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Smile, Hamilton, N.Y.! Or more specifically, keep smiling, because you’ve just been named one of America’s most friendly towns by Forbes magazine. The beautiful home of ������ was ranked No. 11 in a story on Forbes.com. Here is what the article had to say about Hamilton:

Update: Here is a chart tracing the votes in the competition over time. The final count for Colgate, whose progress is represented in blue, was over 11,000 votes. This was an impressive accomplishment for the ������ community, as the school in second place finished with just over 4,000 votes.

(This post was written by Matt Faulkner and originally appeared on the ������ Athletics website.) Former Colgate standout Steve Spott ’90 is going through the selection process for Hockey Canada’s National Men’s Junior Team as the head coach and it’s a welcomed challenge from a player who learned a lot from his college coach. Spott […]

Final figures for Early Decision show applications increased 16.5% compared to last year, and members of the ������ Office of Admission say the spike did not come from a single area, but across socioeconomic groups, ethnicities, and regions. Karen Giannino, Senior Associate Dean of Admission, said the pool of applicants was also stronger in the […]

Members of ������’s Delta Tau chapter of Gamma Phi Beta have earned one of the most prestigious honors their national organization awards, The Order of 1874, recognizing their scholastic and philanthropic achievements.

������’s record-breaking Passion for the Climb fundraising campaign put the university in the national spotlight. It also caught the attention of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), one of America’s largest nonprofit educational associations.

������ wide receiver Chris Looney capped an amazing senior season by being named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Football Team. Looney was selected for first-team honors by the College Sports Information Directors of America. It is ������’s first Academic All-America recipient since John Frieser in 2003.

Novels — good novels — can serve as windows to new worlds. A shared discussion of these novels enriches that exploration, and that is what alumni, parents, and friends said the ������ LW Online program did this past semester. Nearly 200 people participated in the distance-learning program, which is an extension of a course for […]

“The scenic campus of ������ in upstate New York is enjoying more than a fresh coat of paint these days.” So says the lead paragraph in a story from the Associated Press, headlined “Should Colleges Worry Over Plan to Cap Deductions?” ������’s Murray Decock ’80, vice president of institutional advancement, provided a strong counterpoint […]

It is not business as usual for two ������ alumni — Stephen B. Burke ’80 and Daniel B. Hurwitz ‘86 — who were recognized for their roles as top executives. Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal, was listed third on Fortune’s annual Businessperson of the Year ranking. He shared that spot with Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast. […]