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Triskaidekafanatics unite — Friday the 13th is Colgate Day! The excitement starts at 9:29 a.m. (EST) June 13 in New York City when 13 Colgate alumni will ring the morning bell at the New York Stock Exchange (watch it live here). Colgate fever will certainly sweep the globe, as alumni wear Colgate garb to work, […]

Vic Mansfield, a longtime professor of physics and astronomy who helped lead an insightful workshop during the recent campus visit by the Dalai Lama, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with lymphoma. He was 67. Mansfield joined the Colgate faculty in 1973, armed with a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics from Cornell University and burning interests […]

It was early, 9 a.m. on Friday, but not too early for Colgate alumni to jump into a discussion about beliefs and explore the question: Does God exist? It seems that some things, like an evocative classroom discussion with a faculty member, never change at Colgate. Associate professor of philosophy David Dudrick led the conversation […]

(Note: These are remarks delivered by Lesley Stahl at Colgate University’s 187th commencement, May 18, 2008) Thank you. Well first of all I’m so sorry that you’re all wet and cold. I’m watching you put on your ponchos; I hope that makes it a little better. So now I am a member of the Class […]

“Nothing is wasted.” That was the slogan of this year’s annual campus salvage operation organized by Colgate’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE). Volunteers collected items that Colgate students either donated or left behind after moving out of residence halls. They are then given to nonprofit organizations in the greater Hamilton area and in […]

At a time when many small-town movie houses have gone dark, the Hamilton Theater — once on the brink of closing — is thriving now more than ever. The movie theater remains a fixture of Hamilton in an era of mega-multiplexes and Netflix, according to The Post-Standard (Syracuse).

Casey Sprock ’86 knows the feeling of loneliness and confusion that many young gay and lesbian students feel as they struggle with their sexuality — often times keeping it a secret. So when Sprock was invited to share his coming out story and experience as an openly-gay professional with Colgate students, he jumped at the […]

Music was playing at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City during the third annual Presidents’ Club Auction and Reception on May 9, but you never would have known.