Alumni

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Colgate University men’s soccer alumni gathered to dedicate three team lockers to the memory of former players who died in attacks on the World Trade Center. 

Join Professor of Mathematics and LGBTQ Studies Ken Valente and Head of Special Collections and University Archives Professor Sarah Keen as they discuss a multi-year digital history project focused on the legacy of LGBTQ students and activism at Colgate. 

To commemorate the legacy and life of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Africana, Latin, Asian, and Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center organized a 10-day series of events in collaboration with offices and departments across campus.

William Rosencrans ’19 is in the first year of a PhD program at Caltech. But his life as a researcher started a few years earlier, powered by programs that sent him away from Colgate to spend time at major research institutions. 

Murray Decock has retired as Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Initiatives.

The history of gay and trans life at Colgate now lives online in a student-curated digital timeline.

Rep. Antonio Delgado ’99, H’19 writes in the Washington Post: I’ve cried many a tear as a black man in America. Sometimes, it is the only way to process the fact that, in the eyes of so many, I’m a walking threat for no reason other than the blackness of my skin.

Colgate University President Brian W. Casey conferred degrees on members of the Class of 2020 during a virtual ceremony, streamed live from Memorial Chapel on Sunday, May 17.

On April 20, the professional networks hosted a virtual Q&A, featuring CNBC Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers ’94 and moderated by Alison King Haley ’84, P’23, political reporter for NBC Boston.

Harvey J. Sindima, professor of philosophy and religion, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement.