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[youtube=http://youtu.be/tyuLBFArH8E] Alumni and friends flocked to campus for Reunion 2014, May 29–June 1. Here is a look at this important event, by the numbers: 1,604: Minimum number of alumni in attendance 2016: When alumni guests from this year are officially tallied 59: Class years represented under the tents 84: Members from the 50th Reunion Class […]

A total reimagination of the Colgate visit experience is thanks to the generosity of lead donors Dan ’86 and Ellie Hurwitz P’17 and a number of alumni, parents, grandparents, and other friends of the university.

A second year of funding provided by the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at Colgate will allow faculty researchers to further their exploration of the cultural and religious stewardship of sacred forest ecosystems in Ethiopia. Damhnait McHugh, director of the institute, announced the award to Colgate professors Catherine Cardelús (biology), Eliza Kent (religion), Peter Klepeis (geography), […]

[youtube=http://youtu.be/lJDFCH19R20] Colgate professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata have produced the first in what will be a new series of videos designed to communicate the broad societal benefits of a liberal arts education, as well as the particular ways Colgate students learn and grow. This first episode of the Looking Through the Liberal Arts series […]

Sport your Colgate gear this summer at Myrtle Beach or Disneyland, and you’re bound to hear a friendly “hello.” But what about bumping into a Colgate student in Trinidad, Vietnam, Argentina, Uganda, Korea, or Australia? It could happen. Between June and August, students are pursuing internships, research, and service projects around the world and across […]

Colgate professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of Colgate, they often are chosen to lead their professional organizations. That honor has most recently come to chemistry professor Roger Rowlett, who has been elected to serve as president of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) for 2015–2016.

During the second part of the Innovation+Disruption symposium on May 5, the conversation turned to career services. From our May 8 report: “Colgate’s Career Services, in partnership with 12 other liberal arts institutions, hosted a dynamic afternoon series of speakers, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion as part of the Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City this […]

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst today announced the selection of Rachel Reuben as vice president for communications, effective July 28. Reuben will join Colgate from Ithaca College, where, as associate vice president for marketing communications since 2010, she has overseen strategic marketing and branding of the college, as well as advancement and athletic communications, media […]