates that supports the next generation of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.
Offers and Outcomes
Where do Bowdoin graduates land after college?
Liberal arts + human intelligence + artificial intelligence
—a Bowdoin education prepares you for a purposeful career
anywhere you want to go
.
Tiny Fleas, Big Recognition
Carolina Bragg ’26 Wins Research Award at Statewide Conference
The biology major recently made the trip to Augusta for the Maine Sustainability and Water Conference and came home with first place for her undergraduate research project investigating the effect of salt and fungal parasites on water fleas (
Daphnia)
in a nearby pond.
Global Insights
Chinwe Bruns ’26 and Lilly Curtis ’26 Receive Watson Fellowships to Learn from Traveling
While the two seniors will pursue different itineraries around the world, they share something in common: both have combined a STEM field and a humanities field in their Bowdoin studies, and both want to spend next year studying healing practices around the globe.
Trailblazers Abroad
Where the Pines End, the Adventure Begins
During the past twenty years, a special Bowdoin Outing Club fellowship has enabled many students to go on self-designed adventures to beautiful parts of the world.
Fulbright Tradition
Bowdoin is a Top Producer of Fulbright Fellows for Ninth Straight Year
Seventeen Bowdoin students were offered Fulbright fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year, placing Bowdoin among the top five baccalaureate institutions.
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Africana Studies
La'Shaye Cobley ’12: Urban Ecologist and Air Pollution Policy Expert
Africana Studies Home
Student Research
Anthropology
Adaiah Hudgins-Lopez ’18 Receives Second Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Anthropology Home
Alumni and Careers
Arabic
Bowdoin Offers New Minors in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
Arabic Home
Student Opportunities
Art History
Art Up Close at the BCMA
Art History Home
Courses
Asian Studies
Sergianni Jennings ’26 Lives Her Dream by Participating in a US–Japan Diplomatic Journey
Asian Studies Home
Courses
Biochemistry
Going Door to Door, Usira Ali ’22 Tackles an Enduring Taboo
Biochemistry Home
Student Research
Biology
Student Researchers Explore Topics of Local Importance
Biology Home
Our Facilities
Chemistry
Tracking Sewage to Protect the Environment
Chemistry Home
Chinese
Jiankun Wu ’21 Translates Undiscovered Chinese Sci-fi Writer
Chinese Home
Asian Studies Program
Cinema Studies
Stunning Debut for Film Director Eduardo Mendoza ’24
Cinema Studies Home
Kinolab Digital Clip Archive
Classics
Sarah Munoru ’23 Reads into the Role of Race in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Classics Home
Off-Campus Study
Computer Science
Time to Get Hacking
Computer Science Home
Alumni and Careers
Digital and Computational Studies
Bowdoin Selected for National Initiative on AI Ethics
Digital and Computational Studies Home
Student Research
Earth and Oceanographic Science
Bowdoin’s Roesler Part of Billion Dollar NASA Mission to Observe the Ocean from Space
EOS Home
Alumni and Careers
Economics
Do We Care if Creative Work Is AI-Generated?
Economics Home
Browse Econ Courses
Education
Bowdoin Teacher Scholar Matthew Bernstein ’13 Named 2023 Maine Teacher of the Year
Education Home
In the Field
English
Bowdoin’s Walton Discusses Black American Experience
English Home
Our Faculty
Environmental Studies
Students In Advanced GIS Mapping Class Boost Local Conservation
Environmental Studies Home
Fellowships and Opportunities
Francophone Studies
Student's Play Tells a Vietnamese Folktale in the Dark
Francophone Studies Home
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Student Research: Turning a Love of ‘Star Wars’ into a Critical Examination of Gender
Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies Home
German
Exploring Germany's Role in Protecting the Environment
German Home
Government and Legal Studies
Paulina Morales ’24 Awarded Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
Government and Legal Studies Home
Hispanic Studies
Professor Wolfenzon Examines Maine's Little-Known Hispanic Culture
Hispanic Studies Home
History
Bowdoin’s Purnell Completes Audio Project on History of Brooklyn
History Home
Italian Studies
Katie Kurtz ’24 Publishes Independent Research in Top Academic Journal
Italian Studies Home
Japanese
Q&A with Future Asia Fellows: Runa Katayama ’25 and Sam Berets ’25
Japanese Home
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS)
Contentious Narratives: Truth Commissions’ Reports and the Struggle over Social Discourse in Latin America
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) Home Home
Mathematics
Journal Highlights Math Research by Professor and Student
Math Home
Digital and Computational Studies
Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cole Crawford ’20 Helps Excavate Important Legionary Base in Israel
MENA Home
Student Opportunities
Music
AI in Music: Bowdoin Symposium Addresses Technology and Human Creativity
Music Home
Ensembles
Neuroscience
Where Music Meets Neuroscience
Neuroscience Home
Our Faculty
Philosophy
The Challenges of Being a Journalist in Russia
Philosophy Home
Alumni and Careers
Physics and Astronomy
Soaring on the First Autonomous Electric Flying Car
Physics and Astronomy Home
Our Facilities
Psychology
Funding Boost for Psychology Professor’s Memory Research
Psychology Home
Student Research
Religion
Lia Kornmehl ’23 is Selected for Postgraduate Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Religion Home
