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Institute of International Education ranks Colgate No. 1 for semester-long study abroad

Barbara BrooksNovember 17, 2014

The Institute of International Education (IIE) released its Open Doors 2014 data today, and Colgate has again risen on two important lists representing the numb...

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NBC.com covers Colgate’s ‘Yes Means Yes’ positive-sexuality program

Barbara BrooksOctober 16, 2014

As a new affirmative-consent law took effect this month in California, schools across the country are scrambling to create programs to educate students and admi...

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President Jeffrey Herbst speaks to members of the football team.

Colgate University announces new protocol to limit head trauma in student-athletes

Barbara BrooksOctober 7, 2014

President Jeffrey Herbst speaks to members of the Colgate football team. At right is head coach Dan Hunt. As more data becomes available about the long-term...

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Students celebrate the conclusion of a 100-hour sit-in Friday, September 26.

Chapel bell tolls 13 times to mark end of 100-hour-long demonstration

Barbara BrooksSeptember 26, 2014

Students celebrate the conclusion of a 100-hour demonstration Friday, September 26. (Photo by Andy Daddio) “Can you hear us now” gave way to “We love Colgat...

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Students demonstrate outside James B. Colgate Hall

Colgate supports students’ calls for a welcoming and supportive campus environment

Barbara BrooksSeptember 24, 2014

Students demonstrate outside James B. Colgate Hall. (Photo by Dylan Crouse '15) (Update: Demonstration ends with on-campus celebration.) A peaceful demon...

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Colgate Professor Jacob Mundy looks for ‘crisis’ to save Western Sahara

Barbara BrooksSeptember 18, 2014

Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies Writing about Western Sahara and Morocco in a feature article online at World Politics Review, ...

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Yes Means Yes training has been held on campus for several years.

Academic year begins with strong message of sexual respect and safety

Barbara BrooksSeptember 4, 2014

Yes Means Yes program training has been held on campus for several years. The expectations for 2014–2015 are crystal clear: Sexual violence will not be tole...

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Professors team up to show Colgate first years The ’Gate Way

Barbara BrooksAugust 15, 2014

Some students adjust to college easily and naturally, while others struggle and even falter. A new online non-credit “course,” comprised of 13 short videos made...

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Students head to the village green to enjoy a bite to eat in Downtown Hamilton. (Photo by Andy Daddio)

Fairmount Properties plans village construction

Barbara BrooksJuly 24, 2014

Students head to the village green to enjoy a bite to eat in the Village of Hamilton. (Photo by Andy Daddio) A new residential and retail development is pla...

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Coming soon: Saxbys at the Barge

Barbara BrooksJune 16, 2014

When Colgate and the Hamilton Initiative began operating the Barge Canal Coffee Company in 1996, their goal was to provide an alcohol-free social space for stud...

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Colgate professors create video about benefits of liberal arts education

Barbara BrooksJune 5, 2014

Colgate professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata have produced the first in what will be a new series of videos designed to communicate the broad societal...

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Colgate’s Roger Rowlett named to lead Council on Undergraduate Research

Barbara BrooksJune 4, 2014

Colgate professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of Colgate, they often are chosen to lead their professional organizations. That honor has most r...

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Colgate appoints Rachel Reuben vice president for communications

Barbara BrooksJune 2, 2014

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst today announced the selection of Rachel Reuben as vice president for communications, effective July 28. Reuben wi...

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Jeff Fager '77 (left), chairman of CBS News, moderates the panel discussion at The TimesCenter. (Photo by Lorenzo Ciniglio)

Question of the day: How worried should higher education leaders be about the future?

Barbara BrooksMay 5, 2014

Jeff Fager '77 (left), chairman of CBS News, moderates the panel discussion at The TimesCenter. (Photo by Lorenzo Ciniglio) After Clayton Christensen predic...

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Colgate hosts Innovation + Disruption symposium

Barbara BrooksMay 5, 2014

The stage is set for a robust discussion today, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education gather to attend Colgate University's Innovation + Disr...

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