News and Updates

Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning “Queen of Soul,” Franklin’s repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and gospel. Her sold-out appearance, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders […]

Each year since 1934, the Konosioni Senior Honor Society has honored 26 students for their leadership, commitment to service, and preservation of tradition. On Friday, February 12, the group inducted members of the Class of 2017 — peer-selected for their contributions to the Colgate University and Madison County communities. Konosioni was formed 82 years ago after two […]

Ilyasah Al Shabazz, daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, spoke to a packed Love Auditorium in Olin Hall last Wednesday, wrapping up this year’s MLK Week celebration. Shabazz is a community organizer, educator, social activist, motivational speaker, and author. Her most well-known book, Growing Up X, is both a personal memoir and a tribute […]

(Editor’s Note: This post is by Andrew Daddio, university photographer.) Each year at this time I am asked to compile a selection of my favorite images from the beginning of the calendar year. I’m always hesitant to call these my “Best Images” of the year, because my choices are culled from anywhere between 40,000 and […]

Editor’s note: we asked Brian Ness, Colgate’s video journalist, to pick his five favorite videos of 2015. Relevant Karen Harpp wins the 2015 Balmuth teaching award The complete Colgate in 13 seconds playlist The Colgate Fund The best photographs of 2013

A new list released by Kiplinger this week ranks Colgate University 10th among the top 100 best values in liberal arts colleges, and 19th overall among all schools ranked for value. Kiplinger’s rankings system is entirely data driven, and their report cites Colgate’s student performance for median earnings 10 years after graduation ($61,500), low student […]

The following post was submitted by Professor Kim Creasap, and published on the Sociology and Anthropology blog. On October 24, 2015, 16 students in SOC 305: Urban Sociology and I traveled to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to conduct mini-ethnographies of various places and spaces in the neighborhood. An important site of New York […]

According to a recent article by U.S. News and World Report, Colgate ranks 10th among universities nationwide for four-year graduation rates. The rankings consider undergraduates who started working on their first bachelor’s degree in 2008. With 89.7 percent of its students graduating within four years according to the report, Colgate joins schools like Carleton College, […]

Pausing next to a tamarack tree, Rick Marsi ’69 purses his lips and exhales, “pshhht, pshhht, pshhht, pshhht” in staccato breaths. A male common yellowthroat, wearing a black mask, answers the call and alights on a nearby branch. Marsi — economics major, ornithologist, naturalist, writer, and photographer — is seemingly satisfied. Crunching through fallen leaves […]

A lot of science, engineering, artistry, and culture have gone into that piece of crusty, buttered bread devoured at the dinner table. It’s those elements that are the basis for a new open online course, BreadX, soon to be launched by Colgate first-year undergraduates for use by school-age students, grades six and up, worldwide. Starting November […]