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Colgate’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute is hosting a symposium this week in the Ho Science Center. Scientists from Australia, Canada, and the United States will gather up on the hill to discuss what is under the sea, focusing on the topic: “Evolutionary Transitions in Marine Invertebrate Larval Forms.”

This isn’t your mom’s Carnival cruise. Seven Colgate students and three alumni are taking part in a month-long research cruise to the Galapagos Islands, where they are mapping the ocean floor and collecting rock samples. It is a rare opportunity for undergraduates from a smaller school such as Colgate to be able to take part […]

“Long time, no see” was the catchphrase this weekend at Reunion 2010 as alumni kicked off the month of June with good friends and good fun as they came back in waves to enjoy the festivities. More than 2,000 alumni returned to their alma mater, and for some it couldn’t come soon enough. “It’s only […]

Professor Jane Pinchin called her “the benevolent godmother of James B. Colgate Hall, sitting at the center of the center of campus.” “Her fan club spans the world,” said Gary Ross ’77, dean of admission, who first fell for her charms when he was a student and she a new employee in the student activities […]

Taking an idea and making it a reality. That’s the challenge Andy Greenfield ’74 issued to students this past semester in his “practical entrepreneurship” course, Thought Into Action. Although students didn’t receive university credit, they were rewarded with mentorship from a marketing professional and the chance to see their ideas come to fruition.

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Kate Preziosi ’10) Two dramatically different exhibitions in the Picker Art Gallery each deal with the common theme of challenging conventional stereotypes. In Of Someone and Something, associate art and art history professor Linn Underhill displays selections from seven major photographic series that she has created since the […]

It seems as if Colgate has extended study courses that can meet a student’s wildest interest – literally. Fourteen students are now exploring lush rain forests and tropical dry forests as part of a three-week extended study course in Costa Rica. The students are part of the Tropical Ecology course taught this past semester by […]

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger ’83 hoped to open some eyes with his documentary Crude, but the commotion he has sparked may be more than he bargained for. The critically acclaimed Crude tells the story of Ecuadorians who sued Texaco (owned by Chevron) over operations at an oil field that they say contaminated local water sources. Nearly […]