Social Sciences

As the debt-limit debate went into hyperdrive after news of a deal filtered out of the nation’s capital on Sunday night, Colgate economics professor Thomas Michl urged political leaders to tone down the demagoguery and focus on the real issue at hand: creating jobs.

Former Colgate professor Arnold A. Sio, a forerunner in teaching race relations at the university level, passed away June 29 in Kingston, N.Y. He was 93.

Students who applied for nationally competitive fellowships this past academic year were recognized for their intellectual curiosity and global engagement at a recent celebration in the Ho Science Center.

Geography professor Adam Burnett was named this year’s recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement, and several other faculty members recently had appointments approved by the Board of Trustees. The Balmuth Award was created through a generous gift from Mark Siegel ’73 to recognize distinctively successful and transformative teaching, regardless of […]

Every year, 600 colleges and universities submit applications for Fulbright fellowships. When the Chronicle of Higher Education published the program’s list of top producers this fall, Colgate tied for eighth place among bachelor’s institutions.

President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of 5,000 students and their families, faculty and staff, and community members in Sanford Field House Friday night as part of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.

(Due to an overwhelming response, all tickets for the lecture have been reserved. Should tickets become available, they will be distributed the day of the lecture at will call, located at the entrance to Sanford Field House.) President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will […]

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, in what he said was his first speech at an American university, lambasted Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and spelled out his opposition coalition’s efforts to create a “true democracy” in Russia. Kasparov spoke Friday in Memorial Chapel and took part in a panel discussion the next day called […]

Persson Hall Auditorium was filled to capacity last week  as students and economics professors discussed the recession and its implications for the long-term health of the U.S. economy. The panel discussion was the second in a series sponsored by the Economics Department, with the first session held last spring.

Michelle Vatalaro ’10 had signed up for the Liberal Democracy and Its Limits course because she thought it sounded interesting. What she didn’t know at the time was how being in the political science class was going to bring her face to face on Saturday night with Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain. […]