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Securing observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope is a highly desirable and extremely competitive process for astronomers. There are hundreds more projects submitted than can be accommodated, and the selection criteria is stringent. Colgate astronomy professor Jeff Bary and collaborator Tracy Beck of the Space Telescope Science Institute, though, were recently awarded 12 orbits, […]

Starting this month, all students, staff, and faculty have full and free access to Lynda.com, a leading online digital learning website offering more than 1,400 lessons on using technology, from simple to complex.

In another move designed to broaden Colgate’s international reach and recognition, President Jeffrey Herbst has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xiamen University in China (XMU). On behalf of their respective institutions, Herbst and XMU President Zhu Chongshi enthusiastically agreed to “promote cooperation and the advancement of academic and educational exchanges.”

Tighe Sullivan ’83, a dynamic and omnipresent member of the Colgate community, died on October 9 in a helicopter accident near Mt. Pocono, Penn.

Psychology professor Carrie Keating studies charisma, physical leadership qualities, and the facial features that suggest power as well as compassion. Last night, she watched the first of four presidential campaign debates for clues to how the candidates are being perceived by voters in the home stretch.

“Progress — good, filibuster — bad, Senate — weird,” said Alan Frumin ’68, while reflecting on his political philosophy before moving to Washington, D.C., to begin his career after Colgate. Working as parliamentarian of the United States Senate for nearly 20 years, Frumin operated behind the scenes and witnessed the many changes that shook the […]

The stage and amps were covered in plastic sheets and flannel shirts last Saturday, as the fourth annual ‘Gatestock kicked off amid the rain and wind. ‘Gatestock, a music festival started by Andy Peng ‘12 and the group Broad Street Records four years ago, came back this year bigger and better. Modeled after Woodstock, the […]

Associate professor Amy Leventer has received another prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This time, she will travel to a relatively unexplored and inaccessible region of East Antarctica — the Totten Glacier and Moscow University Ice Shelf — to investigate the reasons for accelerated ice loss there.