News and Updates

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.

Students with a total family income up to $175,000 will now attend Colgate University tuition free, and those with family incomes of up to $200,000 will have their demonstrated aid need met without loans starting in the fall of 2026.

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.

Using innovative techniques, Colgate researchers catalogue New York’s beneficial beavers.

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.

Five Colgate alumni will soon be departing on Fulbright scholarships around the world. Three more have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships but declined to pursue other opportunities.