News and Updates

Students in Major American Novelists: Moby-Dick and Friends went on a two-day excursion to New England on Oct. 17 and 18 to bring Melville’s novel Moby-Dick to life.

The Colgate community welcomed alumni, families, and friends back to the campus for 2026 Homecoming, October 16–17.

When the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship kicks off this week in Denmark, six past and present Raiders will be among the players to suit up for their respective nations.

Teagan Mabrysmith ’27, who is on the pre-med track, said her Summer Funding research experience in South Africa inspired her to commit to ecology and global medicine.

At Colgate, a professional path often takes shape both inside and outside the classroom. For Tabby Saour ’26, it led from holding several University Museums jobs as a student to supervising the museums’ gallery attendants and museum ambassadors, just months after graduation.

On Sept. 24, Hua Hsu, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Stay True, visited Colgate University as a part of both the Living Writers program and the Community Read.

W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics Emeritus Jay Mandle published his latest book, Essays on the Political Economy of the Anglophone Caribbean (University of Guyana Press), on Oct. 6.

After a prominent college career, Dara Greig ’24 wins the Professional Women’s Hockey League title with Montreal Victoire.

Historian Kathleen Belew of Northwestern University discussed the origins of the current political division in the United States during this year’s Peter C. Schaehrer ’65 Memorial Lecture in Peace and Conflict Studies, “Home at the End of the World: Fear, Faith and Crisis of Community in Suburbs,” on Sept. 24.

During the spring 2026 semester at Colgate, Associate Professor of Computer Science Elodie Fourquet piloted a new class called Playful Thinking, Serious Coding — bridging programming expertise, narrative storytelling, and the unique interdisciplinary perspective of each student.