Academics

Spearheaded by Professor Yukari Hirata, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures completed the renovation of an authentic Japanese tea room in the Japan Center in Lawrence Hall.

David Brooks and David Sanger of the New York Times will be among the featured guests welcomed to campus as part of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs spring lecture series.

In this 300-level course, students discuss historical epidemics — with attention to their causes and consequences.

Guacamole dusted with crispy, crushed black ants. Nachos covered in cricket cheese sauce. Brownies flavored with mealworm powder. These were just a few of the entomological delicacies enjoyed by Colgate students, faculty, and staff during a recent visit by Chef Joseph Yoon, the self-proclaimed edible insect ambassador and founder of Brooklyn Bugs.

In this advanced seminar, Professor Joe Levy introduces junior and senior student researchers to the Earth’s icy regions — the cryosphere

In this course, led by jazz saxophonist Brian Stark, students delve into the rich history of jazz.

Benton Scholar Abby Call ’26 reflects on her research in East Africa.

The Ho Tung Visualization Lab recently concluded a lecture series titled “Interstellar Collaborations: Bridging Disciplines in the Fulldome Planetarium.”

A team of drillers, engineers, and researchers will depart from Christchurch, New Zealand, for Antarctica on Nov. 16, traveling to the southeast margin of the Ross Ice Shelf, where they will drill 650 ft. into the seafloor in an effort to better understand how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting. Colgate Geology Professor Amy Leventer will study these drill cores once they are collected. 

Massive steel girders surrounded by scaffolding and shadowed by mammoth cranes are easily viewable to any passing motorist on 12B in Hamilton. But that work is a small snapshot of the many construction and renovation projects now underway.