Romance Languages and Literatures
Students Read Into a Booming Book Trend in Latin America
Romance Languages and Literatures Home
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Persecuted for Opposing the Ukraine War, Russian Scholar Teaches at Bowdoin
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Home
Summer Language Study
Sociology
Pamela Zabala ’17 Discusses Her Impactful Research on Racial Bias at Bowdoin
Department Home
Alumni & Careers
Theater and Dance
Bowdoin Theater Department Goes “Into the Woods” for Latest Musical Production
Department Home
Our Alumni
Urban Studies
Exploring Placemaking: A Conversation with Oliver Clachko ’26
Urban Studies Home
Visual Arts
Two Alumni Artists Have Simultaneous Shows at Rockland Museum
Visual Arts Home
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Main Content
Leadership in a Changing World
From Vision to Impact: One Year of the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity
As the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity enters its second year, we look back on an exciting twelve months—a time in which the relationship between human beings and technology has become increasingly complex—and look ahead to the ways Bowdoin will continue to be at the forefront of this important conversation.
Common Good Chemistry
Sree Kandhadai ’27 Wins Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in STEM
The chemistry major has received the Goldwater Scholarship, a federally funded award for undergraduates that supports the next generation of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.
Offers and Outcomes
Where do Bowdoin graduates land after college?
Liberal arts + human intelligence + artificial intelligence
—a Bowdoin education prepares you for a purposeful career
anywhere you want to go
.
Tiny Fleas, Big Recognition
Carolina Bragg ’26 Wins Research Award at Statewide Conference
The biology major recently made the trip to Augusta for the Maine Sustainability and Water Conference and came home with first place for her undergraduate research project investigating the effect of salt and fungal parasites on water fleas (
Daphnia)
in a nearby pond.
Global Insights
Chinwe Bruns ’26 and Lilly Curtis ’26 Receive Watson Fellowships to Learn from Traveling
While the two seniors will pursue different itineraries around the world, they share something in common: both have combined a STEM field and a humanities field in their Bowdoin studies, and both want to spend next year studying healing practices around the globe.
Trailblazers Abroad
Where the Pines End, the Adventure Begins
During the past twenty years, a special Bowdoin Outing Club fellowship has enabled many students to go on self-designed adventures to beautiful parts of the world.
Fulbright Tradition
Bowdoin is a Top Producer of Fulbright Fellows for Ninth Straight Year
Seventeen Bowdoin students were offered Fulbright fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year, placing Bowdoin among the top five baccalaureate institutions.
Department news and resources
View Africana Studies
View Anthropology
View Arabic
View Art History
View Asian Studies
View Biochemistry
View Biology
View Chemistry
View Chinese
View Cinema Studies
View Classics
View Computer Science
View Digital and Computational Studies
View Earth and Oceanographic Science
View Economics
View Education
View English
View Environmental Studies
View Francophone Studies
View Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
View German
View Government and Legal Studies
View Hispanic Studies
View History
View Italian Studies
View Japanese
View Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS)
View Mathematics
View Middle Eastern and North African Studies
View Music
View Neuroscience
View Philosophy
View Physics and Astronomy
View Psychology
View Religion
View Romance Languages and Literatures
View Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
View Sociology
View Theater and Dance
View Urban Studies
View Visual Arts
Africana Studies
La'Shaye Cobley ’12: Urban Ecologist and Air Pollution Policy Expert
Africana Studies Home
Student Research
Anthropology
Adaiah Hudgins-Lopez ’18 Receives Second Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Anthropology Home
Alumni and Careers
Arabic
Bowdoin Offers New Minors in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
Arabic Home
Student Opportunities
Art History
Art Up Close at the BCMA
Art History Home
Courses
Asian Studies
Sergianni Jennings ’26 Lives Her Dream by Participating in a US–Japan Diplomatic Journey
Asian Studies Home
Courses
Biochemistry
Going Door to Door, Usira Ali ’22 Tackles an Enduring Taboo
Biochemistry Home
Student Research
Biology
Student Researchers Explore Topics of Local Importance
Biology Home
Our Facilities
Chemistry
Tracking Sewage to Protect the Environment
Chemistry Home
Chinese
Jiankun Wu ’21 Translates Undiscovered Chinese Sci-fi Writer
Chinese Home
Asian Studies Program
Cinema Studies
Stunning Debut for Film Director Eduardo Mendoza ’24
Cinema Studies Home
Kinolab Digital Clip Archive
Classics
Sarah Munoru ’23 Reads into the Role of Race in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Classics Home
Off-Campus Study
Computer Science
Time to Get Hacking
Computer Science Home
Alumni and Careers
Digital and Computational Studies
Bowdoin Selected for National Initiative on AI Ethics
Digital and Computational Studies Home
Student Research
Earth and Oceanographic Science
Bowdoin’s Roesler Part of Billion Dollar NASA Mission to Observe the Ocean from Space
EOS Home
Alumni and Careers
Economics
Do We Care if Creative Work Is AI-Generated?
