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1850 — Harriet Beecher Stowe arrives in Brunswick seven months pregnant after 18 years in Cincinnati. While living in Brunswick in 1850-1851, when her husband Calvin, of the Bowdoin Class of 1824, was teaching theology, Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” one of the most influential novels in American history. Stowe wrote in her husband’s study in Appleton hall and in the family home on Federal Street, where she hosted Bowdoin students to read and discuss the book before it was published.

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San Francisco Tweet: Mayor Ed Lee ’74 Hosts Polar Bear Event at City Hall

 

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee ’74 welcomed more than 200 people to historic San Francisco City Hall as part of an event he hosted for Bay Area Polar Bears. Lee spoke of his time at Bowdoin, his role as mayor and his priorities in office. Amid a tour and reception, he welcomed five incoming first-years from the area. Mayor Lee and Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner both tweeted photos from the event:

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 (center) tweeted this photo of himself with Matt and Shuyun Buchwitz P'12 at the event.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 (center) tweeted this photo of himself with Matt and Shuyun Buchwitz P'12 at the event.

Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner tweeted this image of Mayor Ed Lee '74 speaking inside San Francisco City Hall.

Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner tweeted this image of Mayor Ed Lee '74 speaking inside San Francisco City Hall.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 with Annie Tsang '01.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 with Annie Tsang '01.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 (center) tweeted this photo of himself with Matt and Shuyun Buchwitz P'12 at the event.Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner tweeted this image of Mayor Ed Lee '74 speaking inside San Francisco City Hall.San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee '74 with Annie Tsang '01.

Art Museum Interns are ‘Great Ambassadors’

 

Art Interns: Hugo Barajas ’12, Becky Rosen ’13 (top), Abbie Geringer ’14

Part of the success of the William Wegman: Hello Nature show this summer has been due to the three student interns at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art who offer twice-daily tours to visitors.

“People are delighted to hear from Bowdoin students,” Joachim Homann, the museum’s curator, said. “Both to meet them and learn how the Museum fits in with the mission of Bowdoin. They are great ambassadors of the College and the Museum.”

The three educational assistant interns this summer are Hugo Barajas ’12, Abbie Geringer ’14 and Becky Rosen ’13. All are majoring in visual arts; Rosen and Geringer are also studying art history. Barajas is a Spanish double major.

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Bowdoin’s Potholm on the Republican National Convention’s ‘Explosive Potential’ (MPBN)

Christian Potholm

Christian Potholm

 

Christian Potholm, Bowdoin’s DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government, weighs in on the controversy brewing within the GOP that threatens to disrupt the events of the Republican National Convention, set to take place in Tampa, Fla., in less than three weeks. Listen to the MPBN report or read the transcript.

America’s National Parks as a Subway Map (Sierra Club)

 

Image: Sierra Club

Image: Sierra Club

There actually is not a subway connecting all of the National Parks, but the Sierra Club is now on track with social media, posting the fun map on its Facebook page and asking friends, “how many stops have you made?”