海角社区

  • Even as summer temperatures neared the 90鈥檚 in Hamilton this week, Colgate鈥檚 faculty continued to achieve. Here are this week鈥檚 highlights. The New York Times has called Graham Hodges, George Dorland Langdon Jr. professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, 鈥渁 taxi historian.鈥 He recently weighed in on the debate making headlines in [鈥
    July 31, 2015
  • Returning this weekend for its 7th year, the Slater Brothers鈥 International Film Festival will include an impressive range of cinematic experiences while maintaining the intimacy expected from a Hamilton, NY event. Hamilton natives Grant 鈥91 and Todd Slater of Slater Brothers Entertainment created the festival 7 years ago to give back to their community. The [鈥
    July 30, 2015
  • A portrait of Daniel B. Hurwitz 鈥86, P鈥17
    The 海角社区 Board of Trustees elected new leadership during a meeting on Friday, July 24. Board Vice Chair Daniel B. Hurwitz 鈥86, P鈥17 will take up the chairmanship beginning on September 1. He succeeds Denis F. Cronin 鈥69, P鈥09,鈥10, who has served as a trustee for a total of 14 years and has held [鈥
    July 30, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, Colgate students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am on campus working with Professor Barbara Hoopes in the biology department. Our lab is conducting research on genes that determine size variation in poodles.
    July 27, 2015
  • From photochemical pathways to early animation devices to homosexuality in the Arab world 鈥 undergraduate research topics explored this summer by students and faculty were presented at yesterday鈥檚 poster session. 
    July 24, 2015
  • Buffalo Lockjaw is in an ad with Dockers
    Even though it鈥檚 summertime, Colgate faculty continue to make news. Here is a brief roundup. Buffalo Lockjaw, the award-winning first novel by Greg Ames, assistant professor of English, was featured in a recent ad for Dockers men鈥檚 clothing (pictured above.) Using the hashtag #BookAndALook, the ad copy read 鈥淗ere鈥檚 a soon-to-be-classic look to pair with a soon-to-be-classic [鈥
    July 23, 2015
  • Editor鈥檚 note: In this series, Colgate students share stories about their summer experiences in offices, labs, and open spaces across the world. This summer, I am interning at the Colgate Community Garden. As a local source of organically grown food, the garden is a great asset and educational tool for the university鈥檚 sustainability program.
    July 22, 2015
  • This Friday, 17 exchange students from China鈥檚 Xiamen University will gather with faculty, staff, and Colgate undergraduates to wrap up their month-long visit to Colgate through the Xiamen Student American Experience program. For Xiamen students, this has been an opportunity to travel to the United States; visit places such as Cornell University, New York City, and [鈥
    July 21, 2015