John Ubaldo '88 was a highly successful investment banker on Wall Street when he lost his best friend in the World Trade Center attacks. That’s when he decided to trade his finance career in New York City for one in healthy, sustainable farming. A new documentary tells his story. [Read more]

More than 100 faculty, staff, students, Skidmore retirees and community members attended Skidmore's inaugural Humanistic Inquiry Symposium, "Metamorphosis," as part of an effort to pursue and share the intellectual work of the Skidmore community and to allow faculty to connect across departments and disciplines. The event's keynote speaker was Martin Puchner of Harvard University, author of The Written World. [Read more]

Skidmore held the final round of the eighth annual Kenneth A. Freirich Business Plan Competition April 6 in Murray-Aikins Dining Hall. This year, the top $20,000 prize went to senior Graham Gilmore for his kombucha business, Kind Cultures. A returning competitor, Gilmore stood out in the competition for his experience, compelling presentation and top-quality product.

Second place and $10,000 went to H.O.P.E. (Philip Caine ’18), third and $5,000 went to Edutrer (Naira Abdula ’20) and fourth place and $2,500 went to both Bridge Education (Grace Zhu ’18, above) and Z’s (Izaak Cohen ’20). An additional $15,000 in business services will be distributed among the three top teams. Teams in fifth through ninth places received $1,000 each to continue building their businesses. [Read more]