News and Updates

From “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and other Yuletide tunes — to mainstream hits sung by Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Sammy Davis Jr. — Johnny Marks, Colgate Class of 1931, made an enduring mark on popular songwriting.

Colgate is the recipient of a second round of competitive Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation funding in support of intensive student biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and chemistry research through 2022. The Beckman Scholars Program provides $104,000 in funding for four individual students to pursue in-depth and sustained research, under the mentorship of a faculty member, […]

Colgate is a distinctive, leading American university known for its intellectual rigor. Daily, the university’s world-class professors are conducting field-leading research across disciplines, often offering their undergraduate students an opportunity to contribute to unique knowledge-building projects.

Colgate University will honor Martin Luther King Jr. during a two-week celebration, January 21–February 3, 2019. The commemoration is sponsored by the ALANA Cultural Center and the Bicentennial committee. Acclaimed author Nikki Giovanni will deliver the keynote address on January 31 at 7 p.m. in Love Auditorium. A full list of additional events can be […]

Twelve-time Grammy award winner Cece Winans will headline Colgate University’s 2019 Gospel Fest celebration, sponsored by the Office of the Chaplains and the Bicentennial Committee.

In the months since Colgate officially kicked off its Bicentennial celebration, the University has played host to more than 70 events on and off campus, and there is still much more to come.

The editors of the New York Times Book Review have announced their 100 Notable Books list for 2018, and, unsurprisingly, it is filled with National Book Award winners, Pulitzer Prize finalists, and many other renowned writers — including one who is familiar to the Colgate community. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, dubbed by the Times as “a new […]

Autumn is the time of year that I find most interesting. The Colgate University campus goes through a dramatic seasonal shift in a short period of time. As a photographer, I have to keep an eye not only on the day-to-day weather but also on the arc of changing conditions.

On Tuesday, November 6, Nicole Kinsman ’06 returned to Colgate to talk about her work with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Alaska

In 2019, Colgate will become the first University in New York State to achieve carbon neutrality.