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With 56 majors rooted in the liberal arts and a 9:1 ratio of students to faculty, Colgate is an ideal environment for curious minds.
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Colgate’s international student body is a vibrant part of the campus community. They receive support and guidance from the Office of International Student Services.
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Stories
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### 2025 Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute Grants Foster Creative, Collaborative Research
The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute has announced this year’s awards supporting interdisciplinary approaches in innovative research.
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### Author Jonathan Eig Details the Life of a Complex, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.
In King: A Life, author Jonathan Eig focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of faith-based radicalism. During his Feb. 11 lecture at Colgate, Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King, Eig said he believes King would be horrified at how his activism and writings have been overshadowed by a modern, more palatable version of the civil rights leader.
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### Francesca Zambello ĘĽ78 Workshops Innovative Opera-Ballet During Arts Residency
Colgate University welcomed internationally acclaimed opera and theater director Francesca Zambello ’78 in late February as the inaugural Clifford Family Innovator in Residence.
[Read More](/news/stories/francesca-zambello-78-workshops-innovative-opera-ballet-during-arts-residency)
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Featured Events
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Mar26
Seekers, Believers, Doubters: Seeking Our Way in a Cynical Time
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Mar27
The University and the Public Good: The Role of the American College in Our Time featuring John Tomasi
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Mar 21
Colgate University Men's Ice Hockey vs ECAC Hockey Semifinals
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Mar 21
Colgate University Men's Track at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
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Mar 21
Colgate University Women's Track at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
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People
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\[ESPN\] is the 800-pound gorilla everyone wants to work for.
Class of 1983
### David Lloyd
People who aspire to have a sports broadcasting career dream of working for ESPN. David Lloyd ’83 might have been among those dreamers if he had grown up watching ESPN, but when he stepped on campus, ESPN was going on the air for the first time.
[More on Lloyd's journey](https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/2023/08/08/his-twitter-bio-says-been-at-espn-since-the-previous-century/)
The most pressing issue that has informed my research is climate change — and understanding who can respond, and recover from the impacts.
Professor of Environmental Studies, and Africana and Latin American Studies
### April Baptiste
Growing up in rural Trinidad and Tobago, Baptiste's passion for the environment began in her childhood. She now researches, and advocates for environmental justice in the Caribbean region.
[Baptiste was recently featured on 13](/news/stories/next-13-environmental-justice-caribbean "Next Up on 13: Environmental Justice in the Caribbean")
My desire to learn and discover brought me 8,000 miles away from my home to Colgate.
Biochemistry and philosophy major
### Nilesh Shah ’24
Ever since he could remember, Shah's dream was to become a scientist. Colgate's multidisciplinary liberal arts curriculum and research opportunities have allowed him to explore his passion and participate in the Bethesda Biomedical research group.
[More about Shah](/news/features/nilesh-shah-24 "Nilesh Shah ’24")
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