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Groups center education and advocacy during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Melanie Oliva '18April 17, 2018

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Coalition is collaborating with groups across campus on a variety of events.

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Student ventures receive funding during Entrepreneur Weekend

Melanie Oliva '18April 12, 2018

During the 7th annual Entrepreneur Weekend, more than 250 alumni, parents, students, and friends came to campus to celebrate and advance the entrepreneurial endeavors of Colgate student entrepreneurs.

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Trees along willow path with their trunks wrapped in lights

Nerd Nite comes to Colgate

Melanie Oliva '18April 5, 2018

What activates your inner nerd? President Brian W. Casey is a self-confessed campus architecture nerd. Casey presented on his obsession during Brown Commons’s i...

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Professor and student publish paper on transitions to adulthood

Melanie Oliva '18March 7, 2018

How do kin support young women in their transitions to adulthood? Research by sociology professor Janel Benson and Anastassia Bougakova ’16 shows the complex ways that kin networks help young women during this critical time.

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Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Melanie Oliva '18January 29, 2018

“What are you doing to make a difference in this world? What are you doing to live out Dr. King’s dreams?” Chinyere Okogeri ’18, the student keynote speaker for...

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Panel of six alumni sits in front of hundreds of Colgate community members

Colgate Real Estate Council goes beyond the box

Melanie Oliva '18December 18, 2017

More than 200 Colgate alumni and friends joined the Colgate Real Estate Council last month for a conversation on eCommerce and the changing face of retail sales.

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Colgate Syllabus: The Booker Prize

Melanie Oliva '18November 16, 2017

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at Colgate? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underw...

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Dr. Theodore Bass ’72 stands at podium delivering 2017 Wolk Conference keynote

Students learn about health care professions

Melanie Oliva '18November 13, 2017

Alumni and friends of the Colgate community came to campus to share their global health care experiences with students on Oct. 20 and 21 during the semi-annual Michael J. Wolk ’60 MD Conference on Medical Education.

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Professor Takao Kato and a student conduct research

Professor Kato to edit new research journal

Melanie Oliva '18October 13, 2017

Professor Takao Kato will be an editor of Emerald Publishing’s new Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership.

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Students at the Glimmerglass Opera for Colgate's theater pre-orientation program.

Incoming first-years learn to play the part of a Colgate student

Melanie Oliva '18September 7, 2017

This fall, Brehmer Theater was one of the first places on campus to come alive with the energy of the incoming class. Echoing through the halls of Dana Arts Cen...

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Professor Kezia Page leads Jamaica study group

Melanie Oliva '18June 19, 2017

Colgate study groups allow students to study off campus for a semester while immersing themselves in new cultures, perspectives, and experiences. Last semest...

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Celebrating LGBTQIA+ on campus

Melanie Oliva '18May 16, 2017

The Lavender Graduation and Awards Ceremony on April 27 honored the LGBTQIA+ community on campus.

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Actress Diane Guerrero speaks to students in Love Auditorium.

Actress stands up for immigrants’ rights

Melanie Oliva '18April 5, 2017

Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin actress Diane Guerrero reflected on growing up as a child of immigrants during her keynote speech for Africana Women’s Week.

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Amplifying her voice

Melanie Oliva '18March 2, 2017

Lisa Heller ’18 has reached out to the world through her music, and the world is reaching back.

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