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Friends, family and administrators joined the Colgate women’s soccer team Monday to find out that the Raiders would host Rutgers in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at 7 p.m. After 20 minutes of anticipation, the women’s team erupted with cheers when their school’s name was finally revealed as hosting the NCAA match-up, […]

The Raiders again played its brand of smash-mouth football and again smashed even more school records on Saturday as they beat Lafayette 65-41 at Andy Kerr Stadium. Colgate established school and Patriot League records with 755 yards total offense and 531 yards rushing in its sixth win of the season, and was  led again by quarterback Gavin McCarney and taiback Jordan McCord, […]

Douglas A. Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty, announced the selection of Kevin Lynch as chief information officer (CIO) for Colgate University, effective January 7. Lynch brings 15 years of experience in technology innovation, leadership, strategic planning, and fiscal management in the nonprofit and commercial sectors including higher education. He has served as CIO […]

The men’s rugby club, playing in front of a huge crowd of supporters during Family Weekend, advanced to the USA Rugby collegiate championships for the second-straight year after securing a 31-15 victory over Oswego State. Colgate’s eighth-straight victory on Oct. 27 earned the team a berth to the national collegiate tournament to be held April […]

More than 900 parents and family members journeyed to Hamilton last Friday through Sunday to spend Family Weekend with their undergraduates. The university’s red-carpet welcome included a full schedule of classes, performances, athletic events, and departmental receptions.

Adam Weinberg, a popular professor and administrator at Colgate for more than a decade, will become president of Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Weinberg taught sociology and served as vice president and dean of the college until 2005, when he left to become executive vice president of World Learning and provost of the organization’s accredited higher […]

Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst sat down with George Reid Andrews, distinguished professor and chair of the department of history at the University of Pittsburgh, for another conversation from the World Affairs With Jeffrey Herbst series. Professor Andrews is the preeminent authority on the African diaspora in Latin America, from slavery and emancipation, to race relations in […]

President Jeffrey Herbst reached out via e-mail to parents and alumni yesterday, updating them on Colgate’s status after Hurricane Sandy and expressing concern for those who felt the brunt of the storm. President Herbst’s message to alumni: As Hurricane Sandy dissipates, we watch with disbelief the massive fallout that is still being felt throughout the […]