News and Updates

(Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, at Colgate’s 197th Commencement, Sunday, May 20, 2018.) President Casey, members of the faculty, and soon-to-be graduates of the Class of 2018 – good morning. It is a treat to be here with you today. […]

With a little help from NNSA, Professor Karen Harpp has successfully brought the past to life for her undergraduate class studying The Advent of the Atomic Bomb.

Next winter break, students will travel to Havana, Cuba, for three weeks as part of Colgate’s first credit-bearing extended study trip to the island.

Investing years of research into helping develop a safer way to transport hydrogen for energy, Linh Le ’18 fueled not only his passion for chemistry, but also an exciting career path.

Professor Teo Ballvé has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to spend the next year in Colombia researching how environmental peacebuilding can help strengthen a nation recovering from decades of conflict.

Colgate students gained resume-building skills as they learned to create digital stories — and, in turn, they helped create awareness for the local chapter of a nonprofit organization.

On April 25, Colgate University’s Clifford Art Gallery celebrated the opening of The Hill Envisioned: What Might Have Been — What Might Yet Be. The exhibition is an exploration of the development of Colgate’s distinctive campus throughout the last 200 years.

During a two-day symposium honoring professors emeritae Wanda Warren Berry and Marilyn Thie, alumnae displayed class notebooks from the 1980s and shed tears while recounting the impact of these teachers’ mentorship on their lives. Titled “Women and Religion, Philosophy and Feminism,” the event was held April 11­­–12. While at Colgate, the professors helped develop a […]

Courtney L. Young, head librarian and professor of women’s studies at Penn State University–Allegheny, has been named university librarian at Colgate and will take up her duties on July 1.

“How we acquire our moral beliefs is one question. What makes them true, if they are true, is another.” For Associate Professor of Philosophy Jacob Klein, these difficult questions are at the core of the liberal arts education.