University Studies

The late Manning Marable, founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at Colgate, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history today, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for years but did not live to see published. Marable died April 1, 2011, at age 60 just as “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” […]

To paraphrase Michael Stipe and R.E.M., 2012 could be the end of the world as we know it. And pioneering archaeoastronomer Tony Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of astronomy and anthropology and Native American studies, has every reason to feel fine.

Maggie Dunne ’13, already recognized on campus for her entrepreneurial and philanthropic successes, has now been recognized on a national scale after being named one of Glamour‘s  Top 10 College Women for 2012 and receiving the $20,000 grand prize presented by the magazine. The magazine highlights 10 dynamic young women who show campus leadership, scholastic […]

A group of 15 students will spend their spring break on the Caribbean island of Martinique — not as tourists, but as part of an interdisciplinary trip exploring the historic, linguistic, cultural, and environmental features of the island nation.

On a bright morning at the end of July, Colgate graduate Eric Noyes ’86 found himself in a rental car, taking two elders from the Crow and Cheyenne American Indian tribes for a drive up into the hills of Onondaga County south of Syracuse, N.Y.

Ten Colgate students studying French accompanied Mahadevi Ramakrishnan, of the Department of Romance Languages, on an educational trip to the French island of Martinique during spring break 2011.

The life of Manning Marable, the prolific author and founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at Colgate, will be celebrated Monday (Oct. 24) with two campus events that also will be webcast live.

What would prompt a college student to want to toss his cell phone in the trash? New research by Carolyn Nordstrom, known as a pioneer in the anthropology of war and peace, was powerful enough to inspire just that.

As the impending United Nations deliberation on Palestinian statehood dominates media coverage around the world, one Colgate professor is uniquely positioned to analyze the issues that have led up to the vote, as well as the likely aftermath.

Maggie Dunne’ 13 was featured in a recent web article about her unflagging commitment to assisting children at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.