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  • Kevin Danehy and Patty Caprio hug
    When Colgate鈥檚 Presidents鈥 Club was founded, the university鈥檚 endowment was approximately $12 million, and the giving society had 93 members whose generosity would help modernize the university. Fifty years later, the coffer holds more than 50 times that amount, and there are 30 times more members. Today the Presidents鈥 Club is much more than a [鈥
    May 14, 2015
  • From professors to deans, food service employees to athletic coaches, and many more, countless individuals contribute to students鈥 academic and personal growth while at Colgate. This spring, members of the Class of 2015 are recognizing those who have influenced their time over the last four years by honoring them with Torch Medals.
    May 1, 2015
  • Behind only California Institute of Technology and ahead of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and many others, Colgate today was ranked second-highest among four-year schools for 鈥渧alue-added鈥 with respect to mid-career earnings. A new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, titled Beyond College Rankings, a Value-Added Approach to Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools, is the first [鈥
    April 29, 2015
  • If you鈥檝e walked into James C. Colgate Hall on a Monday afternoon, you might have heard unfamiliar yet intriguing musical sounds flowing out of classroom 209. That鈥檚 Colgate鈥檚 brand-new Balinese Gamelan Ensemble rehearsing; their concert is tonight.
    April 27, 2015
  • Students in class with Colgate professor Peter Balakian
    As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today, Colgate professor Peter Balakian continues to press the U.S. government to join a growing number of nations and dignitaries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Pope Francis, to publicly denounce and formally brand the killings as genocide. Balakian, a descendant of survivors of [鈥
    April 24, 2015
  • As the semester winds down, plenty of activity still keeps campus buzzing. Here are the events you won鈥檛 want to miss this week On Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy the juggling club鈥檚 Light 鈥檈m Up show with knives and torches on the Academic Quad. The Oak Awards (or Oakies) will be presented on Wednesday [鈥
    April 20, 2015
  • Curtis and Drake Halls
    Faculty directors are actively planning, student community leaders are assigned, the housing lottery is underway for current students, and the Class of 2019 is taking shape. That means things are falling into place for this fall, when Colgate will launch the first of four residential learning communities. The pilot community 鈥 accommodating 200 sophomores and 200 first-year [鈥
    April 16, 2015
  • Navigating the skies of Dubai, from takeoff to landing, is no easy task. But members of Colgate鈥檚 Aviation Club have been getting some practice thanks to a new flight simulator that lets users fly any plane in any weather condition in any city in the world. The new system is kept in room 446 in [鈥
    April 9, 2015
  • During Entrepreneur Weekend, the 海角社区 Alumni Council will give out this year鈥檚 Entrepreneur of the Year award to Ello Chief Operating Officer Pete Sheinbaum 鈥92 and Patagonia Sur Chief Executive Officer Warren Adams 鈥88.
    April 2, 2015