University Studies

To celebrate the eight-day Jewish holiday of Sukkot, one of three harvest festivals celebrated in Judaism, a sukkah is taking center stage on the Quad this week.  

Forty seven new faculty members have joined Colgate this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.

From introducing energy-saving initiatives in buildings to minimizing landfill waste to encouraging the purchase and use of local food in dining facilities, the sustainability movement at Colgate has made great strides this past year. Now, things are really heating up after achieving one more goal in the university’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan  — implementing […]

Colgate was named the 37th greenest college (PDF) in the nation in a ranking of the most sustainable colleges by the Sierra Club. Colgate ranks higher on the “Coolest Schools” list than schools such as Middlebury (41st), UPenn (42nd), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (73rd), College of the Atlantic (82nd), Wesleyan University (83rd), Bowdoin (106th), and […]

In January of 2009, Colgate University committed to carbon neutrality by signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). On a Colgate Day in 2011, President Jeffrey Herbst reinforced the university’s commitment by approving the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan identifying 2019, the school’s bicentennial, as its target date for carbon neutrality. Since then, […]

(Editor’s note: This story is by Omar Aquije) In a single day, two Colgate students will observe thousands of Muslims in mid-day prayers, Jews celebrating the start of Shabbat, and Franciscan monks leading processions through the streets of Jerusalem. This happens each Friday in the streets of Old City in Jerusalem, where Christina Crowley ’14 […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Sara Reese ’16 at Environment America. This summer, I’m interning with Environment America, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. Graduating high school, I knew that I wanted a career in the […]

Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies,  was recently featured in a Washington Post video on Western Sahara. The co-author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, Mundy is increasingly being called upon for his expertise on Western Sahara.

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Gracie Rentschler ‘16, an intern at Nike in Shanghai, China. Colgate stresses the importance of internships and gaining experience, so I knew I wanted to have an internship this summer. I combined […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Madison Grant ’16, an intern at the Arab American Association of New York. My name is Madison Grant and I am a rising sophomore at Colgate University. This summer I am working […]