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  • Kye Allums delivers the keynote address for Queerfest at Colgate
    “There’s so much negativity in the world. … Do something that makes you smile — anything,” Kye Allums said in his keynote address kicking off Queerfest at Colgate. Allums, a George Washington University graduate, made national headlines in 2010 for being the first Division I openly transgender athlete.
    April 25, 2014
  • Over spring break, Jessica Huang ’14 and Michael Manansala ’14 put the capstone on a research project that they’ve been working on for much of their Colgate careers. Traveling to Kansai, Japan, the seniors presented their research titled “Does observing or producing different types of hand gestures help second-language auditory learning of Japanese short and […]
    April 16, 2014
  • Stacy Nadeau, a model for the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, is on a mission to help change people’s perceptions. “I want to challenge you to find your own best, healthy self, where mental health and physical health meet in the middle,” she told the audience in Golden Auditorium on March 6. 
    March 18, 2014
  • Colgate athletes aren’t the only teams that bring home trophies. The Debate Society has had a triumphant season, and this weekend, we will cheer them on as they set out to bring home yet another trophy after competing in the Northeast Regionals at Western Connecticut College.
    February 21, 2014
  • Happy holidays from everyone at Colgate!
    We asked students, 13 of them, of course, to each share a highlight from the past year at Colgate. The students were in the library finishing papers and prepping for finals before leaving for winter break. (Also see this look back at the Year of ’13.) Manuel Heredia-Santoyo ‘14 Sonoma, Calif. Art and art history […]
    December 26, 2013
  • This past week marked the release of a book of stories by one of Colgate’s most beloved professors, the late Frederick Busch. The Stories of Frederick Busch was edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, a former visiting professor at Colgate, and features a selection of short stories that focuses on interpersonal relationships between family […]
    December 5, 2013
  • The W.M. Keck Humanities Resource Center, located in Lawrence Hall, has been transformed from a quiet computer lab to a high-tech space that focuses on foreign language learning. The center recently was renovated to allow for more interaction between students and faculty members and language interns. A grand opening was held October 24. Complete with […]
    November 18, 2013
  • Last Wednesday marked the final campus event for Coming Out Month, with keynote speakers Alexis Gumbs and Julia Wallace, founders of an oral history project called Mobile Homecoming. Focused on giving a voice to gay black women, trans men, and gender queer visionaries, Mobile Homecoming involved collecting the oral histories of the LGBTQ community.
    November 7, 2013