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  • Two groups of students studying foreign languages were able to immerse themselves in different cultures recently through the Beyond Colgate program. Twelve students spent a day at La Maison am茅rindienne, a museum and interpretive center east of Montreal, Quebec.
    April 23, 2010
  • With his second senior thesis nearly complete and a myriad of research and leadership experience on his impressive resume, Conor Tucker鈥檚 latest quest for knowledge takes him to Oxford, England. Tucker recently received the Paul J. Schupf 鈥58 Fellowship for two years of study at the University of Oxford, where he will read for a [鈥
    April 22, 2010
  • The future of farming and food will be the topic of a panel discussion on campus that is open to the public and also will be webcast live for those who can鈥檛 attend. The discussion will be held 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Love Auditorium, and the live webcast, available to anyone with an Internet connection, [鈥
    April 21, 2010
  • Colgate alumnus H. Guyford Stever, 93, the top science adviser to two presidents who led the oversight committee that redesigned the space shuttle鈥檚 booster rockets after the Challenger disaster, has died. News outlets from around the country, including The New York Times and Washington Post, reported on the April 9 death of Stever, who graduated [鈥
    April 19, 2010
  • More than 60 students and community members recently gathered for the annual HomeRun 5K and half-marathon, which raised more than $1,300 for Madison County鈥檚 Habitat for Humanity chapter. Organized by Colgate鈥檚 own Habitat for Humanity group, which is entirely student-led, the road race was held April 10, an unseasonably cold and windy day. The event [鈥
    April 19, 2010
  • If you can see the constellations tonight, you might pick out Orion and his faithful dog on the trail of a vicious bear. But the lights blinking down on you are more than what 鈥 or when 鈥 they seem. After spending the day with Core 106A students, Father George Coyne spoke to a packed [鈥
    April 15, 2010
  • John Chaklader 鈥03 and Michael Tringali 鈥04 will be at The Barge Canal Coffee Co. on Thursday to talk about their new enterprise, the Shapna Project. Shapna鈥檚 mission is to 鈥渆radicate poverty one village at a time at home and abroad鈥 using sustainable practices in the sale of tea and coffee.
    April 14, 2010
  • Augusten Burroughs, who chronicled his unusual childhood in his 2002 memoir Running with Scissors, delivered a candid keynote address at Colgate鈥檚 fifth annual Big Gay Weekend. His messages ranged from developing inner strength (鈥淲hat you need is not more confidence, you need to subtract whatever it is that prevents confidence, and that is caring too [鈥
    April 13, 2010