13 Bits of Colgate News

Winter 2022
1

Massive stormwater storage chambers buried 8 feet below Spear House parking lot are part of a new drainage system that contributes to green infrastructure.

2

Three Class of 2021 alumni received The Richard L. Stone ’81 Civic Freedom Award and Scholarship, selected by the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization.

3

Students built Lego bonsai trees as a meditative event at Chapel House in October.

4

The Broken Lizard boys are at it again with Quasi, a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The film will be released exclusively on Hulu. 

5

Colgate’s Director of Facilities Operations Jason Wallace has added another title to his roster: brigadier general. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Army reserve officer received the promotion in July.

6

Caleb Levy ’23 won the Beth Brown Memorial Award for a presentation he gave at the National Society of Black Physicists conference. 

7

Haven, Colgate’s sexual violence resource center, celebrated its fifth anniversary on Oct. 28 in a ceremony honoring those who were instrumental to its creation. 

8

Rev. Al Sharpton visited Colgate for a public interview with Professor Nina Moore, political science department chair and director of the Forum on Race and Public Policy. 

9

Approximately 3,250 family members flocked to campus in the fall for the first family weekend since the pandemic hit.

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Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general, visited campus to discuss his work leading national and global health policy.

11

Travel from 1480 to 1984 with Special Collections and University Archives’ exhibit Creatures, Real and Imagined, featuring illustrations from the rare books collection.

12

Living Writers 2021 brought to campus authors such as: Ted Chiang, Omar El Akkad, and Valeria Luiselli.

13

Samantha Elliott ’97 was nominated by President Biden as a judge to the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire.