Social Sciences

  • Editor’s note: In this series, Colgate students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. Just following the July 4 holiday, I began my summer internship working for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, under the minority leadership of Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland. The past two weeks have […]
    July 20, 2015
  • Editor’s note: In this series, Colgate students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I’m interning for the History Program Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington, D.C. By providing easy access to information about its past successes and failures, the […]
    July 13, 2015
  • It’s almost unheard of for an undergraduate student to present a statement at a United Nations (UN) session. Yet, Susan Price ’16 has done so not just once, but twice. Most recently, on June 18, Price presented at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
    July 8, 2015
  • Lauren Casella '15 at MoMA, where she is interning for the summer
    Editor’s note: This blog post is the first in a series written by students about their summer experiences. Last week, I started my internship in New York City, working for the marketing department at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Housing collections of architecture, design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and film, MoMA is regarded as […]
    June 8, 2015
  • A photo of Sohee Ryuk ‘15
    Sohee Ryuk ’15 is one of just 50 students awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel outside of the United States on a self-designed topic of their choosing. Ryuk receives $28,000 for the 12-month fellowship beginning in July, 2015. Including Ryuk, 70 Colgate University nominees have received this […]
    March 16, 2015
  • The curtain in Brehmer Theater opened to reveal Yamai Tsunao kneeling under a single spotlight on stage. He was dressed in a stiff, dark-colored Hakama costume, and his only prop was a brightly colored fan. He sang in a deep, full voice, moving through a series of deliberate, careful gestures.
    February 26, 2015
  • Professor Nina Moore speaks about race and the criminal justice system at a recent presentaiton.
    C-Span2 Book TV will air this weekend a recent presentation by Colgate Associate Professor of Political Science Nina M. Moore in which she discusses her new book, The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice. Moore’s thought-provoking presentation is slated for broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 28, and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March […]
    February 24, 2015