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(Note: These are prepared remarks by Father George Coyne SJ, McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 17, in Memorial Chapel. ) The Liberal Arts: Whence Freedom? It is said that John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin seriously considered putting an image of Moses […]

(Note: These are prepared remarks delivered by Gloria Borger ’74, P ’10, keynote speaker for ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s 193rd commencement. Watch the speech here. ) President Herbst, members of the Board of Trustees, esteemed faculty and, of course, members of the Class of 2014 and your families… How wonderful it is for me to be back here in […]

(Note: The following is President Jeffrey Herbst’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2014 for ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s 193rd commencement on Sunday, May 18.) It is a pleasure to speak before you on this special day. Before going further, I ask all parents and grandparents to please stand. Congratulations to you. We are grateful for the support […]

Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, associate professor of English and scene designer at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, was recently awarded The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design. The prestigious award was presented by the Theatre Development Fund earlier this month at the Hudson Theater in New York City. Kellogg was presented with the award by Kenny […]

(Note: The following was written by John Pumilio, director of sustainability at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.) When Carly Keller ’13, Sarah Vondracek ’13, and Sarah Cochran ’14 enrolled in Community-Based Study on Environmental Issues (ENST 390) with Professor Christopher Henke during the fall of 2012, they devised a strategy to move ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ toward a zero-waste commencement.

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University’s 193rd commencement featuring keynote speaker Gloria Borger ’74 P’10 will be held Sunday in Sanford Field House. The 10:30 a.m. commencement exercise will be streamed live on the colgate.edu homepage, and will be available on all computers and mobile devices. Borger is the chief political analyst for CNN and a member of the […]

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Varsity 4+ captured the program’s first Dad Vail Regatta gold medal with a thrilling victory Sunday evening. The grand final was postponed by thunderstorms for nearly three hours and didn’t get under way until 6:15 p.m. But it was worth the wait as the Raiders crew held off Oklahoma City by less than three […]

The end of the academic year means award season at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, where students and faculty receive recognition for their hard work. At the 4th annual Sustainability Awards, the university celebrated students, staff, and faculty who were recognized for their efforts to make campus a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place.