Alumni Profiles

Join recent alumna Natalie Sportelli ’15, Lerer Hippeau content and brand manager, as she shares her insights into the world of venture capital on the newest episode of 13.

The Brookings Institution named Nicol Turner Lee ’90 as the new director of its Center for Technology Innovation, effective July 1, 2020.

Join Colgate Alumnus Nick Kokonas, co-owner of the world-renowned Alinea, Next, Aviary, Aviary NYC, Roister, and the St. Clair Supper Club, as he shares his thoughts about experiential dining, Twitter dustups, and how he is taking on an established tech giant to improve how restaurants handle online reservations in this episode of 13.

Paul J. Schupf ’58, trustee emeritus, a philanthropic supporter of the arts, and the founder of the W.S. Schupf Endowed Chair in Far Eastern Studies passed away on December 4, 2019. He was 82 years old.

After graduating in May 2019 with a degree in molecular biology, Shushe spent seven weeks in the Republic of Kosovo presenting her Bigger Smiles Project on oral health to children and teenagers, funded by Davis Projects for Peace.

Sponsored by the political science department, Career Services, and the Maroon-News, author Pamela Druckerman ’91 shared how she built her career as a freelance journalist.

Colgate’s 2019 Alumni of Color scholar in residence, Dianne Stewart ’90, associate professor of religion and African American studies at Emory University, visited classrooms and delivered two public lectures as part of her two-week residency on campus last semester.

On April 5, the history department hosted a History Conversations panel during which students and alumni discussed possible career trajectories.

An Alumni Memorial Scholar discusses the program's influence.

Lacey Williams ’16 has added some teeth to her CV. The alumna recently co-published a paper, titled “Disappearance of white sharks leads to the novel emergence of an allopatric apex predator, the sevengill shark,” in Nature’s Scientific Reports.