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2025 Springfest Sees Familiar Traditions Return Alongside New Events

2025 Springfest Sees Familiar Traditions Return Alongside New Events

Joe Harte, Staff Writer May 2, 2025

Colgate University hosted its annual Springfest, updated with a few notable changes, from Friday, April 25 to Saturday, April 26. Hallmark events, such as Dancefest and the Springfest concert, returned...

Professor Alea Mills Presents on Brain Cancer Research

Ronan Valle, Staff Writer April 25, 2025

Sponsored by the biology department and the Michael J. Wolk Foundation, Alea Mills, a professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, presented “A New Epigenetic Fix for Brain Cancer” on Friday, April...

Professor Mitchell-Eaton Presents on Feminist Geographies of Resistance

Professor Mitchell-Eaton Presents on Feminist Geographies of Resistance

Sophie Karbstein, Head News Editor April 25, 2025

Colgate University Assistant Professor of Geography Emily Mitchell-Eaton spoke on Indigenous Pacific Islander — or Pasifika — feminist geographies in the context of resisting the intersecting violences...

Colgate Professors Protest Trump Administration’s Impact on Higher Education

Colgate Professors Protest Trump Administration’s Impact on Higher Education

Madeline Duncan and Sophie Karbstein April 25, 2025

Colgate University professors held a protest as part of the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) National Day of Action on Thursday, April 17. Professors demonstrated against the Trump...

Peter’s Glen Planting, Construction Continues

Peter’s Glen Planting, Construction Continues

Emma McCartan, Head News Article April 18, 2025

Colgate University students have had a front row seat to the construction process of Peter’s Glen, a project that will connect upper and middle campuses. The work began in February 2024. In the past...

Professor Anne Bonds Presents on Racial Covenants in Milwaukee for Annual Gould Lecture

Professor Anne Bonds Presents on Racial Covenants in Milwaukee for Annual Gould Lecture

Henry Galicich, Contributing Writer April 18, 2025

Colgate University’s geography department invited Anne Bonds, professor of geography and affiliated professor of urban studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to give this year’s...

Student-Led Startups Participate in Annual TIA Entrepreneur Showcase

Student-Led Startups Participate in Annual TIA Entrepreneur Showcase

Catherine Ruggeri, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

This weekend, Colgate University hosted it’s annual Thought Into Action (TIA) Entrepreneur Showcase in conjunction with the annual Arts, Creativity and Innovation Weekend. The TIA Entrepreneur Showcase...

Netflix Co-Founder, Former CEO Marc Randolph Shares Insights on Innovation During Visit

Netflix Co-Founder, Former CEO Marc Randolph Shares Insights on Innovation During Visit

Camille Collins, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

Marc Randolph, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, spoke at the annual Arts, Creativity and Innovation Weekend on Friday, April 4 with a keynote address at the Colgate Memorial Chapel. Randolph has spent...

2025 Community Reads Selection Committee Picks Its First Play, ‘Primary Trust’

Emma McCartan, Head News Editor April 11, 2025

Colgate University’s Community Reads Selection Committee announced its 2025 community read, “Primary Trust,” in an email sent Tuesday, April 1. This year’s selection, written by playwright and...

New MindSpa Initiative Launches at Chapel Library

New MindSpa Initiative Launches at Chapel Library

Claire Matula-Osterman, Contributing Writer April 4, 2025

Shaw Wellness Institute, the Office of the Chaplains and Colgate University’s Student Government Association (SGA) collaborated to launch a new initiative, MindSpa, which seeks to create a space for...

Award-Winning Journalist Nico Lang Gives Keynote Talk to Begin Annual Queer Fest

Award-Winning Journalist Nico Lang Gives Keynote Talk to Begin Annual Queer Fest

Joe Harte, Staff Writer April 4, 2025

As part of the Office of LGBTQ+ Initiatives’ annual Queer Fest, the The Cornelius (Laddie) Milmoe ’30 Endowment, with contributions from the LGBTQ studies program, the women’s, gender and sexuality...

University Responds to ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter, Announces Federal Policy Working Group

Samantha Wotring, Editor-in-Chief March 14, 2025

In light of recent changes taking place in higher education due to executive orders and other announcements by the Trump administration, Colgate University has updated the campus community on its response...

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