More than 100 very cute lambs have been born so far this year at Brunswick’s Crystal Spring Farm. They’re part of a highly successful research project conducted by Bowdoin Professor of Biology and Chemistry Emeritus Tom Settlemire and Dick Brizowski of the University of Maine aimed at solving the world’s number one health problem for sheep.
There have been a whole lot of storms moving through the northeast U.S. this winter and spring—22 storms, in fact (including the buckets of rain finally moving out late on Wednesday). AccuWeather has pulled them all together in a time lapse animation just to show how unusual the season has been.
The student loan legislation signed into law Tuesday by President Obama could result in significant change for students and colleges as the government becomes the primary issuer of student loans.
Yes, it comes from cows, but now you can find out where those cows are and who runs the farm. Just grab the number off the carton or jug and visit this Web site…
In an extensive profile published in the May edition of Vanity Fair, writer Mark Bowden decribes David Petraeus as “the most important general in America” and explains his unconventional rise to success.
An enterprising student and the inter-campus sustainability training he helped create, an alumna’s design skills and an alumnus’s enduring legacy all put Bowdoin in the news in March.
Netflix, the California-based DVD rental company founded and led by Bowdoin grad Reed Hastings (Class of 1983), faces serious challenges to its business model if the U.S. Postal Service moves forward with plans to suspend Saturday delivery.
Ronald Reagan threw 57 official state dinners during his eight years in the White House. George W. Bush hosted only six. At about $500,000 apiece, expense is one reason for the decline, but to dine or not to dine often just boils down to the personality of the president.