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Ambassador to Cyprus Kathleen Doherty ’85 Discusses Experience, Unification Prospects 

Ambassador to Cyprus Kathleen Doherty ’85 Discusses Experience, Unification Prospects 

Emma McCartan, Head News Editor March 14, 2025

Colgate University’s Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs held a conversation with the United States’ first female ambassador to Cyprus, Kathleen Doherty ’85, on Wednesday, March 5. Doherty...

Professor Luke Bierman Discusses ERA Ratification Process

Professor Luke Bierman Discusses ERA Ratification Process

Molly O’Brien, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

Luke Bierman ’79, the A. Lindsay O’Connor chair of American institutions in the political science department, hosted a lecture on March 10 exploring the ambiguity surrounding the proposed Equal Rights...

Professor Iván Chaar López Discusses Borders as Surveillance State

Ronan Valle, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

Colgate University hosted a lecture titled “The Border as a Networked Platform: Enmity and the Information Regime” on Monday, March 10 in light of current political discourse surrounding immigration....

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Shares Her Perspective on Anti-Poverty Policies at Economics Lecture

Emma Hanlon, Baker’s Dozen Editor March 14, 2025

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach joined Colgate University’s economics department for her lecture “Reducing Poverty and Improving Opportunity” on March 6. Schanzenbach is currently a professor at Northwestern...

Professor Alicia Simmons Studies 2024 Election Results Through Sociology

Professor Alicia Simmons Studies 2024 Election Results Through Sociology

Camille Collins, Contributing Writer February 28, 2025

The sociology and anthropology department hosted Alicia Simmons, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Colgate University and a vice president at Hart Research, for a Feb. 5 lecture focusing...

Extreme Weather Conditions Cause First Full-Campus Closure of the Year

Extreme Weather Conditions Cause First Full-Campus Closure of the Year

Anivartin Daga, Staff Writer February 28, 2025

Many students, faculty and staff awoke early Monday, Feb. 17 to a phone call from the Colgate University Weather Decision Group announcing a full campus closure — including classes and in-person events...

Jonathan Eig Discusses Colgate Team Behind Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book ‘King: A Life’

Jonathan Eig Discusses Colgate Team Behind Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book ‘King: A Life’

Alyssa Storey, Staff Writer February 21, 2025

Colgate University hosted Jonathan Eig to give a talk on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. — “Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King” — on Tuesday, Feb. 11. In 2024,...

Colgate Announces Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph as Keynote for Arts, Creativity and Innovation Weekend

Emma McCartan, Head News Editor February 21, 2025

Netflix co-founder and former CEO Marc Randolph will headline Arts, Creativity and Innovation Weekend on April 4 at Colgate University. The annual celebration falls from April 4 to 5. As shared in a...

Urging Caution, University Updates International Student Travel Guidance

Molly O’Brien, Staff Writer February 21, 2025

International students traveling outside of the United States with Colgate University groups have been advised that potential restrictions spurred by the Trump administration might complicate their trips...

A New Approach to Local Climate Action, Studied by Professor Taylor Davey

Emma Hanlon, Baker’s Dozen Editor February 21, 2025

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Taylor Davey presented her research at an environmental studies brown bag on Friday, Feb. 14. Davey’s lecture focused on the challenges that municipal...

ALANA Cultural Center Hosts Seminar on Embracing Black Language Creativity and Vernacular

ALANA Cultural Center Hosts Seminar on Embracing Black Language Creativity and Vernacular

Ronan Valle, Contributing Writer February 14, 2025

In honor of Black History Month, the Africana, Latin, Asian and Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center hosted a Feb. 6 seminar on embracing Black language creativity and vernacular as American culture....

Transportation Department Releases Improved Colgate Shuttle App

Transportation Department Releases Improved Colgate Shuttle App

Samantha Wotring and Annika Watson February 7, 2025

Colgate University’s Transportation Department has collaborated with developer Bishop Peak Technology to create a new app, Colgate Shuttle, which provides route schedules and real-time shuttle locations...

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