Bowdoin is proud to announce a $50 million gift—the largest in our 231-year history—from Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings ’83 to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity.
The twenty-one-acre property in Kingfield, Maine, about two hours from campus, presents an exciting opportunity for the College to teach outdoor skills and leadership and share Maine’s beauty.
From South Africa to South Korea, from Poland to the Bahamas, Bowdoin’s two 2025 Watson Fellows are applying a range of liberal arts skills as they plan a year of giving back to the world.
Next year, Maya Le will pursue a master of philosophy degree in English studies at the University of Cambridge, focusing on contemporary retellings of European fairy tales by Asian diaspora writers.
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.