Safa Zaki is the first woman to lead the college in its 229-year history.
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Bowdoin College dorm pipe bursts, displacing students
A sprinkler pipe burst early Sunday morning on the second floor of Cole Tower, a 16-story dorm, displacing 10 students.
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Brunswick approves Bowdoin College’s controversial athletics turf plan
The Brunswick Planning Board voted unanimously to approve Bowdoin College’s Pickard Field Athletic Complex renovation plan after determining three new turf fields would not contaminate the area with dangerous levels of PFAS, a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer.
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Bowdoin International Music Festival receives $200,000 toward student scholarship
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has received a $200,000 endowment fund gift from The Bingham Charitable Trust for Maine student scholarships. The award allows all accepted young Maine student musicians who play violin, viola or cello to attend the prestigious six-week summer institute with full-tuition scholarships. From the time of his youth until the end […]
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Worried about rising costs, Bates College plans budget cuts
College says its finances remain strong, but ‘serious challenges’ are looming.
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Brunswick Planning Board seeks more evidence on safety of proposed Bowdoin College turf
The Brunswick Planning Board tabled Bowdoin College’s proposed Pickard Field Athletic Complex upgrades until January, which will allow a third party to review evidence that the college’s new turf fields are free of PFAS, a class of chemicals linked to several types of cancer.
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Surprise arrest of suspected Lockerbie bomb maker reopens old wounds for Brunswick
News out of Libya has stirred painful memories for those who knew Pamela Herbert and Nicholas Bright, members of the Bowdoin College community who died in a terrorist attack in 1988.
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With locals worried about PFAS, Brunswick planners suggest review of Bowdoin College’s athletic field renovation plan
Bowdoin College has submitted materials showing proposed upgrades to Pickard Field Athletic Complex would be free of potentially dangerous chemicals, but the Brunswick Planning Department on Friday recommended the Planning Board table the project until it receives an external review of the science.
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‘Standout’ Lewiston graduate dies from severe allergic reaction
Omar Osman, a graduate of Lewiston High School and a first-year student at Bowdoin College, died unexpectedly from a severe allergic reaction Saturday night.
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Maine Voices: Debate over Bowdoin fields, forever chemicals has lost its way
As neighbors raise objections, the relevant acronym isn’t PFAS – it’s NIMBY.