American Fine Art Magazine (May/June 2012)

As the Bowdoin College Museum of Art gears up for this summer's William Wegman: Hello Nature exhibition, last summer's hit — Edward Hopper's Maine — continues to score good press, this time for its exhibition catalog.

American Fine Art Magazine (subscription required) calls it "one of the first books to examine in-depth Hopper's Maine years," and says it "reveals a side of Hopper only seen through the nine summers he spent in Maine between 1914 and 1929."

NPR (May 3, 2012)

Associate Professor of Government Michael Franz weighs in on the role of superPACS in an NPR piece looking at how these funding machines are tied into the apparent increase in negative campaign ads. Franz is part of a team examining the political ads on broadcast TV and national cable.

Franz is co-author of Interest Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering (3rd ed.), which delves into how recent reforms and campaign finance laws have substantially changed the roles interest groups play and how these changes are affecting the 2012 elections.

Smithsonian Magazine (May 2012)

Smithsonian Magazine has named Brunswick to its list of "20 Best Small Towns" in its May 2012 issue. The college town comes in at No. 13, between Princeton, N.J., and Siloam Springs, Ark.

"Bowdoin College’s museum features an extensive collection of paintings and sketches by artist Winslow Homer, whose most famous seascapes were painted just a few miles away," writes Smithsonian's Akiva Shen. "Harriet Beecher Stowe penned Uncle Tom’s Cabin in a house now owned by the college."

NPR (April 30, 2012)

President Barry Mills was tapped for his insight for a National Public Radio segment that examines the value of a liberal arts education at a time in this country's economic history when many of what NPR's Tovia Smith describes as "elite private schools" are seen as "a more expensive — and less direct — path to landing a job." Mills talks about the College's core mission — educating — and the results it has yielded.

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr./PBS (April 1, 2012)

Acclaimed education reformer Geoffrey Canada '74, president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, has blazed a trail for disadvantaged children — giving them the keys to education and a better life. But as we see on the PBS program, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Canada has harbored a burning question nearly all his life: where did his father — and his father's people — come from? The program juxtaposes the stories of Canada and broadcasting matriarch Barbara Walters, two people whose lives were deeply impacted by the presence, and the void, created by their fathers.

Boston Magazine (April 2012)

Boston Magazine’s list of "The 50 Most Powerful People in Boston" has in its top spot — Bowdoin grad John Fish '82, chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction.

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, who received an honorary degree from Bowdoin in 2007, comes in at #36.

And William Rawn, founding principal of architectural firm William Rawn Associates, comes in at #44. While not technically an alum, Rawn earned honorary Polar Bear status for his firm's part in transforming the Curtis Pool into the Studzinski Recital Hall and Kanbar Auditorium, and also for the renovation of Oliver Otis Howard Hall and Harriet Beecher Stowe Hall.

C-SPAN (March 24, 2012)

In February, C-SPAN’s American History TV series, Lectures in History, recorded Purnell and students in his class,”The Wire”: Race, Class, Gender, and the Urban Crisis” in Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall.

Warrior Graveyard: Samurai Back from the Dead/National Geographic Channel (March 23, 2012)

Professor of History and Asian Studies Tom Conlan was interviewed last spring in the Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall, for the special program.

Indian Country Today (March 17, 2012)

The four Native American women who recently met with students and scholars at Bowdoin had distinctive tribal backgrounds, but all had one thing in common: They recently earned their Ph.Ds. Among them was anthropologist Kelly Fayard, one of Bowdoin's newer faculty members. She discussed her research and her journey through academia.

Boston Herald (March 16, 2012)

It's the stuff of movies — an inner city child, with none of the advantages and all of the hardships, finds amazing success. But this is no Hollywood tale, it's the life of Bowdoin basketball standout Hugh Coleman '02, who went from a scoreless season during JV play to become a 1,000-point scorer in college and remains Bowdoin’s all-time leading three-point scorer. The achievement came with the help of a mentoring coach, who saw Coleman through some dark days.

ESPN (March 13, 2012)

The inspirational story of Kristen Cameron '08, the former women's ice hockey team standout and Mercyhurst College assistant hockey coach who was left partially paralyzed after a drunken driver hit her while she was biking, is the latest ESPN Journeys & Victories feature — and was written by  ESPN.com editor Kaitee Daley '09.

