To celebrate Holi — also called the festival of colors — the Hindu Student Association and the Office of the Chaplains invited the Colgate community to Whitnall Field on April 24. Photo by Alex Cooper
Two years in the making, the celebration for the Class of 2020 finally happened this past May and included traditions that the students (now alumni) missed due to COVID-19. The weekend included the Torchlight Procession followed by the President’s Reception, which was highlighted by a special concert for the class. Photo by Mark DiOrio
Douglas Erwin ’80, a researcher at the National Museum of Natural History, has been called by the Atlantic "one of the world’s experts on the end-Permian mass extinction.” Read more about Erwin and other alumni working in museums.
Marilyn Monroe's census records from 1950 were discovered by a student helping Professor Dan Bouk with his book about the hidden stories in the U.S. Census. Learn more about this work and other projects by professors and students in "Research at Colgate: A–Z." Illustration by Matthew Twombly
Dagmara (Cepuritis) ’91 Kokonas leads Top Set Trekkers, a women’s adventure hiking group that travels to far-flung locations around the world: the ancient pilgrim routes of Japan, the highlands of Scotland, and the remote mountains of Bhutan. Meet Kokonas.
Hilary Almanza ’22 and Alex Tran ’22 were this year’s Colgate Alumni Corporation 1819 Award winners. Almanza, a political science and social sciences double major from Elmhurst, N.Y., was president of the Latin American Student Organization, a supporter of first-generation students and members of the Office of Undergraduate Studies program, and an intergroup dialogue supporter. Tran, an educational studies and psychological science double major from Hanoi, Vietnam, was a Graduate School Access Fund fellow and a community leader. Photo by Mark DiOrio
Eastgate, a sculpture by Professor DeWitt Godfrey, was commissioned by Denver Public Art. Learn what it took to put together the 33-ton sculpture. Photo by Thaddaeus Row
Professor Yukari Hirata, of Japanese and linguistics, has been appointed to the Harrington and Shirley Drake Chair in the Humanities. Read about Hirata and the other professors who have been appointed to new and existing endowed chairs.
Discover 13 ways to have summer fun in Madison County, including farm-to-fork dining, food trucks, waterfalls, floats, festivals, and more. Illustration by Claire Rollet
