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  • 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鈥檚 finest citizen 鈥 a player that embraces humanitarian efforts that help out a community, a certain philanthropy, or a cause. Cox was named the winner Friday evening [鈥
    April 10, 2010
  • The university鈥檚 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鈥檚 youngest leadership donors put the university鈥檚 鈥渉ello鈥 tradition to good use during a networking luncheon with the Board of Trustees on March 26. The event was sponsored by the Presidents鈥 Club specifically for its student membership.
    April 7, 2010
  • Martha Nussbaum, one of the world鈥檚 leading philosophers, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate鈥檚 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 [鈥
    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, 鈥淒oes Liberal Democracy have a Future in Russia,鈥 Kasparov will assess democratic [鈥
    March 31, 2010
  • For Gregory Threatte 鈥69 and Todd Brown 鈥71, the watershed events of the late 1960s that gave birth to Colgate鈥檚 first cultural center remain indelible moments in their lives. 鈥淭his valley was transformative,鈥 Threatte, trustee emeritus, told members of the campus community Friday during an impassioned discussion about the founding of the ALANA Cultural Center.
    March 29, 2010
  • Colgate seniors Shae Frydenlund and Jennifer Rusciano are two of 40 students awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of exploration around the world.
    March 25, 2010
  • Alternative spring break trips proved beneficial not only for the organizations where Colgate students volunteered their time and efforts, but for many of the students themselves. The Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education and the Office of the Chaplains organized several trips for students looking to do something meaningful with their time away from campus.
    March 25, 2010
  •  Whether you tend to see cups as half-empty or half-full, one measure remains constant: Student fees only cover 67 percent of the Colgate experience.
    March 19, 2010
  • During his first two years at Colgate, Naledi Semela 鈥10 lived in the Harlem Renaissance Center (HRC). Yet he didn鈥檛 fully connect the residence鈥檚 theme to its history and culture until he took the recent Harlem Renaissance Tour. 鈥淭here were portraits and artworks on the walls,鈥 said Samela, an art and art history major, 鈥渂ut [鈥
    March 18, 2010