Bowdoin College will receive $2.95 million in emergency funding under the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion federal COVID relief package. The money Bowdoin receives is part of more than $105 million in funding for colleges, universities, and students in Maine under the plan. According to a statement from the office of Maine 1st District […]
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Bowdoin will require COVID-19 vaccinations for the fall, a first among Maine colleges
Maine’s community college system will require vaccinations for resident students, but Bowdoin is the first Maine school to set vaccine requirements for all students and staff.
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Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin College expects $3.5 million increase in financial aid budget
The increase in financial aid will be distributed with an emphasis on low and middle-income families.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin breaks ground on new arctic center in Brunswick
The new facility in Brunswick is expected to be complete in November 2022.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin College updates COVID-19 status, slowly easing some restrictions
The college, which has three active cases of COVID-19, crept out of the reopening phase Monday morning.
Posted inCoastal Journal
Bowdoin copes with COVID housing challenge
College officials are opting to house students at a local hotel for the winter break and spring semester, giving students safe lodging and local business a boost.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Survival and sanity in post-truth, hypervigilant America
Rather than worry, ask yourself why you believe some assertions and dismiss others – on COVID, the election or any other topic.
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King’s speeches resonate in time of violence and racial tension
Racial-justice activists have fought similar battles in King’s time and today; for that reason, his most famous speeches are still relevant.
Posted inTimes Record
Fauci to receive honorary Bowdoin degree
Civil rights activist and Campaign Zero cofounder DeRay Mckesson and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will receive honorary degrees as well. Freedom Rider William Harbour will be presented an honorary degree posthumously.
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Some environmentalists worry Bowdoin College’s new solar array will harm rare grassland
The 20-acre, 18,000-panel solar array will help offset the college’s energy consumption, but the land is situated on a rare, “critically imperiled” grassland that environmentalists worry will be harmed by the project.