BRUNSWICK, Maine, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: By Tom Porter Associate Professor of Sociology Oyman Basaran is fascinated by the concepts of masculinity and gender in his native Turkey. In earlier research (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43669908), he explored this theme in the context of the compulsory military service that men are required to do in that country. For his latest project, Basaran examines another rite of passage familiar to Turkish males, circumc more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: By Rebecca Goldfine Each fall, Bowdoin's Office of Student Fellowships and Research awards grants of up to $2,500 to students pursuing semester- or yearlong faculty-mentored research in a range of fields. The grants enable students to expand the scope of their honors projects or independent studies--either with equipment or books, or through travel to libraries, archives, and other sites related to their studies.  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address: You know, when I was growing up in Western Maine, my mother, who was an English teacher, introduced me to our local library and she encouraged me to read books of every kind. Well, at times my favorite things to read were Mad Magazine and sometimes The Weekly Reader. At other times, I read the adventures of Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys, and the Bobbsey Twins. Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and than more PR