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From Lawrence Hall to Hamilton Central School to a high school in New Jersey, the distinctive black-and-white cover of George Saunders’s Tenth of December seemed to be everywhere this summer — the visual cue to the inaugural Colgate Reads program. Colgate Reads was simple: read a story, discuss the story. Approximately 2,150 people joined in […]

Beyond the football, fireworks, and bonfire of homecoming weekend, many alumni returning to campus also helped with networking events, including an improved and expanded Shaping Your Vision career workshop. Shaping Your Vision is as an opportunity for students to establish career connections with alumni visiting campus from all walks of life. The workshop was the […]

Colgate people aren’t shy about introducing themselves, especially when they are exchanging business cards and e-mail addresses with fellow alumni. The Office of Alumni Relations and the Center for Career Services are facilitating those connections by establishing a new series of professional networks. The first network — created by and for alumni in the finance […]

After attending a busy week of events, why not do it all again? Here’s what’s not to miss this week at Colgate!

Colgate professor Joan Mandle testified this week in front of an anti-corruption commission created by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Moreland Commission focuses on campaign finance reform and outside income of state elected officials. Mandle, executive director of Democracy Matters and associate professor of sociology emerita, testified in front of the commission about […]

First-year students on campus for arrival day were asked to describe themselves with  just one word. Their responses were captured in this video and help highlight the diversity, creativity, and excitement of the members of the Class of 2017. All the student responses also have been compiled into a word cloud. The text size of […]

A ceremony attended by toddlers, parents, village representatives, and Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst marked the formal opening of a new wing at Chenango Nursery School (CNS). Under an agreement approved by the Colgate Board of Trustees this year, the university entered a mutually beneficial partnership with CNS, which provides essential child care for many in […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by art history major Hannah Bjornson ‘15, of Westport, Conn. This summer I held a faculty-sponsored research position in the Department of Art and Art History. I assisted Professor Padma Kaimal in putting together her […]