Paul Ridley 鈥05 is back on land. The 25-year-old alumnus completed his solo rowing trip across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon after nearly 3,000 miles of rowing. Ridley鈥檚 record-setting trip, which raised funds for cancer research, was highlighted today in a CNN.com story, which for a time was among the top ten most viewed news [鈥March 30, 2009
The combination of live performance, a state-of-the-art digital theater, and a story line about one of the most documented days in Roman history will make for a captivating, one-of-a-kind multimedia production this week inside the Ho Science Center鈥檚 Visualization Lab. At 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, a group of students and faculty members from the [鈥March 30, 2009-
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, easily moved from lecturer to town hall host Thursday night as he initiated a rigorous dialogue with students and community members who filled every available seat and lined the aisles of Memorial Chapel. Gingrich spoke without notes during his lecture, in which he said America is [鈥March 27, 2009
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More than 35 alumni will visit campus this weekend to discuss ways that Colgate can continue to support diversity and build on its efforts to develop an inclusive community. Students, faculty, and staff also will take part in the Community Summit, which opens Friday night with remarks by senior administrators, including President Rebecca Chopp and [鈥March 26, 2009
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Independent filmmaker Alan Berliner, who is not afraid to point the camera at himself for his experimental documentaries, will spend a week on campus teaching, showing his films, and discussing an exhibition of two of his installations. The film screenings, lecture, and exhibition are all free and open to the general public during Berliner鈥檚 visit, [鈥March 24, 2009
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Colgate鈥檚 Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week鈥檚 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. In a full-page story, The Chronicle鈥檚 Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father [鈥March 20, 2009
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(Editor鈥檚 note: As of Wednesday, March 25, all tickets to the lecture have been reserved.) Tickets for former Secretary of State Colin Powell鈥檚 lecture, 鈥淟eadership: Taking Charge,鈥 at Colgate are now available to the public. As part of the university鈥檚 Global Leaders Lecture Series, Powell will give a talk at 8 p.m. Friday, April 3. [鈥March 19, 2009
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As the quest for a winning NCAA basketball tournament bracket takes place in office pools across the country, a Colgate senior is making a splash of her own. Emily Murphy will be swimming at this weekend鈥檚 NCAA championship meet at Texas A&M, making her the first Colgate woman swimmer to compete at the Division I [鈥March 18, 2009