In The Media

Summer 2023

“We write the script as far along the process as we can so we don’t write for one particular character … so we keep it very diplomatic. Towards the very end of the process, then we cast … it just sort of organically happens.”

— Erik Stolhanske ’91 of Broken Lizard talked to the Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) about the comedy troupe’s new film, Quasi.


“It’s about always keeping focused on the university’s educational mission, it’s about working across differences to build new relationships and it’s about being open to diverse voices, while also caring about their effects on others. These benefits stay on campus long after a visit is over.”

— Professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata wrote an Inside Higher Ed editorial on “Preparing the Campus for a Controversial Speaker.”


“A new political framework agreement is needed that is inclusive and that has the trust and support of Sudanese people.”

— Professor Tsega Etefa (history and Africana and Latin American studies) explained the Sudan crisis to The Conversation.


“The other thing that we’re trying to do more and more of is train faculty, staff, and sort of the student body generally on noticing warning signs, and talk to them about how to talk to others when they’re concerned about them and then refer them to those resources.”

— Colgate’s Assistant Vice President of Counseling and Psychological Services Dawn LaFrance discussed college students’ mental health on Eyewitness News Channel 20 (Utica, N.Y.).