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  • Ask Kelsey John ’13 about her attempts to explore her biracial identity, and she’ll speak in metaphors. Understanding and integrating her ethnic heritage has been a journey, a dance. “My parents always told me I was Navajo and a mix of European but never in a way that created a dichotomy or split me down […]
    August 17, 2012
  • Enrique "Kiko" Galvez, Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy, conducts a quantum physics workshop for seven physics faculty from other colleges and universities. The workshop is about doing a new type of physics labs developed at Colgate that have acquired high visibility in the physics community.
    While physicists consider the century-old theory of quantum mechanics to be the most successful physical theory ever invented, they have spent the past several decades figuring out the best way to teach it. Colgate’s Professor Enrique “Kiko” Galvez is at the forefront of a paradigm shift in the way quantum mechanics is taught. Starting with a […]
    August 13, 2012
  • Three huge installations over six weeks, in three different cities. No small task for any artist — but especially one whose work weighs thousands of pounds and has to be hauled by tractor trailer from Colgate’s Paul Schupf Studio in Hamilton, N.Y., to its ultimate destination. The logistics alone could take a creative genius. And […]
    August 12, 2012
  • Roy Simon Bryce-Laporte, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of sociology and anthropology emeritus, passed away after a long illness in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Monday, July 30, at the age of 78. Born in the Republic of Panama of West Indian ancestry, Bryce-Laporte earned degrees from Panama Canal College (AA), the University of […]
    August 4, 2012
  • The words of Shakespeare, Saint Augustine, and John Perry echoed their wisdom anew as 16 high school teachers participated in Colgate’s third annual Humanities Workshop for High School Teachers July 23–27. Led by philosophy professors Ed Witherspoon and David McCabe, English professor Susan Cerasano, and French professor Patrick Riley, this year’s workshop centered on exploring […]
    August 3, 2012
  • A group of eager learners spent a long weekend on campus recently, enjoying mini-courses with Colgate faculty and summertime in Hamilton. Though many hadn’t been in a classroom for decades, they found they fit right in. They were here for Colgate’s third annual Summer On the Hill event.
    August 2, 2012
  • The July 29 edition of the New York Times featured an op-ed by Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills, director of the Brenthurst Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. The two have collaborated on a number of publications analyzing economic conditions in Africa, including Africa’s Third Liberation — The New Search for Prosperity and Jobs. A version of […]
    July 31, 2012
  • At Colgate University, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects – sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to Colgate to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on […]
    July 30, 2012
  • Colgate University rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange
    Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst joined members of the Colgate community to ring the bell 13 times to open the New York Stock Exchange on Colgate Day, Friday the 13th. The purpose was to raise awareness for the announcement of the results of the $480 million Passion for the Climb campaign. So why Friday the 13th? As you […]
    July 19, 2012
  • Colgate students and faculty continue to conduct research this summer in a wide variety of locations, including one group of geology majors who spent five and a half weeks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and several national parks.
    July 5, 2012