Bowdoin college

Published
March 9, 2023

New Bowdoin president a psychology professor, dean with a global perspective

Safa Zaki is the first woman to lead the college in its 229-year history.
Published
February 6, 2023

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.
Published
January 19, 2023

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.
Published
January 11, 2023

Bowdoin International Music Festival receives $200,000 toward student scholarship
Published
January 9, 2023

Worried about rising costs, Bates College plans budget cuts

College says its finances remain strong, but 'serious challenges' are looming.

Published
December 14, 2022

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.
Published
December 13, 2022

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.
Published
December 11, 2022

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.
Published
December 5, 2022

‘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.
Published
December 5, 2022

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.