TIMES RECORD • April 8, 2021
Bowdoin College held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the future John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies. The project will also include the new Barry Mills Hall, named after the immediate-past president of the college. The new buildings will be environmentally friendly, electric-powered “mass timber buildings,” meaning the superstructure will be made of wood as opposed to steel or concrete. Construction will involve the removal of 68 trees, with plans to plant 85 new trees, which will be more resilient to the changing climate, once the project is complete.