Bowdoin’s position as a leading center of undergraduate research has been formally acknowledged. The College is one of 218 institutions now being recognized as Research Colleges and Universities by the Carnegie Classification systems.
Bowdoin students, continuing a multi-year streak, received a record number of Fulbright fellowships to do research, pursue graduate study, or teach English abroad for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The government major and practicing attorney is looking forward to the next stage in his legal career: a one-year clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor. “For a young lawyer who's interested in how the law shapes this country,” he said, “it's an immensely exciting opportunity and a true privilege.”
Per tradition, the annual Ebony Ball brought out serious dazzle in students. This year, the Center for Multicultural Life also hosted a pre-ball barbershop and beauty salon to help students really shine.
The professor of Romance languages and literatures is down to the final three in the search for the winner of one of the biggest prizes in Spanish language fiction, the Finestres Award. Minimosca is the Peruvian writer’s third novel.
The senior is finessing a procedure to better study the genetics of the darkwinged fungus gnat, Bradysia coprophila, and possiby open the door to future biomedical breakthroughs.
In the early 1990s, Scott Martin wrote a rhythmic and vibrant orchestral piece for his master’s thesis as a composition student at UC–Boulder. Thirty-one years later, the music instructor’s piece is being premiered by the Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra.
The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship, which helps “outstanding young people" forge a career in the US Foreign Service, will fund Kilani through two years of graduate school and provide internships on Capitol Hill and at a US embassy or consulate.
