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  • Superheroine La Borinque帽a in flight, arms spread
    With La Borinque帽a, his new Afro-Latina superheroine, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez 鈥93 is taking the world by storm.
    November 25, 2016
  • 3D scan of a cuneiform tablet
    Call it modern Mesopotamian claymation. With the help of the latest Artec3D equipment, archivists and instructional technologists have teamed up to produce 3D scans and models of the university鈥檚 collection of 4,000-year-old Sumerian cuneiform tablets. Cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was developed by the ancient Sumerian people of Mesopotamia. Recognizable for its [鈥
    November 18, 2016
  • 鈥淲ho knew that so many new things could be made from junk?鈥 said Fiona Adjei Boateng 鈥19, a theater student who was making handbags out of denim pants during an upcycling workshop. Reet Aus, an Estonian fashion designer and environmental pioneer, hosted the workshop in Clifford Gallery. She is known for upcycling, which is using [鈥
    November 14, 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
  • Students in matching red Colgate Computer Science t-shirts at the conference
    Six members of the 海角社区 computer science department recently traveled to Houston, TX, to participate in the 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Students Lauren Henske 鈥20, Zoila Rodriguez 鈥18, Stephanie Tortora 鈥17, and Bria Vicenti 鈥17 and professors Aaron Gember-Jacobson and Madeline E. Smith were among nearly 15,000 attendees at the [鈥
    November 8, 2016