News and Updates

In an election year with historic voter turnout, Colgate University organizations mobilized to help register new voters, encourage students to vote in Madison County, and create easy access to polling sites.

Colgate will hold its annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in a virtual format, Jan. 25–Feb. 5, 2021.

Colgate University is an inaugural member of a new consortium of liberal arts colleges and universities finding creative solutions for addressing issues of racial equity and diversity on campus. 

As part of its Native American Heritage Month celebrations, Colgate University’s ALANA Cultural Center hosted a virtual panel on “Experiences of the Pandemic in the Native Americas” on Nov. 2.

Oct. 19–23, Career Services hosted Career Exploration Week, a large-scale virtual program connecting more than 500 current students with 575 alumni volunteers.

An alumna and an emeritus faculty member work together to create a new Latin naming system for animals.

Living Writers proved during the month of October that powerful writing extends beyond genre limitations.

There is an abundance of focus these days on the ways in which we interact with each other and with our environments. These themes are present in the fall edition of Colgate Research as well,

Join Colgate University Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Ynesse Abdul-Malak and Syracuse University Professor of Sociology Madonna Harrington Meyer as they discuss their research related to grandparents caring for grandchildren with disabilities. 

In a Zoom call with Colgate students, Shigeko Sasamori told her harrowing story of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and urged students to work toward creating a world without war.