Colgate鈥檚 Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute continues its mission of supporting innovative research with four new grants for 2016. The special funding is designed to help bring together Colgate faculty with outside researchers from around the world in an effort to open new areas of study, and to find creative ways to tackle existing problems.March 23, 2016
Little fingers tapped away at computer keys after school at Hamilton Central School (HCS) on a recent sunny afternoon, but instead of manipulating blocks in Minecraft or posting to Facebook, they were busy writing computer code. The afternoon coding class for students in grades three through five is the creation of Colgate鈥檚 Women in Computer [鈥March 18, 2016
On Sunday, March 6, the English department hosted a live reading of the epic poem Paradise Lost, by John Milton. Volunteers sat around the big oval table in the Fager Lounge and read the more than 10,000 lines from 12 books. 鈥淭he Miltonathon, which began last year, is a tribute to my late friend and colleague Professor [鈥March 18, 2016
Under the glow of disco ball lights twinkling on the ceiling, many people didn鈥檛 stay in their seats when Aretha Franklin took to the stage in Sanford Field House on March 5. Franklin and her orchestra, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate, pulled in a crowd of more than 4,100 for a [鈥March 17, 2016
As spring break approaches, the fall seems like a very long time ago. For members of the five Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), this is especially true, since the intensive learning, community-building, and travel experiences of the first semester have given way to a comparatively quiet second semester. SRS remains present in our everyday lives, however, [鈥March 11, 2016
On March 3, Jackson Janes 鈥69 returned to campus to discuss German-American relations. The lecture, sponsored by the Department of German, was titled 鈥淎 Study of Friendships, Frictions, and Transforming Interests in the 21st Century.鈥 Janes is the president of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University as well as a [鈥March 10, 2016
The results are in: last semester鈥檚 student-initiated Colgate Lymphoma Gala raised more than $11,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. On December 3, 2015, more than 400 students, faculty, and staff joined together in the beautifully decorated Hall of Presidents for a semi-formal night of dancing, mingling, and fellowship.March 8, 2016
Chad Sparber, associate professor of economics, testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest on Thursday, February 25. During the hearing, Sparber discussed the significance of foreign-born STEM workers on native-born job opportunities and the role that the H-1B Visa program has had on technology development and job creation in the United [鈥March 8, 2016