Student Profiles

Growing up in Hong Kong, Stephanie Wu ‘18 hardly thought about race at all. When she came to the United States to study psychology at Colgate, she was in for a new experience. “My race was suddenly so salient,” Wu said. That profound shift in the way Wu experienced her racial identity has prompted her […]

Aidan Gaertner ’20 (pictured, on right) and his family were honored with the “2017 Outstanding Family Award” at the Special Olympics of Minnesota’s annual Distinguished Service Awards ceremony on September 8. Gaertner got involved with the Special Olympics when his aunt, the head coach of the Roseville Flames Special Olympics team in Minnesota, asked him […]

Colgate students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are keeping our community posted on their progress. Christine Horn ’19, from Corning, N.Y., wrote this dispatch about her research, funded through the Beckman Scholars Program. Has the agriculture industry’s selection of redder, juicier, […]

Studio art major Kris Pfister ’17, of Iberia, Ohio, wanted their senior thesis to be more than a gallery piece. Pfister wanted the work directly to address the issue of homelessness among the LGBTQ community. Sure, the work, “Casting Off,” would live in a gallery during an annual senior art exhibition, but the reach of […]

The day Jackson Patterson ’17 committed to play lacrosse at Colgate was the same day doctors diagnosed him with cancer. This year, cancer free, he was captain of the team. Watch his story.

Kevin Iglesias ’17, of Silver Spring, Md., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to Brazil to study public health. Iglesias, a peace and conflict studies major, will conduct research in the city of Salvador, Bahia, on the relationship between black/Afro-Brazilian LGBT identities and ethnic forms of traditional healing in Afro-Matrix Religions (AMR). […]

Lisa Heller ’18 has reached out to the world through her music, and the world is reaching back.

Colgate students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Mariam Nael ’18, a women’s studies major from Singapore, completing a student-initiated research fellowship with the university studies division.  My […]

A studio art major, member of the Colgate Thirteen, and president of the Brothers student organization, David (D.J.) Jordan ’17, of Brooklyn, N.Y. is not only an impressive student, he’s also a bit of a YouTube star. With more than 9.2 million views and 17,000 subscribers to his PilotTails YouTube page, Jordan has created a […]

Ian Dwyer develops content for Colgate’s visualization lab in the Ho Science Center, and is a leader of the campus gaming club.