- Colgate student-athlete Ethan Cox has been named the 15th recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award is given out annually to college hockey’s finest citizen – a player that embraces humanitarian efforts that help out a community, a certain philanthropy, or a cause. Cox was named the winner Friday evening […]April 10, 2010
- As an economics graduate student in the early ’80s, Ulla Grapard was encouraged to pursue a subject outside the field to round out her studies. But when she mentioned women’s studies as a topic, her professor said, “What?” and then, “No.” But she was doing a ton of reading about women’s issues, attending talks and […]April 9, 2010
- The university’s Debate Society recently hosted its first-ever worlds-style tournament that drew participants from around the world and from around the country. The International Intervarsity Debate Tournament received high grades from both participants and judges.April 7, 2010
- Colgate’s youngest leadership donors put the university’s “hello” tradition to good use during a networking luncheon with the Board of Trustees on March 26. The event was sponsored by the Presidents’ Club specifically for its student membership.April 7, 2010
- (Editor’s Note: This article was written by Kate Preziosi ’10) The confocal microscope that lives in a narrow, nondescript room in Olin Hall is proving to be an invaluable new addition to the Biology Department that will open doors for student and faculty researchers alike. The microscope, secured through a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant […]April 6, 2010
Marilyn Thie, professor of philosophy, religion, and women’s studies, awarded inaugural Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement.April 5, 2010- Martha Nussbaum, one of the world’s leading philosophers, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate’s 189th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, Nussbaum will be awarded a Doctor of Letters honorary degree. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of […]March 31, 2010
- World chess champion-turned-politician Garry Kasparov will visit campus Friday, April 9, for the next edition of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate. Kasparov will give a public talk at 4:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. No ticket is required. During his lecture, “Does Liberal Democracy have a Future in Russia,” Kasparov will assess democratic […]March 31, 2010