Image courtesy of Aniqa Chowdhury FROM THE BOWDOIN BUBBLE TO THE BIG CITY: Zohran Mamdani '14 was an activist and a changemaker long before his mayoral campaign, founding Bowdoin Students for Justice ...

Kiran Elfenbein GHOSTS AND THINGS: Professor Briefel launched her new book “Ghosts and Things: The Ma- terial Culture of Nineteenth Century Spiritualism” with an event at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library ...

Bergen Pickett MOLDY MADNESS: The College recently announced that Reed House will undergo renovation during the 2026-2027 academic year. Multiple college houses have faced recent infrastructure ...

Abigail Hebert NEW FILES, OLD CONNECTIONS: Hawthorne-Longfellow Library’s Special Collections and Archives bears the name of George Mitchell ’54 H’84. Newly released Epstein files revealed a ...

“This story, in a funny way, begins in Paris,” remembered Robert H. Edwards, President of the College from 1990 to 2001. Now 86 years of age, Edwards sat upright at his spotless dining room table in ...

I try not to go into my interviews with a thesis. But the notion of a couple who has run a bookstore on Maine Street for over four decades was catnip to an already hopeless romantic. Before I even met ...

Cloe Tarlton STANCE IN DANCE: Dr. Imani Kai Johnson speaks on the history and spiritual nature of breaking. She also spoke on the commodification of Black art forms and the need to maintain an ...

Isa Cruz PERSPECTIVES IN POETRY: Visiting Tallman Scholar Danez Smith shared their poetry in a reading, discussing themes of gender and race. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is currently teaching a ...

Courtesy of the George J. Mitchell Deparment of Special Collections & Archives EULOGIZING EDWARDS: Bowdoin’s 13th president, Robert H. Edwards, stands beside his wife. Edwards, who served as president ...

Abigail Hebert IN SHORT: While the author of two published short story collections, Kevin Moffett’s visit to the College highlighted his debut novel “Only Son.” On Wednesday, students, faculty and ...

This piece represents the opinion of the author . Editor’s Note, Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 5:40 p.m.: A previous version of this article included the names of the vigil organizers. For security ...

Abigail Hebert DIVERSE DESTINATIONS: Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Elijah Anderson speaks in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Anderson, a professor of sociology and Black studies at Yale ...