News and Updates

WHO: Australian poet Les Murray WHAT: Reading from his work WHEN: Wednesday, March 28 at 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Ho Lecture Room (105 Lawrence Hall), Colgate University Hamilton, NY — Australian poet Les Murray will give a reading from his work as part of Colgate University’s Spring Poetry Series on Wednesday, March 28. According to Albert […]

Who: Janine Wedel, University of Pittsburgh; Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian Academy of Sciences; Louise Shelley, American University What: Panel discussion: ‘Capitalism, Criminality, and Corruption in Russia: Local Reality and Global Responsibility’ Where: 209 Lathrop Hall When: Monday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Hamilton, NY — Three internationally recognized scholars on political and economic change in Russia […]

Who: Dignitaries, Ambassadors and internationally recognized scholars of Middle Eastern politics and the Israel-Palestinian conflicts What: Conference: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Lessons of Oslo, to critically reflect on the 1993 peace accords in Norway, and discuss how lessons learned there may be applied to future Israeli- Palestinian peace talks. When: Thursday, March 22 through Saturday […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University announced several key initiatives and a modest increase in 2001-2002 tuition costs. The Board of Trustees approved the proposed changes and $101.3 million operating budget at its March 14 meeting. The 2001-2002 budget will add four tenure-track faculty positions, provide $21 million for need-based financial support for eligible students, advance […]

Village residents, students, faculty, staff, and campus guests are offered a free ride Hamilton, NY — Students at Colgate University can now leave their driving to a newly created free-of-charge shuttle bus service. Underwritten by university funds, the transportation service was created to provide Colgate students, area residents, visitors, and employees with a safe and […]

Hamilton, NY — With a campus nestled into the hills and a winter full of snow, sledding is a regular activity at Colgate University. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, March 7, a college sophomore walked back up a campus hill carrying his sled and collapsed. Volker Tuettenberg ’03, of Hassloch, Germany, was known to have […]

Hamilton, NY — The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has named Colgate University as a ‘Leadership Institution’ for its ‘visionary campus-wide innovations in undergraduate education.’ According to AAC&U, more than 70 applicants entered their national search and the 16 selected represent a range of higher educational institutions. Those selected will join the Greater […]

Hamilton, NY — The writer Susan Brind Morrow will read from her memoir, The Names of Things: A Passage in the Egyptian Desert (Riverhead Books, 1997) at Colgate University on Wednesday, March 21. The reading, which will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence Hall, is free and open to the […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University Professor of Music Laura Klugherz, violin, and pianist Ana Guijarro, senior professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, will present ‘Spring Stories,’ a joyous lyrical interlude programmed to welcome spring, on Sunday, March 25. The program will include Sonata in a minor by Robert Schumann, […]

For Immediate Release contact: Sarah Jarvis, 315-228-7452 sjarvis@mail.colgate.edu Board of Trustees approves long-range planning document Hamilton, NY — A strong teaching faculty and an integrated academic program serve as the foundation upon which Colgate University will build and advance itself among the top tier of liberal arts colleges. In a long-range planning document recently approved […]