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Hamilton, NY — At a March 17 meeting, Colgate University’s board of trustees approved a $108.4-million operating budget for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. The budget includes funds for several new and ongoing initiatives, such as hiring additional faculty, sustaining a strong financial aid program and supporting curricular innovation. The trustees also set student charges (tuition, […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s 2002 Spring Poetry Series will feature a reading by George Economou on Thursday, April 11. Economou will read from his work at 4:30 p.m. in the Ho Lecture Room, 105 Lawrence Hall. The reading is free and open to the public. Economou, a 1956 alumnus of Colgate, is the author […]

Hamilton, NY — If you watched television news throughout the summer of 2001, you’d be justified in thinking the only important story in the world was the disappearance of Washington intern Chandra Levy. Then came September 11. The terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon were not just a call to action for the […]

Hamilton, NY — The Colgate University Orchestra, Marietta Cheng, conductor, will perform Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ on Sunday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. The program will also feature soprano Lauralyn Kolb as soloist in Villa-Lobos’ breathtaking Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with an orchestra of […]

Hamilton, NY — – Colgate’s Faculty Features at Midday series will conclude on Tuesday, March 5 with the big bass sound of Darryl Pugh, accompanied by clarinetist John Delia and pianist Steven Heyman. The concert, titled ‘Zoom! Zoom! BOOM!,’ features modern works for bass, drawn from composers across the Americas – Gonzaga (Brazil), Ginastera (Argentina), […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s 2002 Spring Poetry Series and Native American studies program will present a reading by Maurice Kenny on Monday, March 4. Kenny will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall. The reading is free and open to the public. Kenny, who is Mohawk, is a Watertown, […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s annual Reading Lecture will this year present Bonnie S. Anderson, author of Joyous Greetings: The First International Women’s Movement 1830-1860, on Wednesday, March 6. Anderson will discuss the subject of her book at 4:00 p.m. in Persson Hall Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. Anderson is […]

Hamilton, NY — The Colgate University Chorus, G. Roberts Kolb, conductor, accompanied by a festival orchestra, will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s classic oratorio Elijah on Sunday, March 3 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, or a complete spring concert calendar, call the Colgate Concertline at […]

Hamilton, NY — Daniel Little, chancellor and professor of philosophy at University of Michigan-Dearborn, will present a lecture at Colgate University titled ‘Development Ethics: Justice, Well-Being, and Poverty in the Developing World’ on Wednesday, February 27, at 4:30 p.m. Little’s visit is sponsored by Colgate’s Center for Ethics and World Societies, is free and open […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University Student Theater will present the Tony Award-winning serio-comedy Art by Yasmina Reza February 21 ‘ 23 in the Black Box theater in the Ryan Art Studio building. Showings will take place at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, and Friday, February 22, and at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on […]