News and Updates

From the Colgate Magazine Archives, Fr. Tom Powell, Colgate’s Catholic chaplain and leader of the Newman Com­munity, writes of a sentimental journey he shared with five students — Peter Luglio, Peter Derrenbacker, Jeff Craig, and Dean Gregory, all ’89, and Rob Curran ’91 — in June 1989.

Colgate faculty members representing languages, philosophy, computer science, and biology gathered in the Hall of Presidents on Nov. 17 to discuss ideas for collaboration through the Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative (MBBI).

Students in Professor Michael Connolly’s Fed Challenge (Econ 353) class took their monetary policy recommendations directly to the Federal Reserve when they participated in the 2022 College Fed Challenge.

November 4–5, Colgate University hosted scholars from around the world for “Reuniting the Tamil Yoginis II: Planning the Exhibition,” a symposium to discuss the future exhibition of 14 Yogini goddess sculptures from the 9th and 10th century.

On the latest episode of 13, join John Golden ’66 and current Golden Fellow Yiyan Zhao ’22 for a conversation about the Golden Fellowship program at Colgate.

On Oct. 26, Colgate University hosted two members of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) for a panel conversation titled “Exposing War Crimes in Syria and the Connection to the Ukraine Crisis.”

Panelists and keynote speakers representing a variety of health care professions and organizations gathered with students for the biannual Michael J. Wolk ’60 MD Conference on Medical Education. 

Colgate’s associate vice president for emergency management, campus safety, and environmental health and safety has another title when he isn’t on campus: U.S. Air Force master sergeant.

On the latest episode of 13, Associate Professor of English C.J. Hauser discusses literary influences, her latest collection of short stories, her experience writing deeply personal memoirs for a wide audience, and her love of the X-Files. Hauser also reads a selection from The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays.

New research from Colgate University changes our understanding of seasonal thawing in parts of Antarctica, as scientists have learned that summer thawing occurs nearly a month earlier, and stays thawed for a full two months longer, than previously believed.