The Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative\u2019s home \u2014 Olin Hall \u2014 is one step closer to transformative renovations. In January, Colgate\u2019s Board of Trustees passed a resolution to advance designs created by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP for the project, and construction will begin in the spring of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ho MBBI was created with a gift of $15 million from Trustee Emeritus Robert Hung Ngai Ho \u201956, H\u201911 in 2019, and it is a mainstay of Third-Century Plan<\/em> efforts to strengthen the academic enterprise at Colgate. In this space, molecular geneticists will rub shoulders with brain scientists and linguistics experts as they engage in conversation with peers in the humanities and social sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe habit of thinking, conversing, and collaborating across disciplines \u2014 this is the hallmark of the liberal arts,\u201d says President Brian W. Casey. \u201cThe Ho MBBI will push Colgate into the frontiers of both interdisciplinary research and teaching, where reputations and accomplishments A commitment to the liberal arts experience is essential at this moment in the University\u2019s history. \u201cIt is my hope that, like the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center, the benefits of the Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative and expansion of Olin Hall will endure for many years into the future,\u201d Ho says. \u201cThis area of study is very important, and the programs and new facilities will distinguish Colgate from its peers. I hope that members of the board and others will join me in providing support to ensure its success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That support is already being reflected in new gifts to the initiative. Most recently, Trustee Emeritus Dr. Michael J. Wolk \u201960, P\u201993, founder of Colgate\u2019s Wolk Medical Conference, and his daughter, Sara Weiner \u201993, dedicated $500,000 to advance interdisciplinary research and teaching within the Ho MBBI, promote engagement and collaboration with other research institutions, host visiting scholars, and launch a new conference on mind, brain, and behavior issues \u2014 featuring national and international thought leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative\u2019s home \u2014 Olin Hall \u2014 is one step closer to transformative renovations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1221,"featured_media":6280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[177,398],"coauthors":[411],"class_list":["post-6785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scene","tag-campus","tag-third-century-plan"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-1Lr","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/Aerial-View-Alt-4-Edited-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6785"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6794,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6785\/revisions\/6794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6785"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
are expanded and secured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n