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This post is by Harry Raymond ’11, a winner of the ENY Fund at Colgate, and founder of ShinDig. Read more about the ENY Fund and entrepreneurship at Colgate.  This summer, I returned to Hamilton and took my tech startup Shindig to the next level. I moved out of my Seventh Avenue office, subletting my East Village apartment to […]

In January of 2009, Colgate University committed to carbon neutrality by signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). On a Colgate Day in 2011, President Jeffrey Herbst reinforced the university’s commitment by approving the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan identifying 2019, the school’s bicentennial, as its target date for carbon neutrality. Since then, […]

Colgate students are sharing their research and intern experiences this summer. This post is by Viktor Mak ’15  from Fort Myers, Florida. This summer I’m volunteering and living at a weaving cooperative in the Guatemalan highlands for two months. After applying to a Career Services program to fund my summer internship and receiving the support I […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by computer science major Michael McConville ’16, of Hingham, Mass. I spent this summer researching the Bitcoin protocol with computer science professor Vijay Ramachandran. Bitcoin is an electronic cryptocurrency that has recently exploded in popularity. […]

(Editor’s note: This story is by Omar Aquije) In a single day, two Colgate students will observe thousands of Muslims in mid-day prayers, Jews celebrating the start of Shabbat, and Franciscan monks leading processions through the streets of Jerusalem. This happens each Friday in the streets of Old City in Jerusalem, where Christina Crowley ’14 […]

  Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Malin Lilley ’15 at Dolphins Plus. This summer, I am an animal care and training intern at Dolphins Plus, a research and education facility in Key Largo, Fla., that offers dolphin […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Emily Rundlet ’14, a biochemistry major from Watchung, N.J. This summer I have been working in the chemistry department with Professor Roger Rowlett in determining the 3-D structure of two different enzymatic proteins using […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Sara Reese ’16 at Environment America. This summer, I’m interning with Environment America, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. Graduating high school, I knew that I wanted a career in the […]

(Editor’s note: This article was written by Omar Aquije.) On a Friday evening in January, a few dozen Colgate alumni toured the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. In March, the group took part in a cheese-making class. A month later, sports fans among the New York City Club attended a Brooklyn Nets […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Rodney Agnant ’14, Maggie Callan ’15, and Mimi Chelimsky ’14, interns at Lakota Children’s Enrichment, Inc. This summer, we are interning for Maggie Dunne ’13 on the Lakota Children’s Enrichment team in […]