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Longtime faculty member Donald L. Berry, who introduced Holocaust course, dies

Rebecca DowningJanuary 17, 2013

Donald L. Berry retired from Colgate in 1994 after having started his career teaching in the Department of Philosophy and Religion in 1957. (Photo by Andy Dadd...

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Colgate University Orchestra performed arrangement of Dave Brubeck tune

Rebecca DowningDecember 6, 2012

"Blue Rondo a la Turk" starts at the 6:40 mark Jazz aficionados around the world are mourning the death yesterday of composer, pianist, and bandleader Dave B...

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Roy Bryce-Laporte, ex-ALST director and professor, dies

Rebecca DowningAugust 4, 2012

Roy Bryce-Laporte, 1999 Roy Simon Bryce-Laporte, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of sociology and anthropology emeritus, passed away after a lo...

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Dewey Mosby, former Picker gallery director, dies

Rebecca DowningAugust 2, 2012

Dewey Mosby, director emeritus of Colgate’s Picker Art Gallery, died yesterday, August 1, of pulmonary issues at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., at the a...

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The upper balcony of the Tabernacle Baptist Church

Student research delves into religious communities

Rebecca DowningJuly 26, 2012

The upper balcony of the Tabernacle Baptist Church On a hot afternoon in July, young children are sifting through clothing, household items, food, and toile...

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Nigel Young receives Dayton peace award

Rebecca DowningMarch 1, 2012

An exhaustive seven-year project by Nigel Young, who was Cooley Professor of peace studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at Colgate from 1984 to 200...

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Arnold Sio, former Colgate professor, dies at 93

Rebecca DowningJuly 20, 2011

Former Colgate professor Arnold A. Sio, a forerunner in teaching race relations at the university level, passed away June 29 in Kingston, N.Y. He was 93. (mo...

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Colgate marks 10th anniversary of tragic crash

Rebecca DowningNovember 11, 2010

On this crisp November morning, beneath a bright, cloudless sky, a gathering at "Katie's Garden" near Colgate Memorial Chapel marked the 10th anniversary of the...

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Students in religion course visit Utica mosque

Rebecca DowningDecember 21, 2009

Thirty students got to witness firsthand the Muslim liturgy and prayer they had learned about in Georgia Frank's Introduction to Religion course when they atten...

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Pulitzer winner discusses art of writing with students

Rebecca DowningOctober 9, 2009

On Thursday, students who have been studying a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel got to hear straight from the horse's mouth just what it took to write it -- and ask...

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William Skelton, 86, launched music, India initiatives

Rebecca DowningOctober 6, 2009

William Skelton, who took generations of Colgate students on the India Study Group that he created and who founded the Colgate Concert Orchestra, passed away Se...

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Visiting authors work with young writers at workshop

Rebecca DowningAugust 7, 2009

Next week, 45 area sixth- through 10th-graders with a passion for writing will spend five days on the Colgate campus stretching their imaginations and discoveri...

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Buddhist ceremony marks Chapel House milestone

Rebecca DowningApril 24, 2009

According to Buddhist teaching, giving is an act that can transform and purify the mind. On Tuesday at the ALANA Cultural Center, approximately 30 members of th...

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Students help Bhutan refugees settle in new homes

Rebecca DowningNovember 14, 2008

You can really clean up with $700. Just ask the students in economics professor Nicole Simpson's Immigration course. The first-year seminar analyzes the causes...

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Dance-theater group pushes students to push the edge

Rebecca DowningOctober 17, 2008

On a late Wednesday afternoon in Colgate's Ryan dance studio, a dozen students were gathered on the floor in a circle, intensely deconstructing a short video cl...

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