News and Updates

  • A humble Junot Diaz spoke candidly to a chock-full Love Auditorium Thursday night as he read short passages from his work and then answered questions about everything from art to language to immigration. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author kicked off the Living Writers course, which will bring a number of acclaimed authors to campus throughout the […]
    September 25, 2009
  • In addition to the usual classroom setting, the English Department’s Living Writers course will live online this semester, providing anyone with a passion for literature the opportunity to interact with some of today’s top contemporary authors. Ten writers, including Pulitzer Prize winners Elizabeth Strout, Junot Diaz, and Jeffrey Eugenides, will visit campus, providing the 55 […]
    September 22, 2009
  • Under glorious blue skies, members of the campus and local communities filled the Hamilton Village Green Saturday afternoon for a multicultural festival that capped Colgate’s Diversity Week. Events held during the past few days included intellectual discussions, workshops, lectures, and other cultural activities intended to foster dialogue and build a more inclusive community at Colgate […]
    September 21, 2009
  • Michael Steele shared personal and powerful anecdotes Thursday about his life as a “black kid living in Washington, D.C.,” and the journey that took him first to the Maryland Statehouse and then to the national stage as chairman of the Republican Party. Steele delivered his lecture, “Unity and Diversity: Common Ground in the 21st Century,” […]
    September 18, 2009
  • Having recently been accepted into Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program, Michael LoFaso ’10 is anticipating his future while enjoying life as a Colgate senior. HBS 2+2 is a selective program intended for students without a formal business background.
    September 15, 2009
  • With the theme of “Race and Culture in the 21st Century,” Colgate University Diversity Week, Sept. 15-19, will feature intellectual discussions, lectures, and cultural activities on campus as well as in the village of Hamilton, where a community festival will cap off the series of events. “The goal of the inaugural Diversity Week is to […]
    September 11, 2009
  • Colgate first-years strolled down Oak Drive last Thursday to explore the village of Hamilton as part of the first-ever Hamopoly event, a unique twist on the Monopoly board game. Hamopoly, sponsored by Colgate’s Office of Residence Life and the Hamilton Business Alliance, is intended to introduce first-years to the community they’ll call home for the […]
    September 9, 2009
  • (Editor’s note: All tickets to Blair’s lecture have been reserved. For those who would like to watch the lecture but don’t have a ticket, a live video feed will be available at Hamilton Central School. No ticket is required for the satellite location.) Tickets for former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony […]
    September 8, 2009
  • This weekend will be a good time to be outside for football lovers and for moviegoers. The lights will be on at Andy Kerr Stadium as the Raiders go up against Monmouth in their season opener, slated for 6 p.m. Saturday.
    September 4, 2009
  • (Editor’s Note: This article was written by John E. Greenfield ’10) More than 125 students who had returned early to campus for a comprehensive leadership-training program will now apply what they learned in an attempt to not only improve their own organizations but the entire campus. Funded by Robert A. Fox ’59, the annual Leadership […]
    September 1, 2009