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The following is a message from President Rebecca Chopp to the Colgate community: As I meet and speak with Colgate students, faculty and staff, it is clear that the recent credit crisis and its impact on the financial markets and economies around the globe is a topic of concern to us all. I am heartened […]

Area residents flocked to Colgate University on Monday to voice their opinions about a controversial power line that is proposed to run from central New York to the New York City area. Two brief informational sessions led by state Public Service Commission staff members were followed by public hearings on the $2.1 billion project proposed […]

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and potential victory Nov. 4 represent a major shift in how the political system is going to reflect the U.S. populace, according to Colgate professor Pete Banner-Haley. Haley talks about the historic nature of the Illinois senator’s campaign in the latest episode of Colgate Conversations, a series of podcast interviews […]

On a late Wednesday afternoon in Colgate’s Ryan dance studio, a dozen students were gathered on the floor in a circle, intensely deconstructing a short video clip they had just watched, of a frenetic, kinesthetic scene that was part dance, part theater, part music. The students — dancers, singers, actors, and one self-described “seeker” — […]

With financial markets buckling under the pressure of a credit calamity and economic anxiety felt around the globe, Colgate students are getting important lessons about the root causes of these problems. During real estate workshops on campus this past weekend, students gained insight from alumni who work on the front lines of the financial crisis – […]

Even though the most significant impact from climate change has been in polar regions, a new report co-authored by assistant professor of biology Catherine Cardelús may debunk the notion that tropical plants and animals remain unaffected by global warming. The research conducted by Cardelús and four other scientists was published in this week’s issue of […]

Crisis. Nationalization. Debacle. Jobs. Bubble. Regulation. Defaults. Autonomy. Those are just a few of the key words that filled Persson Auditorium Monday night as dozens of students and eight economics professors shared ideas and viewpoints about the U.S. economic crisis.

Colgate University President Rebecca Chopp has announced the appointment of Scott Habes as director of the university’s Picker Art Gallery. As director, Habes will provide vision and artistic direction for the gallery, taking the lead in shaping its role in the visual arts and education on campus and the Central New York region.