News and Updates

Even politics-as-usual requires analysis and explanation. Colgate community members heard the historical perspective on the 2010 elections and current U.S. political climate from FOX News contributor and Washington Examiner columnist Michael Barone during a lecture and debate Wednesday night.

Once again, Colgate is No. 1. The university recorded a 100 percent graduation success rate for its student-athletes, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, of which Colgate University is a member, has received a $600,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support collaborative programs in the areas of library collections, information technology, faculty and student development, and diversity.

This week was filled with excitement! On Tuesday, the Chinese Interest Association brought the Golden Dragon Acrobats to perform at the Chapel. The event was unbelievable, the stunts were Herculean, and the show was spectacularly executed.

The landscape of violence in Africa is as varied as the continent’s physical topography. Scott Straus, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, brought this message to Colgate during the second annual Schaehrer Lecture, sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies Program on Thursday.

The last time I wrote was before break and let me just say that I had an amazing time in New Jersey. I took the time to shop, eat and sleep (which I often lack these days!). Coincidentally, Colgate was playing football at Princeton University on the same Saturday that I was in New Jersey […]

Laughing and exchanging contact information, students left the ALANA Cultural Center on a recent Friday afternoon chatting about continuing their conversations, which centered around student empowerment, advocacy, retention, and their personal experiences. These students weren’t only from Colgate, but came from several upstate New York liberal arts institutions to gather at the first Student Diversity […]

A series of events is planned over the next few days to encourage discussion about LGBTQ issues and to help celebrate National Coming Out Week.

The oppressive summer heat envelops Glenn Volk ’09 as he squats on the crude concrete floor at a clinic in the Punjab region of Pakistan. Beside him, a mother cradles her lifeless-looking baby, who seems to have barely any strength left to make it through the night, in her arms. Volk quickly diagnoses the child […]

Homecoming weekend was a blast! I went to the game, and celebrated a sweet victory over the Georgetown Hoyas. I also was present at President Herbst’s inauguration, and I surely enjoyed that. Because fall recess is coming up, my friends and I had to endure the mid-term exam rush. I could tell the atmosphere was quite different; most […]