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Alumni Sworn into Congress

Aleta MayneJanuary 4, 2019

The 2018 midterm elections resulted in a number of firsts for minority and female candidates, including Antonio Delgado ’99 and Mary Gay Scanlon ’80. Delgado...

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Remembering “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Songwriter Johnny Marks, Class of 1931

Aleta MayneDecember 25, 2018

From “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and other Yuletide tunes — to mainstream hits sung by Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Sammy Davis Jr. — Johnny Marks, Colgate Class of 1931, made an enduring mark on popular songwriting.

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Introducing the New Colgate Magazine

Aleta MayneOctober 19, 2018

The new Colgate Magazine, formerly the Colgate Scene, is hitting mailboxes and is now online.

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Samantha Radocchia '11 at her company, Chronicled Inc.

Samantha Radocchia ’11 on Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Aleta MayneFebruary 23, 2017

It started with sneakers and fine art. Samantha Radocchia ’11 and her colleagues had an idea: to develop a microchip for upscale products, from limited-edition Air Jordans to an original Matisse.

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Superheroine La Borinqueña in flight, arms spread

Force of nature

Aleta MayneNovember 25, 2016

With La Borinqueña, his new Afro-Latina superheroine, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez ’93 is taking the world by storm.

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Clarissa (Polk) Shah ’10 (Photo by Gerard Gaskin)

The linguistic lawyer

Aleta MayneJune 15, 2016

It all started on a St. Louis, Mo., elementary school library shelf. Clarissa (Polk) Shah ’10 discovered her love of Chinese culture at age 10 with a book of sh...

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Chris Kallmyer adjusts sound levels on his computer while students rake leaves

From the Colgate Scene: Machine Project and the Hamiltonians

Aleta MayneFebruary 4, 2016

Last fall, 11 artists conducted experiments with the Colgate and Hamilton communities, posing philosophical questions that included: What is art? Machine Pro...

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Hannah Robinson ’11 stands outside a Mayan steam bath in Guatemala.

Hannah Robinson ’11, lawyer without borders

Aleta MayneJanuary 13, 2016

From the autumn Colgate Scene: While investigating human rights cases in Guatemala for the past year, attorney Hannah Robinson ’11 felt somewhat safe as an A...

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Miranda Scott ’18 stands by a poster at the “Real” Elevator Pitch competition in St. Louis, Mo.

Miranda Scott ’18 takes her business to the next level

Aleta MayneJanuary 4, 2016

Miranda Scott ’18 launched The Waffle Cookie just last summer, and she’s already learning the ups and downs of running a business. Scott recently participated i...

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From the Scene: Colgate Folklore, Facts & Falsehoods

Aleta MayneDecember 29, 2015

Illustration by Jonathan Carlson From the outlandish to the perfectly plausible, the Colgate Scene explored 13 Colgate legends in hopes of either verifying ...

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A walk in the woods with Rick Marsi ’69

Aleta MayneNovember 17, 2015

Rick Marsi ’69 gives Scene readers a peek into Brier Hill in the fall. As he invites in his book Wheel of Seasons: “Take a walk, a little walk.” Especially in ...

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Masque and Triangle's production of The Taming of the Shrew

Masque and Triangle stages outdoor production of The Taming of the Shrew

Aleta MayneApril 23, 2014

In honor of the Bard's 450th birthday today, here are some pictures from Colgate's production of The Taming of the Shrew. The student theater group Masque and T...

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Ian Dwyer ’14 in a Dungeons and Dragons t-shirt holding playing dice.

The Game’s Afoot: Ian Dwyer ’14

Aleta MayneApril 16, 2014

Ian Dwyer develops content for Colgate’s visualization lab in the Ho Science Center, and is a leader of the campus gaming club.

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Alumni running for seats in U.S. Congress

Aleta MayneApril 3, 2014

New York State Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney Derek Hyra, associate professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech ...

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Atomic Bomb class participates in Twitter play

Aleta MayneApril 2, 2014

From building a bomb to acting as historical figures involved in the Manhattan Project through a “Twitter play,” students in the Advent of the Atomic Bomb class...

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