News and Updates

Nearly 100 area high school students attended workshops and lectures at Colgate on Friday as part of a U.N. Day observance organized by the university’s ALANA Cultural Center. Flags representing the United States and other nations marked several campus venues where sessions were held throughout the day.

The NCAA national office has released the latest round of graduation success rates and Colgate, along with two other schools, had the highest graduation in Division I for its student-athletes with 99 percent. The data is from the four-class aggregate of entering classes from 1998 through 2001 and show the percentage of student-athletes earning a […]

The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the Colgate community: As I meet and speak with Colgate students, faculty and staff, it is clear that the recent credit crisis and its impact on the financial markets and economies around the globe is a topic of concern to us all. I am heartened […]

Area residents flocked to Colgate University on Monday to voice their opinions about a controversial power line that is proposed to run from central New York to the New York City area. Two brief informational sessions led by state Public Service Commission staff members were followed by public hearings on the $2.1 billion project proposed […]

With financial markets buckling under the pressure of a credit calamity and economic anxiety felt around the globe, Colgate students are getting important lessons about the root causes of these problems. During real estate workshops on campus this past weekend, students gained insight from alumni who work on the front lines of the financial crisis – […]

(Editor’s Note: The following is a first-person reflection by Hilary Stiss ’09 about her opportunity to meet and talk with former ambassador and Middle East envoy Dennis Ross.) Two summers ago, I devoted my time to working for a peace organization, Windows for Peace, which allowed me to work in Israel and the West Bank.

The soothing sounds of Colgate’s a cappella groups have turned into some much-needed financial support for a Kenyan school that serves 250 poor and orphaned children. The Colgate Thirteen, Dischords, Resolutions, and Swinging ‘Gates teamed up last week to raise $500 during a benefit concert at Hamilton’s First Baptist Church.

Colgate students and faculty gathered last week to listen to a wide-ranging talk by Ishmael Reed, the novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright who is often called one of the most influential African American writers of his generation. Reed’s well-known works include Mumbo Jumbo, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, and The Freelance Pallbearers. Besides his writing, Reed […]

The football game between Colgate and Georgetown scheduled for Saturday at Colgate has been cancelled. Due to an outbreak of norovirus on the Georgetown campus, the contest will not be played.

Conor Tucker ’10 wants to give classmates the chance to be political pundits and not have to rely on “talking heads” to shape their opinions about the presidential candidates. So he has helped organize events that bring students together to watch the presidential and vice presidential debates and share discussion afterward.