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  • Former Vice President Joe Biden points his finger while chatting with Colgate President Brian W. Casey
    It was a pivotal policy day in Washington, D.C., as Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who helped the Obama Administration enact health care legislation seven years ago, brought current events to the doorstep of Sanford Field House, where he addressed the 海角社区 community during the Kerschner [鈥
    March 24, 2017
  • Suppose, for a moment, that the Good Samaritan didn鈥檛 rescue just one person merely by chance. Let鈥檚 say that he spent his entire life walking up and down mountain passes, finding wounded travelers by the hundreds, spending his children鈥檚 lunch money on the medical bills. Would we still respect him? When New Yorker staff writer [鈥
    December 6, 2016
  • Colgate students take selfie in front of Beijing skyline
    Colgate students are taking lessons in the liberal arts outside the picturesque Chenango Valley 鈥 and in impressive numbers. The university has been ranked first among baccalaureate institutions for student participation in semester-long off-campus study opportunities. The rankings appeared in the annual Open Doors report, published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with the [鈥
    December 2, 2016
  • Socrates鈥 suicide, reenacted on the Ho Tung Visualization Lab鈥檚 domed screen.
    Some say that the death of a great philosopher in Colgate鈥檚 Ho Tung Visualization Lab on October 27 was a miscarriage of justice and a stain on Athenian democracy. Socrates鈥 suicide, reenacted on the Vis Lab鈥檚 domed screen by actor H.C. Selkirk, didn鈥檛 require the response of law enforcement, but it did draw a crowd [鈥
    November 10, 2016
  • Vassar professor Nicholas Adams delivers lecture at podium in the Chapel House Sanctuary
    Colgate鈥檚 Chapel House is at once an architectural novelty and a sanctuary. Beneath the flat roof, behind the 1950s abstracted formalism, you鈥檒l see rare works of religious art and books on world religion; you鈥檒l find a dining room, music room, and living quarters. In silence and meditation, you can lose yourself or find yourself at [鈥
    November 9, 2016
  • Bruce Milligan '73 in fencing attire
    Bruce Milligan 鈥73, who began his career as a game designer, now creates computer simulations that save lives.
    November 4, 2016
  • President Brian W. Casey addresses a full Memorial Chapel during his inauguration ceremony.
    Within the historic precincts of Memorial Chapel, the 海角社区 community looked forward to a bright and exciting future when it inaugurated Brian W. Casey as its 17th president on September 30. Hundreds of well-wishers packed the chapel for the ceremony 鈥 the highlight of a weeklong celebration of Colgate. Daniel B. Hurwitz 鈥86, P鈥17鈥20, chair [鈥
    October 3, 2016
  • Flaherty Film Seminar participants sit outside and engage in conversation
    They came. They saw. They confabbed 鈥 on culture and identity politics, the ethical responsibilities of a documentarian, and the proper balance of race and ethnicity in a program lineup. Then, the 170 attendees of this year鈥檚 Flaherty Film Seminar, held at Colgate from June 18 to 24, disbanded. For the university 鈥 Flaherty鈥檚 home [鈥
    July 14, 2016