News and Updates

More than 110 aspiring and published authors — alumni, parents, students, employees, local residents, and visitors from across the country — were on campus in June for the 27th annual Colgate Writers Conference. The event was spearheaded by Associate Professor of English Jennifer Brice, with assistance from four undergraduate Creative Fellows.

Filmmaker Jacqueline King-Howell ’97 screened a portion of her upcoming documentary, Men of Mark, inspired by the work and research of Colgate University trustee emerita Diane Ciccone ’74, P’10.

The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, including Colgate University, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create the NY6 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows Program.

Questions on happiness have perplexed and fascinated for centuries, and for the last year, they are questions that Professor Rebecca Shiner and 17 of her students have been working to answer.

Colgate University welcomed alumni for two reunion weekends this month, reviving the tradition last enjoyed on campus during the Bicentennial Reunion of 2019.

Colgate University has announced a four-year extension of its test-optional pilot program. Through the 2026–27 application season, students seeking admission to the University will not be required to submit SAT or ACT scores.

Today, at a celebration two years in the making, students sent home at the height of the pandemic received due credit for the grit and determination displayed during the final months of their senior year.

Celebrated playwright, author, and Colgate University Assistant Professor of Theater Kyle Bass has now added Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) Medal recipient to his long list of accolades.

A Colgate group with an interest in cycling and grueling adventure took on the Erie Canalway Trail on April 23. The 365-mile course from Albany to Buffalo is a big draw for bicyclists of all abilities, although only the most ambitious will attempt the entire trail in one shot.

Proud families and professors alike cheered on the nearly 700 graduating members in the Class of 2022 at the University’s 201st Commencement exercises, Sunday, May 22.