Arts and Humanities

  • Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Shan Wu ’15, a double major in art history and the classics, from Hangzhou, China. This summer I have been assisting Professor Padma Kaimal with her book manuscript Many Paths to the Divine. It […]
    August 25, 2014
  • Twenty-five years ago, professor Frederick Busch designed Living Writers as a way to bring students together with famous writers. Today, professors Jane Pinchin and Jennifer Brice continue to teach Living Writers, which they revamped in 2009 for a new generation of undergraduates, and a new generation of online book lovers. [youtube=”http://youtu.be/KFBnNHtOoA0″]
    August 17, 2014
  • Jessica Capwell ’16 in French Morning's New York office.
    Colgate students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer. This post is by Jessica Capwell ’16, a French major from Charlotte, N.C., who is interning with French Morning in New York City. This summer, I’m interning as a journalist at a digital magazine called French Morning. The magazine serves […]
    July 30, 2014
  • Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Brett Christensen ’16, a biophysics and philosophy double major from Marilla, N.Y. This summer, I’m studying barnacles — impressive little organisms that live in the ocean. As a biophysics and philosophy double major, I […]
    July 21, 2014
  • Colgate students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer. This post is by Zac Lomas ’15, a history and English double major from Buffalo, N.Y. In the summer of 2012, I interned at a Buffalo-based law firm and promptly learned that I did not want to be a lawyer. […]
    June 27, 2014
  • Colgate students are participating in internships in a variety of fields and locations this summer.  This post is by Natalie Sportelli ’15, an English major from Jamesville, N.Y., who is working at Forbes magazine. This summer, I moved to New York City to work for the editorial department at Forbes magazine. Covering business, politics, investing […]
    June 11, 2014
  • [youtube=http://youtu.be/lJDFCH19R20] Colgate professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata have produced the first in what will be a new series of videos designed to communicate the broad societal benefits of a liberal arts education, as well as the particular ways Colgate students learn and grow. This first episode of the Looking Through the Liberal Arts series […]
    June 5, 2014
  • Jessica Hall '14
    Jessica Hall ‘14, of Gallatin, Tenn., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to South Korea. Hall, a double major in English literature and anthropology, has had a strong interest in South Korean music and theater since high school. Her senior thesis in anthropology focused on Korean popular music and the fan communities […]
    May 27, 2014