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(Editor’s Note: Student-athlete Kevin McNamara ’12 was highlighted in this Boston Globe article for the charitable organization he created called Goals For Good) Kevin McNamara takes his role as senior captain of the men’s hockey team at Colgate University very seriously, on and off the ice. But his vision, and leadership qualities, extend far beyond […]

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Paula Meltser ’13) I was one of the 16 Colgate students on the London Economics Study Group who found themselves in the midst of the relentless debt crisis that has engulfed Europe. Not only did we study the evolving economic problem, we lived it first-hand.

On a bright morning at the end of July, Colgate graduate Eric Noyes ’86 found himself in a rental car, taking two elders from the Crow and Cheyenne American Indian tribes for a drive up into the hills of Onondaga County south of Syracuse, N.Y.

Kevin M. Carlsmith, a highly regarded Colgate professor and researcher who battled cancer for the past three years, died Nov. 19 in his boyhood home in California surrounded by members of his family. He was 44.

Colgate recorded a 99 percent graduation success rate for its student-athletes, according to a recent report by the NCAA.

Ten Colgate students studying French accompanied Mahadevi Ramakrishnan, of the Department of Romance Languages, on an educational trip to the French island of Martinique during spring break 2011.

Art students from Colgate University and from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will be showcasing their work at galleries on each other’s campuses.

(Editor’s Note: This is the Founders’ Day convocation address by George Hudson, professor of English, at Memorial Chapel on Aug. 28, 2011) One of the first rules of public speaking is to know your audience.

The university’s Emergency Management Team is closely monitoring the potential for increased flooding caused by heavy rains.

As the nation and the world prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Professor Christopher Vecsey has just published a book on how The New York Times covers religion in the wake of the catastrophe.