Daniel Benton ’80, P’10, H’10 has secured his place as Colgate’s most generous benefactor, making a $25 million gift in support of the University’s Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation and other elements within The Third-Century Plan.

Seven Colgate University alumni joined Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list for 2020.

Colgate University’s 15th president, Rebecca S. Chopp, will be recognized for her leadership with an endowed chair in the humanities, named in her honor.

The Third-Century Plan, unveiled last May, underscores the University’s intention to recruit scholars of the first order for new tenure-track teaching positions. In keeping with its ambitious plan, Colgate is announcing a series of enhancements to faculty hiring packages.

Changes to Colgate’s Student Health Services this academic year will increase clinical care availability on campus while also bolstering sports-medicine support for Division I athletes, student club teams, and intramurals. 

A strategic framework focusing Colgate on the attainment of a series of long-term goals.

Colgate University is eliminating federal loans from financial aid offers for all current and incoming students with a total family income of up to $125,000, starting in the fall of 2020.

During the spring 2026 semester at Colgate, Associate Professor of Computer Science Elodie Fourquet piloted a new class called Playful Thinking, Serious Coding — bridging programming expertise, narrative storytelling, and the unique interdisciplinary perspective of each student.

From his workshop in the Clifford Gallery in Little Hall, Adam Samuel Goldman ’94, this year’s Christian A. Johnson Artist-in-Residence, is launching a campaign of artistic chaos across the Colgate campus.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, during family weekend, the University presented a panel to address the relationship between Colgate’s curriculum and the evolving role of AI in education.