Economics Home
Browse Econ Courses
Education
Bowdoin Teacher Scholar Matthew Bernstein ’13 Named 2023 Maine Teacher of the Year
Education Home
In the Field
English
Bowdoin’s Walton Discusses Black American Experience
English Home
Our Faculty
Environmental Studies
Students In Advanced GIS Mapping Class Boost Local Conservation
Environmental Studies Home
Fellowships and Opportunities
Francophone Studies
Student's Play Tells a Vietnamese Folktale in the Dark
Francophone Studies Home
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Student Research: Turning a Love of ‘Star Wars’ into a Critical Examination of Gender
Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies Home
German
Exploring Germany's Role in Protecting the Environment
German Home
Government and Legal Studies
Paulina Morales ’24 Awarded Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
Government and Legal Studies Home
Hispanic Studies
Professor Wolfenzon Examines Maine's Little-Known Hispanic Culture
Hispanic Studies Home
History
Bowdoin’s Purnell Completes Audio Project on History of Brooklyn
History Home
Italian Studies
Katie Kurtz ’24 Publishes Independent Research in Top Academic Journal
Italian Studies Home
Japanese
Q&A with Future Asia Fellows: Runa Katayama ’25 and Sam Berets ’25
Japanese Home
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS)
Contentious Narratives: Truth Commissions’ Reports and the Struggle over Social Discourse in Latin America
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) Home Home
Mathematics
Journal Highlights Math Research by Professor and Student
Math Home
Digital and Computational Studies
Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cole Crawford ’20 Helps Excavate Important Legionary Base in Israel
MENA Home
Student Opportunities
Music
AI in Music: Bowdoin Symposium Addresses Technology and Human Creativity
Music Home
Ensembles
Neuroscience
Where Music Meets Neuroscience
Neuroscience Home
Our Faculty
Philosophy
The Challenges of Being a Journalist in Russia
Philosophy Home
Alumni and Careers
Physics and Astronomy
Soaring on the First Autonomous Electric Flying Car
Physics and Astronomy Home
Our Facilities
Psychology
Funding Boost for Psychology Professor’s Memory Research
Psychology Home
Student Research
Religion
Lia Kornmehl ’23 is Selected for Postgraduate Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Religion Home
Romance Languages and Literatures
Students Read Into a Booming Book Trend in Latin America
Romance Languages and Literatures Home
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Persecuted for Opposing the Ukraine War, Russian Scholar Teaches at Bowdoin
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Home
Summer Language Study
Sociology
Pamela Zabala ’17 Discusses Her Impactful Research on Racial Bias at Bowdoin
Department Home
Alumni & Careers
Theater and Dance
Bowdoin Theater Department Goes “Into the Woods” for Latest Musical Production
Department Home
Our Alumni
Urban Studies
Exploring Placemaking: A Conversation with Oliver Clachko ’26
Urban Studies Home
Visual Arts
Two Alumni Artists Have Simultaneous Shows at Rockland Museum
Visual Arts Home
Student Gallery
Mailing Address:
6000 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011
GPS Address:
255 Maine Street
Brunswick, Maine 04011
(207) 725-3000
Contact Us
Make a Gift
Request Info
Employment
Offices & Services A-Z
Accessibility
Academic Calendar
Directory
Title IX
Policies
Youtube