News and Updates

(Editor’s Note:  Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst is a co-signer of this statement.) We the presidents of the six schools that make up the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium (Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence University, Union College) reject the call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions […]

(Editor’s Note: This alumni profile was written by Anne Stein) Amid the sparkle of Kate Spade handbags, Under Armour apparel, and Tommy Bahama jackets, the Von Maur department store retains an old-fashioned air of hospitality. Tall vases of flowers and antique wood furnishings are set throughout the displays, while a pianist seated by the first-floor […]

We asked students, 13 of them, of course, to each share a highlight from the past year at Colgate. The students were in the library finishing papers and prepping for finals before leaving for winter break. (Also see this look back at the Year of ’13.) Manuel Heredia-Santoyo ‘14 Sonoma, Calif. Art and art history […]

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 […]

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.

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!

Prospective student interest in Colgate University continues to steadily grow, with Early Decision applications increasing by 9 percent this year compared to 2012, according to the Office of Admission. Vice President and Dean of Admission Gary Ross said this year’s group of admitted ED I students have a stronger academic profile than those admitted during […]

Update: Forbes wrote a feature about the event. The story was also featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Syracuse Post-Standard. The Colgate community made history on Friday, December 13, answering a Colgate Day challenge that raised more than $5.1 million in gifts and matching funds from 5,683 supporters. “To our knowledge, this is […]

Editor’s note: President Jeffrey Herbst sent this message to members of the Colgate community in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14, after the successful conclusion of the Year of ’13 Challenge. Yesterday, Colgate launched the Year of ’13 Challenge in honor of the last Colgate Day of 2013. If 1,300 alumni, parents, and […]

What a #ColgateDay — and it’s far from over. It started with a simple challenge: if we received 1,300 gifts today, an anonymous donor would give $1 million for financial aid. You crushed it before noon. So two more donors stepped up and added a new challenge: 1,300 more gifts by midnight, and they’ll give an additional […]