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Professor Tom Balonek and students in his Solar System Astronomy and his Astronomical Techniques courses were lucky enough Tuesday night to observe the aurora borealis from campus.

Colgate’s proposed new athletic facility received final approval Saturday from the university’s Board of Trustees to begin the design phase. The trustees announced that the facility, featuring the new home of Colgate ice hockey, along with locker room facilities for both soccer and lacrosse, will be constructed on the site of the current Van Doren […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by art history major Hannah Bjornson ‘15, of Westport, Conn. This summer I held a faculty-sponsored research position in the Department of Art and Art History. I assisted Professor Padma Kaimal in putting together her […]

Colgate students, who interned last summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Jess Halter ’13, who spent her summer with Chegg — an internship experience that connected her with a full-time career opportunity. This summer, I interned in the communications and social media […]

Colgate students, who interned last summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Griffin O’Shea ’13, who spent his summer with the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education – an internship that transformed into full-time employment. The Max A. Shacknai Center […]

Carol Bleser, the first woman to be a full-time faculty member at Colgate and the first to become a full professor at the university, died last month in Bellport, N.Y. At Colgate from 1970 until 1985, Bleser was first hired as an associate professor of history. She also would serve as interim director of Women’s […]

This month’s Year of ’13 list, presented on a very special #Colgateday, is by Andy Daddio, Colgate photographic services coordinator. He selected his 13 favorite campus photos that he has taken so far from an archive of more than 220,000 photographs.

Colgate Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA ’94 was recognized as a Sports Business Weekly Game Changer for 2013. Chun said she never imagined that 26 years after coming to Colgate she would be running the school’s athletics department. The entire Colgate community is proud of Chun’s achievements. Read the full story here. Please […]

Members of the Colgate community joined millions of other Americans today in remembering the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. We offer this speech by former Colgate President Rebecca Chopp as another way […]

Colgate students, who interned this past summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Michael Kastner ’14, who spent his summer with DDR Corp. I am currently a senior, and I spent my summer interning at DDR Corp. through the Summer on the Cuyahoga […]