News and Updates

G. Bruce Knecht ’80 recalls researching a story in 1994 for The Wall Street Journal about a soon-to-be launched company called Amazon.com Knecht went to the Amazon website, which was the first Internet site he had ever visited, on the only computer in the Journal newsroom that allowed access to the web.

One day Vonzelle Johnson ’07 woke with a vision. Community mentors in his hometown of Deland, Fla., had asked him and a friend to speak occasionally with area youth, but Johnson envisioned something bigger. “Forget just speaking,” said Johnson. “I thought, just go back and start a whole organization.”

Lee Woodruff ’82 shares important information about traumatic brain injury (TBI) and her family’s experience with the issue in a cover story for Parade magazine. Woodruff’s article, “Can Brains Be Saved?,” appeared in the magazine on Sunday. Parade has a circulation of 33 million and appears in 475 newspapers nationwide.

Colgate University has joined forces with five other upstate liberal arts colleges to explore potential cost-saving measures and to share best practices in areas such as student life and staff development. Besides Colgate, the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium consists of Hamilton College, Clinton; St. Lawrence University, Canton; Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva; […]

Future Colgate hockey players Jeremy Price (Milton, Ont.) and Thomas Larkin (London, England) were both selected in the NHL Entry Draft this past weekend in Montreal. Price was selected 113th overall while Larkin was the 137th pick.

Starting this fall, qualified military veterans can attend Colgate University tuition-free, thanks to an agreement between the university and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The university will take part in the new Yellow Ribbon Program, a component of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which makes earning a college degree more affordable for veterans.

What do a student, a professor, a mayor, a nurse, and a hotel guest all have in common? Each can be found at the weekly trivia night hosted by the Colgate Inn in the village of Hamilton. The free event, held Wednesday evenings, consistently draws a diverse crowd of more than 100 people.

 Last fiscal year, in the face of economic uncertainty, alumni, parents, and friends put new meaning behind the phrase “Colgate community.”

For someone who didn’t play organized basketball until he was 15, Adonal Foyle ’98 — the Colgate Raiders basketball player turned NBA pro — has reached quite a career milestone: the NBA Finals. Tonight, the 6-foot-10 center and his Orlando Magic teammates will try to even the series with the Los Angeles Lakers at two […]

Harold Ramis’s latest comedy – Year One – will be in a theater near you on June 19. One of his most successful films, Ghostbusters, celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer, and a video game based on the film is to be released June 16. There also is much buzz about a potential third installment […]