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The Institute of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) launched its Lampert Lecture Series Wednesday with an address by Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria, who offered a compelling examination of today’s economic crisis. Besides his Newsweek role, Zakaria regularly contributes to The Washington Post and hosts a foreign affairs program on CNN Worldwide called Fareed Zakaria […]

To combat global warming through awareness and action, ºÚÁÏÍø will participate in the National Teach-In on Thursday. Faculty and students will engage in a series of panel discussions, presentations, and workshops covering everything from scientific developments for mitigation to social implications of climate change. Building off the success of last year’s Focus the Nation, the […]

The Department of English kicked off this semester’s lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the ºÚÁÏÍø community, author Patrick O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. “The Hill Road is a glorious work one would […]

Ajay Chahar ’12 now has company online. The first-year student has been keeping everyone updated about campus happenings through Twitter, a micro-blogging service. Chahar will still use that platform for now, but his brief posts and those of other Colgate students and staff members also will be presented on a Twitter-like blog called ‘‘gatetwitter.

As Peace Corps volunteers, more than 300 ºÚÁÏÍø alumni have made valuable contributions in some of the more remote areas of the world, including Ghana, Botswana, and Palau. In fact, with 18 alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, ºÚÁÏÍø is the 10th highest producer of volunteers among small colleges and universities, according to a […]

Two alumni filmmakers are featured in a lengthy New York Times article that points out several interesting coincidences, starting with a strong ºÚÁÏÍø connection. Sandy Cioffi ’84 and Joe Berlinger ’83 took the same filmmaking course taught by John Knecht, the Russell ºÚÁÏÍø Distinguished University Professor of Art & Art History and Film & Media Studies. […]

As President Barack Obama walked along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Tuesday afternoon, students gathered in the O’Connor Campus Center cheered as if they were among the more than one million people crammed into the National Mall. “My friend and I were sitting up front near the television just clutching one another. We […]

On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration, the energy in Memorial Chapel on Monday night was extraordinary as students, alumni, faculty, and community members gathered to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jaime Nolan, associate dean for diversity and director of the Office of Undergraduate Studies, said it best in her opening address, […]