Mark Walden

It was one of the most enduring social experiments of the Communist era: since the revolution of 1917, Russian families from various backgrounds have lived together in urban communal apartments. Colgate professors Alice Nakhimovsky and  Nancy Ries, with colleagues from around the world, have created an online museum to systematically document this unique lifestyle through […]

Colgate Vice President for Alumni Affairs RuthAnn Loveless MA ’72 has announced that Timothy Mansfield will be the university’s next director of alumni affairs.

Triskaidekafanatics unite — Friday the 13th is Colgate Day! The excitement starts at 9:29 a.m. (EST) June 13 in New York City when 13 Colgate alumni will ring the morning bell at the New York Stock Exchange (watch it live here). Colgate fever will certainly sweep the globe, as alumni wear Colgate garb to work, […]

Music was playing at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City during the third annual Presidents’ Club Auction and Reception on May 9, but you never would have known.

Former presidential candidate Walter Mondale said, “Modern politics today requires a mastery of television.” On April 8, while the rest of America was flipping channels in search of the latest 2008 presidential campaign news, a capacity crowd of more than 200 alumni and friends gathered at the Paley Center for Media in New York City to gain […]

It’s a conundrum that would have baffled Peter Drucker: When five dozen emerging leaders meet at a restaurant, who orders first?

Make no bones about it: there are few career paths more challenging or more rewarding than medicine

The Colgate 13 has been singing the praises of Dean William Griffith ’33 for decades. With his passing on November 19 at the age of 95, Colgate 13 alumni — or “Crusties,” as they are called — wanted to do more. They decided to express their love for “Griff” and his mentorship with an endowed […]

What do “mutations linked with cardiovascular phenotypes” have in common with Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for Colgate? To adequately understand the importance of both, it is best to talk with a Colgate undergraduate. Alumni and friends had the chance to do just that at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., during one of […]

The Colgate community said farewell to William F. Griffith ’33, former Colgate dean, professor, and honorary Colgate 13 member, during a memorial service Sunday at Hamilton’s First Baptist Church. Griffith passed away Nov. 19 at the age of 95.