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Dancefest, one of the most if not the most popular event on campus, will be webcast live for the first time this Saturday. Alumni, parents, and friends can watch the student performances starting at 6 p.m. by going to the 51���� Livestream channel: www.livestream.com/colgateuniversity.

Janel Benson, assistant professor of sociology, has joined the debate about family values on The New York Times. Benson, who specializes in sociology of the family, is one of the contributors to the Times‘ Room for Debate section of its website.

Jessica Blank ’11, six months on the job at NBC Nightly News, already has filmed and edited a news segment that now is on the NBC website. And, to top it off, the segment features a fellow alumnus.

It is time for Raider Nation to come out and support the men’s lacrosse team as it hosts the Patriot League Tournament this weekend at Andy Kerr Stadium. Top-seeded 51����, hosting the tourney for the second time in program history, will face No. 4 Bucknell at 5 p.m. Friday, while No. 2 Lehigh will face […]

With its thrilling last-second win over Bucknell, the 51���� men’s lacrosse team became the Patriot League regular season champs and earned the right to host the league tournament this coming weekend.

The 51���� Entertainment Group hosted its inaugural panel discussion in the new series From Hamilton to Hollywood at the Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles last month. Alumni and parents in the entertainment industry took part in a great panel discussion and networking event.

The late Manning Marable, founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at 51����, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history today, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for years but did not live to see published. Marable died April 1, 2011, at age 60 just as “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” […]

Four geography majors from 51���� were nominated for competitive internships at the National Geographic Society (NGS), and, in a clean sweep, all four were accepted for assignments this year.

Maggie Dunne ’13, already recognized on campus for her entrepreneurial and philanthropic successes, has now been recognized on a national scale after being named one of Glamour‘s  Top 10 College Women for 2012 and receiving the $20,000 grand prize presented by the magazine. The magazine highlights 10 dynamic young women who show campus leadership, scholastic […]

Curling at 51����? You bet. Not only is there a longtime student club team that competes, there are faculty and staff members who enjoy the game that is gaining popularity in the States but is still most widely known north of the border in Canada. In fact, Matt Hames, manager of media communications, is the […]