Reunion Weekend 2026 in Photos

A complete of two,288 attendees got here to Reunion 2026, barely greater than final yr, which was additionally a report.

Over class dinners and pub nights, alumni caught up with one another, making new reminiscences throughout actions that included museum excursions, lectures, outings to the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, rounds of golf, and the ever-popular “pints and pinot” gathering.

At Reunion Convocation on Saturday, May 30, President Safa Zaki welcomed these gathered within the Sidney J. Watson area and described a few of the highlights from the tutorial yr. Bowdoin school members, she remarked, have formed conversations properly past the campus in a variety of areas.

“This year, for example Professor Ayana Elizabeth Johnson received a TIME Earth Award for her leadership on climate change. Professor Jen Taback was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Professor Abbie Killeen returned to King Lear and the role of Goneril for an off-Broadway run of sixteen shows this winter. This week, she continues in the role as part of the International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova, Romania,” mentioned Zaki. “Professor of Education Charles Dorn,” she added, “served on the organizing committee for an international conference, ‘Universities and the Public Good: Research, Education, and Democracy since 1945,’ held in Hanover, Germany.”

Zaki went on to reward the achievements of Bowdoin’s “amazing” college students, each inside and outdoors the classroom. “This year, Bowdoin students earned seventeen Fulbright fellowships, once again placing the College among the nation’s top producers. Students received Watson Fellowships, a Goldwater Scholarship, Roosevelt Network Fellowships, and numerous other honors.”

She additionally talked concerning the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity, now in its second yr. The initiative, Zaki confused, “has already transformed the intellectual life of the College,” with the allocation of ten school traces in areas starting from philosophy to authorities and authorized research to computational neuroscience. “Dozens of grants have funded student and faculty projects exploring artificial intelligence from perspectives spanning computer science, environmental studies, economics, the arts, and the humanities.”

What excites her essentially the most about this work, mentioned Zaki, will not be the expertise itself: “It’s the chance to bring human judgment to one of the biggest technological transformations happening in our world.”

Following Zaki’s remarks, John Shukie ’99, president of the Alumni Council, introduced the distinguished alumni recognition awards.

For his longstanding and distinctive devotion to the College, scholar and educator David A. Dickson II ’76, P’13 acquired the annual Alumni Service Award, the Bowdoin Alumni Council’s highest honor. 

Two staff had been chosen to obtain the Alumni Award for Faculty and Staff, introduced annually in recognition of service and devotion to the College to recipients additionally chosen by the Alumni Council. They are Associate Professor of English Ann Kibbie and Scott Meikejohn, a trusted advisor and key member of the management crew by means of 4 Bowdoin presidents.

President Zaki then returned to the lectern to current the ultimate award presentation of the day. Anne Robinson Wadsworth ’81, P’09 acquired the 2026 Common Good Award for her efforts to equip and educate younger ladies in Tanzania by means of the nonprofit she based.