{"id":4268,"date":"2020-05-01T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2020-08-06T09:44:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:44:41","slug":"13-bits-of-colgate-news-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2020\/05\/01\/13-bits-of-colgate-news-6\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Bits of Colgate News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The French Minister of Culture in Paris made John Naughton<\/a>, the Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the humanities, a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Boys Don\u2019t Cry<\/em>, produced by Jeff Sharp \u201989, was one of 25 films recently chosen for the Library of Congress\u2019 National Film Registry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustrations by Toby Triumph<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

An Armenian flag recently joined the 40-plus others at Frank Dining Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Published research by 10 Colgate students and led by Professor Engda Hagos<\/a> reveals how a specific protein inhibits cancer growth at the cellular level, which could one day lead to new treatments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

At EuroSim 2020, Tommy Vlattas \u201921, who acted as the Russian ambassador at the conference, was named<\/a> Best Delegate in a Special Role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning journalist Chris Hedges \u201979, P\u201912 spoke at Brown Commons\u2019 annual Seekers, Believers, and Doubters event on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Representing seven sports, 118 student-athletes made the 2019 Patriot League Fall Academic Honor Roll \u2014 a 13% increase over last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Warren Carter \u201920 won the 60m hurdles at the Robert J. Kane Invitational, beating his own record with a time of 8.15 seconds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The National Forest Foundation appointed Patricia Hayling Price \u201976 as the first female chair of its board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

All 51 men\u2019s lacrosse players shaved their heads for a national fundraising effort to support Boston Children’s Hospital, raising $51,000 as a team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Synchronized skating competed in the U.S. Figure Skating open-collegiate division, bringing home the bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Banana Republic held a pop-up shop featuring NaSo, a clothing line created by Uyi Omorogbe \u201919<\/a>, in February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Colgate\u2019s curling club was ranked 13th in the U.S. Curling Association\u2019s college top standings at press time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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