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  • advent of the atomic bomb
    Alumni ranging from the Class of 1952 through 2013 will be interacting with each other and with current students through an online academic project based on The Advent of the Atomic Bomb course taught by Associate Professor of Geology Karen Harpp. More than 330 alumni have signed up so far (registration remains open) for the […]
    January 17, 2014
  • The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium has been awarded a three-year $1.25 million grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support new collaborations in the areas of globalization and language learning. The six consortium members are Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College, and Union College. […]
    January 8, 2014
  • Oswald A. Honkalehto
    Oswald (Ozzie) A. Honkalehto, professor of economics emeritus who taught at Colgate from 1962 to 1995, died Sunday, December 29, 2013, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y. Honkalehto taught courses in macroeconomics, statistics, econometrics, and the department’s honors seminar, which he originated.  He also was  responsible for developing the mathematical economics concentration soon after […]
    January 6, 2014
  • Colgate’s endowment broke through the $800 million mark in November 2013 and recently drew positive attention in Institutional Investor magazine. Colgate was cited as one of 20 midsize educational endowments that “schooled” their larger peers such as Harvard and Yale from June 2007 through June 2012. Strong performance has continued into its most recent fiscal […]
    December 25, 2013
  • Forbes today put the media spotlight on Colgate’s incredibly successful Year of ’13 Challenge and the key role that student-run WRCU-FM played in the campaign that raised $5.1 million in a single day. Read the Forbes article titled Radio Power: How Colgate Raised $5.1 Million In One Day here.
    December 24, 2013
  • The technology might change, but the beauty of Colgate’s campus remains the same. We hope you enjoy this video shot with a GoPro 3 camera aboard a DJI Phantom quadcopter, and edited with a vintage flair. Enjoy the holidays!
    December 23, 2013
  • Robert L. Hathaway, who taught at Colgate for 30 years and was a significant contributor to the campus community, died Thursday, December 19. The Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures emeritus had books, articles and reviews published in Mexico, Spain, and England as well as in […]
    December 22, 2013