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Colgate students nominated for highly selective fellowship programs were honored last week during a Merrill House luncheon. Provost Lyle Roelofs commended the students for their interest in extending their educations and serving as ambassadors for Colgate in the global community. “It’s important for us as an institution to provide the resources for these students to […]

For Stephanie Macomber ’08, the Dalai Lama’s discussion about religion and spirituality was the culmination of her four years on campus as a religion major and member of University Church. “One of my most influential professors, Professor Sindima of the religion department, once told me, ‘an unexamined faith is no faith at all.’ He couldn’t […]

The day after his public talk, the Dalai Lama on Wednesday expanded on his views about religion in a panel discussion for about 100 students who are involved with religion on campus, either through academic study, student clubs, or the campus ministry. The program, titled “The Moral and Spiritual Power of Religion and the University,” […]

Nearly 5,000 people streamed into Hamilton, across Colgate’s campus, and into Sanford Fieldhouse to hear His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak about happiness — that illusive quality that all human beings want, yet find so hard to achieve. Before beginning, he removed his shoes and arranged himself slowly in a cross-legged position in the […]

Between classes, homework, extracurricular activities, and doing the many other tasks that keep college students busy on a daily basis, one thing is clear: Colgate students need their rest. The Wellness Initiative, a campuswide program that provides education and opportunities for personal health, sponsored a series of events last week to teach students about the […]

Yul Kwon, winner of CBS’s hit show Survivor: Cook Islands, came to Colgate last week as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. During a workshop organized by the student-run Asian Awareness Coalition about achieving professional and academic success after college, Kwon shared some useful pointers. “Develop social networks, pursue your passion, and ask employers […]

Former presidential candidate Walter Mondale said, “Modern politics today requires a mastery of television.” On April 8, while the rest of America was flipping channels in search of the latest 2008 presidential campaign news, a capacity crowd of more than 200 alumni and friends gathered at the Paley Center for Media in New York City to gain […]

The life of an acclaimed sports journalist is filled with many interesting opportunities and experiences, but it would be a mistake to think that these can be achieved without hard work and persistence. That message was emphasized by Peter King, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, who spoke Wednesday to a group of �������� […]

By day, Jamal Patterson ’97 works as a sales executive for an orthodontics company. By night, Patterson trades his business suit for boxing shorts as he trains for his next match as a mixed martial arts fighter. It’s a double life, of sorts, that caught the attention of The New York Times.

The U.S. health-care system must move from an emphasis on intervention to one of prevention and early diagnosis if it is to provide real value to American consumers. That is one of the topics Dr. Michael J. Wolk ’60 discusses in the latest episode of Colgate Conversations, a podcast series that highlights members of the […]