{"id":3436,"date":"2020-01-31T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2020-01-21T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T21:25:05","slug":"13-bits-of-colgate-news-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2020\/01\/31\/13-bits-of-colgate-news-5\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Bits of Colgate News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Colgate students\u2019 voting rate increased 25.5% in 2018 compared with 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ho Tung Visualization Lab<\/a> played a starring role in Data to Dome, the first iteration of the international planetarium conference to be hosted in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student-athletes maintained their national status as a top-20 program in Graduation Success Rate, with a 97 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Kiko Galvez<\/a> received the American Physical Society\u2019s 2020 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen up! The new podcast, 13<\/a><\/em>, asks a Colgate community member 13 questions. Download it from all major podcast platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flaherty Filmmaker-in-Residence Maryam Tafakory spent five days on campus for screenings, installations, class visits, and lectures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Wilson \u201957, former director\/producer for ABC\u2019s Wide World of Sports<\/em>, was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Northeast Regional Model Arab League Conference, Colgate represented the Union of the Comoros, a small island nation off the coast of Madagascar.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basketball forward Jordan Swopshire \u201918 was drafted by the Sioux Falls Skyforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/em> contributing writer and bestselling author Pamela Druckerman \u201991<\/a> visited campus Oct. 2 to share her career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shamarcus Doty \u201920<\/a> will join U.S. Foreign Service with a Rangel Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colgate Inn\u2019s new speakeasy, The Library, features specialty cocktails like the Atticus Finch and the Leopold Bloom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A historical collection that includes a ledger from the first meeting of Colgate\u2019s 13 founders is now part of University archives<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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