News and Updates

Colgate recently launched an iTunes U site that showcases the university’s intellectual and academic community to a broad audience.

David Eduard Mills ’99, a 34-year-old operating a solo appellate law practice that he runs out of his Cleveland apartment, learned today that he won a Supreme Court victory for his client. Mills had never argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court before his Nov. 1 appearance.

From the moment civil rights leader Robert P. Moses stepped to the podium Thursday night, the students and faculty members who crowded into Memorial Chapel seemed to hold their breaths. Moses’s talk, titled “Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right,” served as the keynote address for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations that had […]

Sunday marks one of the most anticipated sporting events in the NFL, and traces of the far-reaching Colgate connection abound. As the league’s oldest and most bitter rivals — the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers — prepare for battle on Sunday, Colgate alumnus and former athletics director Mark Murphy ’77 will be intently watching […]

(Editor’s Note: Senior Kate Hicks shares her impressions of the annual Real World program, which brings dozens of alumni back to campus to assist seniors in their career exploration.) The night before Real World began, my housemates and I sat in our living room catching up and talking about the uncertain months ahead. All our […]

Members of the campus and area communities are invited to help celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. during numerous events scheduled Jan. 17 – 28. The celebration begins Monday at noon in Memorial Chapel, with a student-led tribute titled “Speaking Out Through the Arts.” Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst will help kick off the […]

“You’ve got two years. Good luck.” That, in a nutshell, was what ESPN editors had told Kathryn Bertine ’97 when she accepted an assignment to spend two full years trying to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Even though it is a brand new year, we hope it’s not too late for a quick look back at 2010. Here are the five stories posted on www.colgate.edu that were viewed most often during the past year, according to data from Google Analytics:

College graduates can measure success in many ways, some material and some not so tangible. One measure that has been in the news this week focused on post-graduate salary, and Colgate found itself in very good company. Colgate was ranked eighth among undergraduate institutions in terms of earning potential, higher than schools such as Duke […]

Amy Dudley ’06, who has credited the Colgate alumni network for launching her career in the nation’s capital, has been named deputy press secretary for Vice President Joe Biden. The White House announcement released Monday said Dudley will replace longtime Biden aide Annie Tomasini at the end of the year.