News and Updates

  Even though it has been 17 years since Kirk Bloodsworth, wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for rape and murder, was freed from the confinement of a jail cell, the memories of his incarceration still haunt him. “It’s a constant struggle. You never escape the pain of being locked up for a crime you […]

Tony Blair, former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will visit Colgate University in October for the next edition of the university’s Global Leaders Lecture Series. Blair is scheduled to give a public talk at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Sanford Field House. Ticket information will be released in August.

James H. Cone, widely credited with founding the black theology movement, spoke Thursday in Memorial Chapel about his seminal works from nearly 40 years ago and his current research, which focuses on the emotional symbols of the cross and the lynching tree. Cone said his lecture was intended to start a conversation, and students and […]

A collaborative student initiative turned into a vehicle of support for the region and a timely response to a tragedy that struck an immigration services center in Binghamton. The Latin American Student Organization, Korean American Student Association, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the Center for Outreach and Volunteerism co-sponsored the Refugee Benefit Banquet last Friday to […]

Charles Simic, 2007 poet laureate, delighted an intent audience with his dark humor on Tuesday night in the Robert Ho Lecture Room. “The corpses like cigarette butts. In a dinner plate overflowing with ashes,” he read from the title poem of his latest book, That Little Something.

Darryl Hunt and Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated after spending decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit, will share their stories with the Colgate community as part of a three-day symposium about wrongful convictions. During their campus visit April 19-21, Hunt and Bloodsworth will discuss how their unwavering determination to prove their innocence combined with […]

When Ingrid Hale, director of Colgate’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE), looks up from her desk to see who has walked through the center’s doors, odds are it is a female student. “There is a gender disparity in volunteering not only on our campus, but also at colleges across the country,” said Hale. […]

This past weekend marked Colgate’s fourth annual Big Gay Weekend, a three-day event that provides LGBTQ and allied students with the opportunity to socialize and network with peers. The keynote speaker was bestselling author, film producer, and gay rights activist Perry Moore, who is best known as executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia film […]

Geoffrey Canada, nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate’s 188th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, Colgate will award Canada a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary […]

Paul Ridley ’05 is back on land. The 25-year-old alumnus completed his solo rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon after nearly 3,000 miles of rowing. Ridley’s record-setting trip, which raised funds for cancer research, was highlighted today in a CNN.com story, which for a time was among the top ten most viewed news […]