Alumni

Graduates received their degrees under blue skies and sunshine Sunday morning as the Colgate University community celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2026, May 15–17.

Hucks is one of 252 newly elected members this year, drawn from across higher education, the arts, public policy, and the sciences.

Hadley Johnson ’25 has been selected for the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, a transatlantic partnership between the National Institutes of Health, the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.

Preliminary construction has officially begun on the Carey Center, a transformative 97,250-square-foot athletics facility that will serve as the new cornerstone of Colgate University’s Division I athletics program.

Ole Obermann ’93, who has spent more than three decades in senior leadership roles across the global music industry, will give the address at Colgate University’s 2026 Commencement on Sunday, May 17.

Mr. Robert Hung Ngai Ho ’56, H’11, C.M., O.B.C., passed away peacefully in Vancouver, Canada, on Nov. 30, 2025, at the age of 93.

Students interested in physics, engineering, and computer science attended the workshop — hosted by Career Services — on Oct. 22 in Benton Hall.

At an event in Chicago with alumni and friends, President Brian W. Casey announced Colgate’s commitment to establish a nonpartisan program for studying and practicing open inquiry, dialogue, and debate.

Archaeologist Jason De León came to campus Sept. 25–26 to deliver the Peter C. Schaehrer ’65 Memorial Lecture and to open an exhibition centered on his studies of undocumented migration by people seeking refuge in Mexico and the United States.

The announcement comes as the University continues to pursue a series of priorities outlined in the Third-Century Plan.