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Paul J. McLoughlin II, dean of ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., has been named vice president and dean of the college at Colgate, effective July 26, 2017. McLoughlin has served at Lafayette since 2012, overseeing residential life, recreation services, ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø conduct, wellness, ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø leadership and involvement, fraternity and sorority advising, and numerous other campus […]

Last month, while the sports world was reveling in March Madness, entrepreneurs were tuning in to Inc. magazine’s Coolest College Startup competition to see which of 16 ventures would win the 2017 title. This year, Colgate was the only university represented twice on the brackets — and both ventures made it to the third round […]

Colgate hosted its first Mosaic Weekend, March 24–25, featuring two full days of events for ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs and alumni of color and a keynote speech by ABCNews journalist T.J. Holmes. Mosaic was launched this year to foster additional efforts toward diversity and inclusion at Colgate. Leading up to the weekend, multicultural ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs coordinated with alumni office and […]

The first amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits government institutions from restricting freedom of speech. Private colleges are under no such obligation. So what does that mean for free expression in some of the nation’s most creative, intellectually curious places? Back in July of 2014, with protests taking place at universities across the country, University […]

It was a pivotal policy day in Washington, D.C., as Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who helped the Obama Administration enact health care legislation seven years ago, brought current events to the doorstep of Sanford Field House, where he addressed the ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø community during the Kerschner […]

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the Colgate community on Friday, March 24, 2017. He will speak as part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.

Suppose, for a moment, that the Good Samaritan didn’t rescue just one person merely by chance. Let’s say that he spent his entire life walking up and down mountain passes, finding wounded travelers by the hundreds, spending his children’s lunch money on the medical bills. Would we still respect him? When New Yorker staff writer […]

Colgate ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íøs are taking lessons in the liberal arts outside the picturesque Chenango Valley — and in impressive numbers. The university has been ranked first among baccalaureate institutions for ÉÁµç×ÊÔ´Íø participation in semester-long off-campus study opportunities. The rankings appeared in the annual Open Doors report, published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with the […]

Some say that the death of a great philosopher in Colgate’s Ho Tung Visualization Lab on October 27 was a miscarriage of justice and a stain on Athenian democracy. Socrates’ suicide, reenacted on the Vis Lab’s domed screen by actor H.C. Selkirk, didn’t require the response of law enforcement, but it did draw a crowd […]

Colgate’s Chapel House is at once an architectural novelty and a sanctuary. Beneath the flat roof, behind the 1950s abstracted formalism, you’ll see rare works of religious art and books on world religion; you’ll find a dining room, music room, and living quarters. In silence and meditation, you can lose yourself or find yourself at […]