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  • A student of the liberal arts himself, actor, writer, and director Josh Radnor stopped by to share his experiences with the Colgate community on Sept. 24. The How I Met Your Mother star first visited with English professor Gregory Ames鈥檚 Advanced Workshop class before hosting an event at the Palace Theater in the village that night.
    October 5, 2015
  • Emily Bradley 鈥10 stands with the press corps outside the White House
    鈥淐onnect with a real live human being 鈥 be more than a piece of paper and a GPA.鈥 This was just one piece of advice offered by Emily Bradley Greenfield 鈥10, the keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Internship Banquet, hosted by the Center for Career Services (CCS) on September 29. The banquet allowed first-year [鈥
    October 1, 2015
  • The news has been inundated with stories about refugees 鈥 in the United States and abroad. With a burgeoning refugee community in Utica (approximately one-fourth of the population is made up of refugee families), which is located less than 30 miles from the Colgate campus, students and professors are finding ways to help.
    September 30, 2015
  • A world-class education has been a Colgate hallmark for nearly 200 years, and now the university aims to make this life-changing experience even more accessible thanks to joining the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. The new coalition brings together more than 80 public and private colleges and universities across the United States in an [鈥
    September 28, 2015
  • How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America book cover
    An interdisciplinary series of events kicks off this week, addressing themes raised in this year鈥檚 Colgate Community Reads book, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon. Colgate Community Reads 2015 is intended to transform the traditional first-year summer reading assignment into a community-wide discussion, according to Jeff Bary, associate professor [鈥
    September 23, 2015
  • Chapel at nighttime
    A hush of mourning covered the academic quad this evening as the Colgate community gathered to grieve the deaths of first-year students Cathryn Depuy and Ryan Adams. The silence was punctuated by words of comfort, songs of hope, and 13 chimes from the chapel bell. 鈥淥ur lives are intertwined,鈥 said Interim President Jill Harsin. 鈥淪ome of [鈥
    September 21, 2015
  • Colgate Memorial Chapel
      The Colgate community is mourning tragic news that two students, Cathryn (Carey) Depuy 鈥19 and Ryan Adams 鈥19, both of Ridgefield, Conn., died Sunday afternoon in a plane crash in Morrisville, N.Y., after taking off from Hamilton Municipal Airport. No further details are available at this time. For Colgate students affected by this difficult news, [鈥
    September 20, 2015
  • Scenic photo of the Academic Quad
    Somewhere, Colgate鈥檚 13 founders are smiling. Those forward-looking benefactors, who launched a university with $13 and 13 prayers, would be proud to know that Colgate received $45.8 million for financial aid, academic programs, the arts, athletics, facilities, and more during Fiscal Year 2015. That is a lucky 13 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2014. Another [鈥
    September 10, 2015