News and Updates

While Monday, January 19, will be recognized nationally as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it will also mark the first day of Colgate’s annual “MLK Week,” celebrating the life and legacy of the civil rights movement leader.

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst today announced that he has decided not to seek renewal of his contract when it concludes on June 30, 2015. The 16th president of Colgate, Herbst has held the office since 2010. Professor of History Jill Harsin will serve as interim president during the search for Herbst’s successor.

As students begin internship and career searches, alumni serve as key resources to teaching the tips and tricks of their own professional success. Back on campus to offer his insights, Sian-Pierre Regis ’06 spoke about how to build a personal brand at the most recent installment of the Thought into Action Summit Series. Regis is […]

Brian Ness, video journalism coordinator for the Office of University Communications, helps tell the Colgate story by capturing moments —  both big and small — from across campus and beyond. His work appears on the university’s YouTube channel and throughout colgate.edu. He shares his five favorite videos from the past year below:

Looking out into the sea of faces seated in the newly renovated Women’s Studies Center, the previous directors and faculty members integral to the formation of the Women’s Studies Program shared laughs, stories, and occasional tears as they celebrated the center’s 20th anniversary.

(Editor’s Note: This post is by Andy Daddio, Colgate’s photographic services coordinator.) Here are ten images from 2014 that stood out when reviewing what I had shot this past calendar year. I wouldn’t say this is a definitive list of my absolute best of 2014, as the picks would probably change if I were to […]

UPDATE: the New York Times ran an article exploring Yik Yak on the College campus. It mentions the Colgate faculty Yak back. To quote a recent post on Yik Yak, the notoriously negative mobile application, “Professors have been successfully re-introduced into the Yak environment [and] the ecological consequences should be fascinating.” Indeed they are. The […]

Last night’s Candlelight Service of Reconciliation in Memorial Chapel was as hopeful as it was poignant, capping off a turbulent semester that many believe will make Colgate a more inclusive, safe, and respectful community. The candle-lit event was pitch perfect, from the opening chords of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” to the Colgate Resolutions’ harmonious rendition of […]

A microscope, test tubes, and dissected organs — these aren’t typically found in a prison. But, when Colgate professor Jason Meyers signed on to teach a biology course at a local correctional facility, these learning materials made their way into a rather unlikely classroom.

Today at 5 p.m., members of the Colgate community will come together at Memorial Chapel for a service that is intended to reaffirm Colgate’s hopes for a future in which all community members feel safe and welcome to express themselves freely and openly. The event is co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the […]