News and Updates

Because of severe weather and poor driving conditions, the university will delay opening until 9:45 a.m. Thursday, March 13. Classes scheduled before 9:45 a.m. are canceled.

The Colgate community is mourning the tragic loss of a beloved friend and teammate, Brian Crockett ’13, who died last week after complications related to surgery. He was 22 years old. “Anyone who had come in contact with Brian knows what a great person he was. He was one of the most unique personalities to […]

Colgate has many talented student music groups. Take some time this weekend to check one out! This Sunday the Colgate Chamber Players will perform their concert Building Blocks in Memorial Chapel at 3:30 p.m. With a program including a Mendelssohn Octet, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, music by Bias Galindo, and featuring the premiere of a newly discovered Sinfonia by […]

Colgate University and Hamilton College jointly announced today their partnership as new contributing members in the nonprofit online learning platform edX. Founded by Harvard University and MIT, edX currently offers more than 150 courses in many areas of study, including the arts and humanities, public health, law, math, and computer science. Its focus is to […]

The former lobby of James B. Colgate Hall has undergone a major transformation in becoming The Hurwitz Admission Center, and the doors to this contemporary and informative welcome space are now open. Entirely donor-funded and a year-and-a-half in the making, the renovation was possible thanks to a lead gift from Dan ’86 and Ellie Hurwitz […]

With so many exciting events and activities going on at Colgate, sometimes it’s hard to choose what to go to. Here are some events you won’t want to miss this week! On Monday, stop by 101 Ho Science Center at 7 p.m. for a Native American Studies lecture by Dennis Banks.

For many Colgate students and professors, breaks offer a chance to travel and learn. Join professors Lesleigh Cushing and Eliza Kent on Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. for a brown bag lunch featuring their travels over winter break.

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.

Colgate University Twitter social media interns Ally Macey ’14 and Jackie Oshry ’14 interviewed Ken Baker ’92, former stand-out goalie on the hockey team. He’s the author of the upcoming book How I Got Skinny, Famous, and Fell Madly in Love, due out in April.

From fun activities to thought-provoking lectures, there’s plenty going on at Colgate this week! Here’s a few events to check out. While it’s not surprising that accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have emerged as contradicting narratives of the violent events as told by historians from different parties, they still raise questions regarding historians’ motivations.