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(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Kate Preziosi ’10) The confocal microscope that lives in a narrow, nondescript room in Olin Hall is proving to be an invaluable new addition to the Biology Department that will open doors for student and faculty researchers alike. The microscope, secured through a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant […]

Marilyn Thie, professor of philosophy, religion, and women’s studies, awarded inaugural Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement.

Martha Nussbaum, one of the world’s leading philosophers, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate’s 189th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, Nussbaum will be awarded a Doctor of Letters honorary degree. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of […]

World chess champion-turned-politician Garry Kasparov will visit campus Friday, April 9, for the next edition of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate. Kasparov will give a public talk at 4:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. No ticket is required. During his lecture, “Does Liberal Democracy have a Future in Russia,” Kasparov will assess democratic […]

For Gregory Threatte ’69 and Todd Brown ’71, the watershed events of the late 1960s that gave birth to Colgate’s first cultural center remain indelible moments in their lives. “This valley was transformative,” Threatte, trustee emeritus, told members of the campus community Friday during an impassioned discussion about the founding of the ALANA Cultural Center.

Her voice was characteristically scratchy and barely louder than a whisper. Yet, true to form, Louise Glück, the Pulitzer Prize-winning lyric poet, held students and faculty spellbound for 45 minutes Wednesday as she read nine poems from her latest collection, A Village Life. The former poet laureate of the United States made history at Colgate […]

Colgate seniors Shae Frydenlund and Jennifer Rusciano are two of 40 students awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of exploration around the world.

Alternative spring break trips proved beneficial not only for the organizations where Colgate students volunteered their time and efforts, but for many of the students themselves. The Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education and the Office of the Chaplains organized several trips for students looking to do something meaningful with their time away from campus.