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During its spring meeting, the Colgate University Board of Trustees approved a series of appointments to endowed professorships, effective July 1, 2021.

Two members of the Colgate Class of 2021, Jake Gómez and William “Paul” McAvoy, will share this year’s 1819 Award, which recognizes character, scholarship, and service to others, best exemplifying the Colgate spirit.

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Ashley Taylor has been named the Colgate University Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year for 2021.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

Nancy Ries, professor of anthropology and peace and conflict studies, is this year’s recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching.

As a signatory of the Second Nature Climate Commitment, Colgate has pledged ongoing determination in its work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus and to plan for a more sustainable future.

President Joe Biden this week labeled the deaths of more than a million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide, a public recognition that Colgate English professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian has urged for decades. 

The Harry C. Behler Colgate Debate Society hosted its annual British Parliamentary debate tournament, the Colgate Open, March 19–21, 2021.