Tim O'Keeffe

Growing up in the South, George Hudson often visited the Smoky Mountains, where he developed a passion for hiking. The English professor’s passion has not ebbed. In fact, it has dovetailed with his keen interest in the effect of landscape on literature and has been of great service as he incorporates walking and hiking excursions […]

Members of the Muslim Student Association shared activities and chatted with area children about the holy month of Ramadan at an event at the Colgate Bookstore. “We wanted to reach out to the Hamilton community and show the kids what Ramadan is about,” said Rifat Zaman ’10, co-president of the association.

Raiders football coach Dick Biddle, and Colgate fans everywhere, won’t forget Sunday’s game for quite awhile. The game against Coastal Carolina, and Biddle’s place in school history, was not settled until the game clock showed triple zeros and the Raiders had turned a muffed snap into a game-winning touchdown toss.

Ask Ajay Chahar ’12 where he is from, and he’ll say, “Colgate.” That’s partly because he is so excited about being a first-year student, and partly because he’s lived in so many cities in his native India that he doesn’t know which to call home. His father is an army colonel, and Chahar moved with […]

After spending nine weeks this summer volunteering at an orphanage in Tanzania, Jennifer Etkin ’10 knows that: — She wants to pursue a Peace Corps-type experience after graduation, and eventually develop her interest in international law and human rights issues — A young woman from New York City’s Park Avenue can have a genuine impact […]

Amid the whoops of welcome and buzz of activity emanating from Whitnall Field on move-in day, came this shouted question from a first-year student: “Mom, how many of these 250 hangers do you think I’ll need?” Ah, the joys of packing — and overpacking — for college.

Sports Illustrated senior writer Austin Murphy ’83 covered the National Football League for six years and is in his 15th year of covering college football. In the most recent episode of Colgate Conversations, the podcast series highlighting members of the campus community, Murphy had this to say: — The NFL is run by pinched, unsmiling […]

Spend three weeks in Japan as part of a Colgate extended study course that provides you with access and interactions that no tourist could begin to imagine. Check. Fly home to Utah, spend one jet-lagged day asleep, and then drive to Colgate, passing through the flooded cities of Iowa on the way. Check.

A Colgate alumnus received a Tony Award for a unique three-level stage set he designed for the hugely successful play, August: Osage County. Todd A. Rosenthal ’89 won for best set design, one of several awards the play earned during Sunday night’s awards show. Rosenthal earned a degree from Yale School of Drama in New […]

A cultural cornucopia is available for members of the campus and local communities as authors, filmmakers, and musicians from around the world will visit Colgate in the coming days. The university is hosting two longtime events — the Colgate Writers’ Conference and the Chenango Summer MusicFest — and, for the first time, the Robert Flaherty […]