Aleta Mayne

Colgate’s sustainability groups gathered Tuesday in the Ho Science Center atrium for the first Greentivities Fair, an effort to raise awareness about their work, recruit new members, and offer tips to help students act more environmentally friendly. An added benefit was that those like-minded students with green goals had the chance to get together and […]

It’s hard to imagine the common earthworm as an “alien invader,” but those near Colgate are not native to North America, and it’s been found that they could be harmful to the environment.

One’s hand starts to cramp just imagining the hours dedicated to the intricate beadwork decorating the 200-plus pieces in Birds and Beasts in Beads: 150 Years of Iroquois Beadwork. The Longyear Museum of Anthropology exhibition, which runs until Oct. 30, includes box purses with beaded loops dripping off the bottom, embellished pincushions, and colorful three-dimensional […]

As a haunting soundtrack from one of his films played in the background, Professor John Knecht gave what might be his last gallery talk at Colgate in Clifford Gallery on Wednesday night. The Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of art & art history and film & media studies will retire at the end of this […]

Summer in Hamilton tends to be more dormant than the academic year, but tucked away in laboratories and library corners, Colgate students have been making life-changing discoveries as they assist professors with their research. Here’s a glimpse into a few of those pockets of campus:

Shortly after announcing her agenda that she hopes will focus New York State’s manufacturing efforts on clean energy and technology, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stopped at Colgate to talk to youths about their critical roles in science.

“My whole life came crashing down,” Jake Kleinman ’07 said of the night he realized he was gay. In coming to terms with his homosexuality, Kleinman felt like his “all-American life” was in jeopardy — from his circle of Colgate friends to his plans to become a doctor. Yesterday evening at the Colgate Bookstore, for […]

“It’s the concert that never was,” said Steve Boulay ’83, producer and general manager of the Broadway hit Rain: a Tribute to The Beatles.

Themes such as oppression, difference, and interconnectedness arose during Tuesday’s Brown Bag lunch in which six faculty members gave their perspectives on the quote that also served as the symposium title: “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” Held in the Center for Women’s Studies, the panel […]

President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of 5,000 students and their families, faculty and staff, and community members in Sanford Field House Friday night as part of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.