![Hockey forward Ross Mitton ’24 Ross Mitton in hockey uniform on ice with his hockey stick.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/RossMitton.jpg)
Forward Ross Mitton ’24 has a reputation for ending nail-biters against the competition in last-minute victories. Meet this captain of men's hockey. Photo by Mark DiOrio
![Ross Mitton in hockey uniform on ice with his hockey stick.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/RossMitton-175x140.jpg)
![Voll-081 Women's volleyball team block a pass near the net.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Voll-081.jpg)
Colgate squared off against Creighton in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Omaha, Neb., university’s arena Dec. 1, 2023. The Raiders scored more points than any opponent facing the Bluejays on the road since early September, but the Raiders couldn’t quite finish in a 3–0 decision. Colgate concluded its season with their third-consecutive Patriot League title and fourth regular season championship in five years under head coach Ryan Baker. Photo by Olivia Hokanson
![Women's volleyball team block a pass near the net.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Voll-081-175x140.jpg)
![Cheifetz Danielle Cheifetz ’05 uses a viewer to chart her course](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Cheifetz.jpg)
Danielle Cheifetz ’05 put her navigational skills to the test during a grueling, eight-day endurance rally through the desert. Read Cheifetz's reflection on the experience here. Photo by Paolo Baraldi
![Danielle Cheifetz ’05 uses a viewer to chart her course](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Cheifetz-175x140.jpg)
![Colgate winter 2023 A wintry view of the creek bridge.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/012323_winter_MDD_000096.jpg)
“We sing the alma mater song [lyrics], ‘when through thy valley,’ and this is a valley that was carved by glaciers,” says Joe Levy, associate professor of earth and environmental geosciences. In the fall, Levy taught Advanced Topics: Cryosphere, during which he introduced student researchers to the Earth’s icy regions. Photo by Mark DiOrio
![A wintry view of the creek bridge.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/012323_winter_MDD_000096-175x140.jpg)
![Cooking Around the World classes Ellanah De La O ’24 teaches students how her Mexican-American family makes sopa de albondigas in the ALANA kitchen](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Cooking.jpg)
Ellanah De La O ’24 taught other students how her Mexican-American family makes sopa de albondigas during ALANA's Cooking Around the World series. Join them in the kitchen. Photo by Mark DiOrio
![Ellanah De La O ’24 teaches students how her Mexican-American family makes sopa de albondigas in the ALANA kitchen](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Cooking-175x140.jpg)
![Football Four football running in a line on the field](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Football.jpg)
Join evening practices on the field, stroll through campus, and follow bees for a biology assignment — all in the photo essay "Sunrise to Sunset on the Hill." Photo by Laura Barisonzi.
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![backpacks for kids Che Ku Kyet ’24, fills backpacks](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Backpacks.jpg)
As president of the TIA venture Backpacks for Kids, Che Ku Kyet ’24 reciprocates the generosity given to her when she immigrated to America. Learn about her initiative. Photo by Mark DiOrio
![Che Ku Kyet ’24, fills backpacks](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Backpacks-175x140.jpg)
![Maria Ressa, Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders Nobel Peace Prize winner, journalist, and author Maria Ressa talking while sitting in a chair.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Ressa.jpg)
Nobel Peace Prize winner, journalist, and author Maria Ressa said "We're living in a time where the ground under our feet is churning." Hear more from the Global Leaders speaker here. Photo by Mark DiOrio
![Nobel Peace Prize winner, journalist, and author Maria Ressa talking while sitting in a chair.](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Ressa-175x140.jpg)
![LC Ulmer w Mandolin, Ellisville, Mississippi, 2008 LC Ulmer paying the mandolin](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/LC-Ulmer-w-Mandolin-Ellisville-Mississippi-2008-1.jpg)
In her new photography book, Deep Inside the Blues, Margo Cooper ’76 chronicles the lives of legendary musicians. Find out more about Cooper and her subjects.
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Photographs, book pages, and magazine covers from the arts and crafts print movement are on display in Case Library as part of an exhibition by Special Collections and University Archives. Learn more here. Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives
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