Daley chronicles the accident and Cameron's impressive efforts along her journey to once again be part of the sport she loves. "There are so many people that I don't even know that help out," says Cameron in the piece. "Those people, from what I'm told, all think that I inspire them and to me, if I inspire them, that's what motivates me to keep working."

"Bowdoin's athletic community is tight-knit and incredibly supportive," says Daley. "So many of Kristen's teammates and friends have stepped up to help out and I'm just happy I could use my platform at ESPN and passion for journalism to make people outside of Bowdoin aware of just how special she is."

The Washington Post (March 4, 2012)

As an analyst with the Pentagon’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, Ben Freedman '09 is helping to foster international investment in Afghanistan's natural gas industry in attempts to bolster the war-torn country's economy.

“We are introducing the global economy to Afghanistan, while also introducing businesses to Afghanistan,” says Freedman in The Washington Post. “Business people go over to Afghanistan, and it is an eye opening experience for them. They see the challenges, but also the opportunity. We are there to assist.”

Bowdoin Career Planning points out that Freedman is one of several Polar Bears at the Department of Defense hired by Noah Buntman '08, and joins Catie English '10 and Adit Basheer '11 in the same department.

Barron's (February 11, 2012)

Barron’s profiles Ken Chenault '73, in its latest CEO Spotlight, praising the chief executive of American Express for leading the company “with a sure hand through some of the most horrific episodes in recent American history,” including the 9-11 attacks and the credit crisis of 2008-’09.

Tatler (March 2012)

Philanthropists Lady Jill Shaw Ruddock '77 (her husband, Sir Paul Ruddock, was knighted earlier this year) and John Studzinski '78 were both interviewed for the article, "They Couldn't Care More." Shaw Ruddock speaks of the diverse causes she and her husband support. "Is there bad giving?" Ruddock asks in the piece. "No, not if your heart's in the right place. But I do think there's better giving."

Studzinski, senior managing director at Blackstone Group, says, "Fortune isn't just about money. You can have a lot of judgment about what works and very little money and accomplish a lot. And you can have a lot of money and no judgment and waste a lot."

Trustee emerita Shaw Ruddock and current trustee Studzinski, have given generously to the College. The Shaw Ruddock Gallery in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art was made possible by the generosity of Shaw Ruddock and her husband, and Studzinski's contributions helped transform the former Curtis Pool into the state-of-the-art recital hall that now bears his name.

The Boston Globe (February 5, 2012)

Looking for something smart to do this winter? Well, look no further than a New England college campus near you for what The Boston Globe calls "exceptional and exhilarating experiences." Among the best is the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum right here at Bowdoin. With two new exhibitions opening between now and April, the Peary-Mac is one of the Globe's "smart" destinations.

Bloomberg (January 24, 2012)

From the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, College Trustee John Studzinski '78, senior managing director of Blackstone Group, talks about the role of the U.S. in the global economy and his 15 years spent attending the forum in the Swiss Alps. Watch the Bloomberg segment.

The New York Times (January 21, 2012)

Gerald Chertavian — a member of the Bowdoin Class of 1987 and a current trustee of the College — has been mentoring young people for most of his adult life. Today, his Boston-based company, Year Up, provides a one-year, intensive training program for urban young adults, all aimed at building opportunity. As he tells The New York Times, it's "a matter of social justice."

Early Today/NBC (January 4, 2012)

NBC meteorologist Bill Karins highlighted the Museum of Art exhibition Along the Yangzi River as the "event of the day" during a weather segment on Early Today, airing on NBC stations at 4 a.m.

The Huffington Post (December 28, 2011)

Larry Bock, a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 1981, has long been concerned about the declining number of young Americans entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. That's why he founded the USA Science & Engineering Festival, the nation's largest celebration of science and engineering. Bowdoin was a partner in the inaugural event in 2010 that attracted over 500,000 people, including neuroscience students from Bowdoin and the College's acclaimed robotics team, Northern Bites. On this New Year's Day, Bock is asking Americans from across the country to make a resolution to participate in the 2012 event, scheduled for April.

The Boston Globe (December 27, 2011)

The Boston Globe lends a bit of context and history to the narrative depicted in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs New York and Paris.

The review, "Eager Exploration of New York, Paris," looks at Webb's influences and highlights the humanity captured in his work. Read the review.