Bowdoin College News

Published: Jul 08, 2009 3:40 pm - By Steve Mistler Inside the inn photo by: Mistler photo John and Kim Verreault stand on the staircase of Brunswick's Captain Daniel Stone Inn.

Summertime blues For college students who are back home, and jobless, it feels like an empty summer By ALEX WILLIAMS The New York Times Tue.

The Southern University Board of Supervisors has chosen a top-ranking vice president as the interim president of the Southern system.

Today we are in the midst of a national debate on health care. Time magazine last week had a fine article on the cost of health care in different hospitals.

A casual conversation with Clif might meander through Japanese gardens in Kyoto, a recent passion that led him to create a phenomenal website; briefly touch down on the Ars Moriendi, the topic of his 1966 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania; descend into the jazz clubs of New York, where he played drums in the late 1950s; and ...

The World Learning board of trustees last week chose Adam Weinberg to succeed current CEO and president Carol Bellamy, who will be leaving the position at the end of August.

June 30 marks the end of the fiscal year for many colleges, and the financial reports that result may supply the first real news about the recession's impact on higher education.

Maine State Music Theatre continues its 2009 season with the award winning "Crazy for You." Winner of three Tony Awards , two Drama Desk Awards and three Laurence Olivier Awards, the show dazzles audiences with spectacular dance numbers and catchy, toe-tapping songs.

Sarah Dickey who has ardently studied Tamil cinema over the years. Photo: K. Ganesan It is indeed a well-known fact that popular films have entered deep into the intimate textures of Tamil cultural and political life.

BRUNSWICK a ' Gov. John Baldacci last week reassured officials from Brunswick, Freeport and Bowdoin College about his commitment to the Amtrak Downeaster and the proposed extension of the passenger service.

BEIRUT: The Lebanese American University on Monday announced it would grant both the central bank Governor Riad Salameh and the American chemist of Lebanese origin, professor Bassam Shakhashiri, honorary doctorates due to their achievements in the field of the humanities during LAU's commencement exercises in July.

Jennifer Heagy, of Phoenix, a 2005 graduate of Hereford High School, graduated in May with honors, magna cum laude from the Seidel School of Education at Salisbury University.

Cadet Kevin Bennett, son of Cindy and Steve Bennett, has received Distinguished Cadet Academic Recognition for the spring semester at the U.S. Military Academy.

HANOVER, N.H., June 12 Darthmouth-arts-funds HANOVER, N.H. , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dartmouth College has received the largest commitment in its history, $50 million , from an anonymous family.

Each Sunday, the Times meets a visitor or summer worker on the Cape. This week, we caught up with Lucas Johnston, who was waiting for the Nantucket ferry in Hyannis.

When Glen Meakem founded Free Markets Inc. in Pittsburgh in 1995, he was the co-founder of a new business model, seeking customers for a business-to-business Internet company that helped clients save money by automating and improving their purchasing functions.

ROCKLAND : The City of Rockland, the new Rockland Main Street , and the Farnsworth Art Museum have collaborated on a project to renovate, and make into a public art space the park at the corner of Main Street and Park Street, next to the Brass Compass restaurant in downtown Rockland.

P Peter Casey has done some interesting things since graduating from Bowdoin College 16 years ago.

For Ross Jacobs, 2006 New Trier High School alumnus, the terms "teacher," "mentor," "friend" or even "intellectual cheerleader," all describe New Trier English teacher Jeffrey C. Markham.

From a last-second shot that propelled the boys' basketball team past Concord Academy to the founding of the school's first literary magazine and the completion of 120 advanced placement tests, the achievements of Berwick Academy's 55 seniors were celebrated Saturday during their graduation ceremony.