News and Updates

Before the sun could push above the horizon this morning, 153 community members braved the frigid air and crossed the threshold of the new Trudy Fitness Center.

In just under four years, and 16 months ahead of schedule, Colgate has reached the $400-million goal initially set forth in the most ambitious campaign in the university’s history, President Jeffrey Herbst announced today.

Driving up Oak Drive upon my return to Colgate brought an exhilarating rush of emotions. My friends called me and greeted me screaming before I was even able to unload my bags. This is why I love Colgate, and why I am so glad to be back.

The wait is over. Thanks to the hard work of staff and contractors, with generous support from alumni and parents, Colgate’s Trudy Fitness Center will open at 6 a.m. this Monday, January 31.

Inspired by a local teenager, the Colgate women’s hockey team has launched a fundraising project that already is providing dividends for autism awareness.

Colgate recently launched an iTunes U site that showcases the university’s intellectual and academic community to a broad audience.

David Eduard Mills ’99, a 34-year-old operating a solo appellate law practice that he runs out of his Cleveland apartment, learned today that he won a Supreme Court victory for his client. Mills had never argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court before his Nov. 1 appearance.

From the moment civil rights leader Robert P. Moses stepped to the podium Thursday night, the students and faculty members who crowded into Memorial Chapel seemed to hold their breaths. Moses’s talk, titled “Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right,” served as the keynote address for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations that had […]

Sunday marks one of the most anticipated sporting events in the NFL, and traces of the far-reaching Colgate connection abound. As the league’s oldest and most bitter rivals — the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers — prepare for battle on Sunday, Colgate alumnus and former athletics director Mark Murphy ’77 will be intently watching […]

(Editor’s Note: Senior Kate Hicks shares her impressions of the annual Real World program, which brings dozens of alumni back to campus to assist seniors in their career exploration.) The night before Real World began, my housemates and I sat in our living room catching up and talking about the uncertain months ahead. All our […]