Faculty News

Colgate University President Rebecca Chopp today announced that she will become president of Swarthmore College effective July 1, 2009. Chopp has been president of Colgate since July of 2002.

Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by Colgate University Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two Colgate undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt ’06 and Megan Esch ’07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a […]

Colgate’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth kicked off Tuesday with a lecture about one of the naturalist’s legacies – the study of biodiversity – and a warning that the home for a vast array of plant and animal species is threatened. The university has several events this week to honor Darwin, […]

The Department of English kicked off this semester’s lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the Colgate community, author Patrick O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. “The Hill Road is a glorious work one would […]

The twists and turns and trials and tribulations of the economic crisis are forcing government officials to reshape policies on a day-by-day basis in ways that have not been seen in decades, says economics professor Nicole Simpson. While there now seems to be agreement that new regulations are needed to address the crisis, government officials […]

Students often are asked to put their thoughts on paper. In an Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies course, they also were asked to put their thoughts on MP3 audio files. The end result of this collaborative project was 31 episodes of the Marginalized Conflict Podcast Series, which are available here or on iTunes. In […]

You won’t see Marjorie Bradley Kellogg on stage, but you may have seen her stage work. The scenic designer, who teaches in Colgate’s theater program, has designed sets for high-profile Broadway shows, lavish operas, university productions, and regional and non-profit theaters across the nation. Kellogg talks about the creative process that occurs before the curtain […]

Although Bill Skelton, Robert Ho Professor in Asian studies and professor of music emeritus, retired from Colgate 15 years ago, he still receives letters from alumni saying that participating in the India Study Group with him was a life-changing experience. Skelton came to Colgate in 1954 as a music professor with degrees in music from […]

Instead of flipping through the television channels to find the latest take on the presidential campaign, more than 400 people packed into New York City’s Axa Equitable Center Monday night to hear election analysis firsthand from a panel featuring Colgate alumni in the journalism field. Newsweek chief political correspondent and senior editor Howard Fineman ’70, […]

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and potential victory Nov. 4 represent a major shift in how the political system is going to reflect the U.S. populace, according to Colgate professor Pete Banner-Haley. Haley talks about the historic nature of the Illinois senator’s campaign in the latest episode of Colgate Conversations, a series of podcast interviews […]