She was one of 15 African American women in Colgate’s first official coeducational class.
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That Time Jimmy Carter Gave Me a Ride to the Olympics Having just read Bill O’Brien’s contribution to the growing stories of Colgate’s connections to Jimmy Carter (Letters, fall 2025/winter 2026), I find myself moved to share my own experience. My wife, Randi, and I attended the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. One afternoon, we were watching the diving finals only to realize we were sitting directly opposite President Carter’s delegation. I call it a delegation because Carter had made international news when he — in response to a request from organizers — intervened to convince North Korea to attend the…
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The University is broadening the scope of its four major institutes for advanced study to enhance student intellectual engagement with the pressing issues of the day, to expand the engagement of the University to the wider public, and to strengthen connections with alumni and other scholars. “Colgate is a place of serious engagement with the world and the issues before us,” says President Brian W. Casey. “With greater resources and broader mandates, the University’s institutes for advanced study will ensure that faculty, students, and staff can bring their creativity and critical thinking to bear on some of society’s hardest problems.”…
A New Shed for All Those Threads The Colgate Free Store — an Office of Sustainability initiative that recycles goods ranging from clothing to school supplies to small appliances — is celebrating two landmarks in its third year. During student orientation, the Office of Sustainability and campus partners hosted the inaugural Free Store Giveaway, supplying first-year and transfer students with nearly 2 tons of dorm supplies in a single day. Then, in October, the sustainability office received a $5,000 grant for a shed to meet its growing need for storage space. The new shed will enable the Free Store to…
Professor Anzela Niraula explains frogs unique immune response.
Members of Colgate’s football team reenacted a photo of the squad from 1890.