Christopher Watkinson resigned from the Brunswick Town Council on Nov. 18 and is on leave from his job at Bowdoin College.
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College students worry about decreasing diversity if affirmative action is overturned
They say their schools would lose an important tool for giving opportunities to marginalized groups and bringing people from different backgrounds together.
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Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin’s Schiller Coastal Studies Center to host open house
Bowdoin College’s Schiller Coastal Studies Center on Orr’s Island will hold an open house from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. Schiller Coastal Studies Center’s staff, faculty and students will celebrate the opening of the facility’s new expansion at an event open to the public. Visitors may speak with Bowdoin students conducting research at the center, […]
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin College student safe after escaping deadly Korean Halloween crowd crush
Bowdoin College officials confirmed that junior Emma Fortier, who is studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea, is safe after she attended a Halloween celebration that turned deadly this weekend.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin students rally classmates to hit the polls
Student volunteers for Bowdoin Votes have spent the semester putting up flyers, hosting tabling sessions and leading walks to Town Hall in order to encourage their classmates to exercise their right to vote this fall.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick residents wary of Bowdoin College’s proposed athletics field upgrades
The Brunswick Planning Board approved Bowdoin College’s sketch plan for significant upgrades to its Pickard Field athletic complex Tuesday night, but neighbors pushed back with concerns about light, noise and chemical pollution.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How a native New Yorker found her calling in Maine
Since 1979, the state has nurtured my intellect in ways unimaginable prior to moving here.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin College names fellow to work with community on racial justice programs
Singer, composer, musician, producer, and curator Toshi Reagon has been appointed Bowdoin College’s next Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow and will lead a yearlong inquiry into racial justice, climate justice, gender justice and faith during the 2022–23 academic year, according to a news release from the college. A musician and songwriter, Reagon has been an Andrew […]
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin College opens without COVID-19 testing requirement
Bowdoin College opened its fall semester Wednesday with no surveillance testing program or mask mandates, policy changes that administrators say reflect the current state of the pandemic.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Giving Voice: The teachings of the Merrymeeting Gleaners
During my time working as a Bowdoin Common Good Fellow for the Merrymeeting Gleaners at MCHPP, I’ve learned a lot. Some of these teachings have come in the form of tangible skills, such as how to harvest kale or stack boxes of produce most efficiently in my 2007 Honda Odyssey. But one thing I’ve learned […]