News and Updates

John Chaklader ’03 and Michael Tringali ’04 will be at The Barge Canal Coffee Co. on Thursday to talk about their new enterprise, the Shapna Project. Shapna’s mission is to “eradicate poverty one village at a time at home and abroad” using sustainable practices in the sale of tea and coffee.

Augusten Burroughs, who chronicled his unusual childhood in his 2002 memoir Running with Scissors, delivered a candid keynote address at Colgate’s fifth annual Big Gay Weekend. His messages ranged from developing inner strength (“What you need is not more confidence, you need to subtract whatever it is that prevents confidence, and that is caring too […]

Colgate student-athlete Ethan Cox has been named the 15th recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award is given out annually to college hockey’s finest citizen – a player that embraces humanitarian efforts that help out a community, a certain philanthropy, or a cause. Cox was named the winner Friday evening […]

The university’s Debate Society recently hosted its first-ever worlds-style tournament that drew participants from around the world and from around the country. The International Intervarsity Debate Tournament received high grades from both participants and judges.

 Colgate’s youngest leadership donors put the university’s “hello” tradition to good use during a networking luncheon with the Board of Trustees on March 26. The event was sponsored by the Presidents’ Club specifically for its student membership.

Martha Nussbaum, one of the world’s leading philosophers, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate’s 189th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, Nussbaum will be awarded a Doctor of Letters honorary degree. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of […]

World chess champion-turned-politician Garry Kasparov will visit campus Friday, April 9, for the next edition of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate. Kasparov will give a public talk at 4:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. No ticket is required. During his lecture, “Does Liberal Democracy have a Future in Russia,” Kasparov will assess democratic […]

For Gregory Threatte ’69 and Todd Brown ’71, the watershed events of the late 1960s that gave birth to Colgate’s first cultural center remain indelible moments in their lives. “This valley was transformative,” Threatte, trustee emeritus, told members of the campus community Friday during an impassioned discussion about the founding of the ALANA Cultural Center.

Colgate seniors Shae Frydenlund and Jennifer Rusciano are two of 40 students awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of exploration around the world.

Alternative spring break trips proved beneficial not only for the organizations where Colgate students volunteered their time and efforts, but for many of the students themselves. The Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education and the Office of the Chaplains organized several trips for students looking to do something meaningful with their time away from campus.