News & Events

When pigskin fans tune into Sunday Night Football this season, Colgate senior Ryan Meyers is in the center of the fast-paced, behind-the-scenes action of the NBC broadcast watched by millions.

Meyers recently landed a gig as an associate producer with NBC Sports. For the lifelong sports buff and former Raiders quarterback, it's a dream job.

In many religions, food is love. Now, thanks to generous contributions from Mike Saperstein '62 and Charles Axelrod '63, Colgate's Michael Saperstein Jewish Center has two brand new hearts: two spacious kitchens where meat and dairy foods can be prepared separately, so traditional kosher meals can be shared.

On Thursday, students who have been studying a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel got to hear straight from the horse's mouth just what it took to write it -- and ask him detailed questions about what intrigued, confused, or enlightened them in their reading of his book.

Jeffrey Eugenides, author of Middlesex, spent 75 minutes with the students in the Living Writers course in conversation about the art and craft of writing.

As the rhythm of a new academic year takes hold, students who worked with faculty members this past summer were able to pause and share their research findings with peers and professors.

The third annual Ho Symposium on Student Summer Research held last month allowed nine students from each of the departments and programs housed in the Ho Science Center to share key research findings.

After crushing out-of-conference rival Cornell for its fifth victory, the undefeated Colgate Raiders football team prepares for its hot date with a national TV audience.

The Raiders will play its first-ever Thursday night game at 7 against the Princeton Tigers, and the contest will be seen on ESPNU.

Mike Wenger '09 is working to bring social networking to the volunteer community. With a team of Colgate students, faculty, and alumni, Wenger is creating www.collaboraid.org, a website that will help volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and indigenous stakeholders collaborate online.

The site is Wenger's solution to a problem he uncovered when volunteering in Africa over two summers. He observed that despite best intentions and the proximity of aid organizations, they don't always have the means to share information, often leading to a duplication of efforts.

In true Colgate fashion, the Barge Canal Coffee Co. celebrated its 13th birthday with 13 hours of music and 13 performers on Saturday.

When the celebration started at 10 a.m. at the university-run coffeehouse in downtown Hamilton, Colgate students, faculty both past and present, and families from the area started to fill the place that many call the "living room of the community."

Having recently been accepted into Harvard Business School's 2+2 program, Michael LoFaso '10 is anticipating his future while enjoying life as a Colgate senior.

HBS 2+2 is a selective program intended for students without a formal business background.

(Editor's Note: This article was written by John E. Greenfield '10)

More than 125 students who had returned early to campus for a comprehensive leadership-training program will now apply what they learned in an attempt to not only improve their own organizations but the entire campus.

Funded by Robert A. Fox '59, the annual Leadership Institute has provided students with a venue in which to grow since 2005, using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development.

For Jessica Halter, a newly arrived member of the Class of 2013, the first item on her agenda after moving into her room in Stillman Hall was pretty basic: take a shower.

The first-year from Fort Collins, Colo., was just back from a pre-orientation Wilderness Adventure program in the Adirondack Mountains, and she didn't have a shower for the past eight days.