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sign up today—it's free! Maurice Prendergast: By the SeaOn This Day1864 — U.S. Grant issues Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain a field promotion to Brigadier General for gallant conduct. StorePurchase Bowdoin merchandise online. |  Atayne 2013 summer intern Tom Henshall ’15 Since moving his company, Atayne, from Virginia to his hometown of Brunswick a few years back, Jeremy Litchfield ’99 has hired a number of Bowdoin students as interns. Because his business is small — it’s just Litchfield and his wife working out of their home — the interns are thrown immediately into the myriad day-to-day operations of the eco-friendly company. Atayne sells sportswear apparel made from #1 plastic, primarily from recycled plastic bottles. Throughout the academic year, the company hires one to three Bowdoin interns. This summer, for the first time, Atayne has hired an intern who is financially supported by one of the grants from Bowdoin’s funded internship program. Read the full story. 
Middle school had the right idea — successful people need a “home room” period to gather their thoughts and connect with others. While it may have become a habit to immediately check your email upon arriving at work, Fast Company suggests holding off for the first 30 minutes to an hour. Instead, make it a goal to tackle one task, especially if it’s something you would otherwise be inclined to put off. Alternatively, they also recommend devoting the first hour of your day to face-to-face interaction, whether it be with mentors or less familiar coworkers. Read about these habits and more, along with their benefits, here.  For the third year in a row, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Better Life Index survey found Australia to be the happiest of the OECD’s 34 member states – followed by Sweden and Canada. It might seem obvious that Australia’s beaches and sunshine would boost anyone’s mood, but Australia is also home to a growing economy, long average life expectancy, low crime rate, and a minimum wage that almost doubles that of the United States. Contrary to their laid-back reputation, however, Australians are some of the hardest workers in terms of weekly hours. National Geographic describes how this work ethic, along with many other factors, contributes to just how happy Australians are.
Demilked presents a series of 28 diptych photos, depicting grandmas from around the globe paired with their specialty dishes. The ingredients range from iguana to caterpillar to pumpkin leaves paired with peanut butter. These grannies’ kitchens, as well as their attire, are as varied as the foods themselves, but the series is tied together well by the photos’ composition — and the warm, welcoming smile on each grandmother’s face. Last fall Bowdoin students created a book of etchings called Another Day with printmaker Liz Chalfin, artist-in-residence for the Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project and director of Zea Mays Printmaking. This spring, the book was selected from more than 2,400 entries to be included in the exhibition New Prints/New Narratives at the International Print Center New York, which Chalfin describes as “the premier printmaking nexus in the country.” The fledgling printmakers were 25 students from Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Mary Hart’s classes Printmaking I and II. “We worked from 8 o’clock in the morning to 8 o’clock at night for a week,” Hart said. Using a series of plates Chalfin had developed based on ink wash drawings, the students helped select colors and print the images on translucent mulberry paper. They printed four complete editions and 50 individual prints (each student chose a page spread to take home). “It was a thrill to do this,” said Chalfin. “I came in with a really big project and everybody was so gracious and accommodating— the students buckled down and went right to work with me.” Read the full story. Photo credits: Linda Alvarez ’13 and Mary Hart  When we look at a creative advertisement or graphic, our first thought may not be to consider the origins of its conceptual ideas. Brain Pickings displays a fascinating selection of images demonstrating abstract themes, from red and black to psychedelia, that appeared over time and can be found featured in modern graphic design. The images come from “100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design,” a book created by design writer Steven Heller and design critic Veronique Vienne to give a visual history of the major concepts, trends and creators that have left a bold influence on graphic design.
 Not surprisingly, studies have shown that people are likely to yawn after watching videos of others yawning. But did you know that yawning is more contagious between close friends, and can be contagious among animals too? Not only that, but a number of unique physiological changes are produced in the six seconds (on average) it takes us to yawn. Researchers are still discovering new information when it comes to this mysterious and inevitable act. The Huffington Post describes six fun phenomena they have verified so far.
It may seem overwhelming at times to figure out which social media platform to use for which message. Your world has many circles — work life, social circle, family and dare we say, love life. Fret no more, for as they say, there is an app, or in this case, several, for that — letting you separate these interactions, whether it be streamlining work-related communication through “Yammer” or thumb-kissing (yes, that is a thing) with the aptly named “Couple.” Mashable presents 10 more private and more narrowly-focused ways of connecting online with your neighbors, coworkers — even your grandmother.  American flag and sledges at the North Pole in April 1909. Photograph by Robert E. Peary or Matthew Henson. June 14 is Flag Day, marking the anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes. Chicago Now blogger Shannan Younger assembled 13 Flag Day facts, which include, at number eight, that Robert Peary (a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 1877) placed a flag sewn by his wife at the North Pole in 1909, and left pieces of another flag along the journey. The list notes that it’s the only time a person has been honored for cutting the flag. Read more about Peary and visit the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center website.  Susan Faludi On the heels of the 40th anniversary of women at Bowdoin, the college is honored to welcome Susan Faludi as Tallman Scholar in Gender and Women’s Studies for the 2013-2014 academic year. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, Faludi has previously taught at Harvard University and held numerous prestigious fellowships. “In terms of contemporary feminism in the United States, there really isn’t a more prominent voice than Susan Faludi’s,” said Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Kristen Ghodsee, citing the influence of works such as Faludi’s book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Faludi, whose role at Bowdoin will include teaching fall and spring seminars, expressed her own admiration for the intellectual atmosphere of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the work of its faculty. “For me, one of the big appeals of the program is that they deal with tangible, real-world issues that women are confronting,” Faludi said. “I’m thrilled to become part of this community of scholars and students.” | On This Day in Civil War History…Bowdoin Talks: Lectures, Discussions and Events |
