Academics | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Featuring Colgate Jazz faculty and other special guestsOriginal compositions by Brian Stark and creative arrangements of Hip Hop repertoire by Ice-T, Lupe Fiasco, and members of the Wu Tang Clan.

Academics
First day of second-half-of-term courses

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
For alliances with the beaver people features an 11 meter-long embroidered tapestry that illustrates key moments in the history of beaver-human relationships, tracing how rivers evolve through collaborations between these two species. An explicit reference to the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry that depicted 58 unique scenes of battle, Husky’s work uses this tapestry form to visualize cross-species mutuality and regeneration rather than battle. The exhibition also features a documentary film about the Vermont naturalist Patti Smith, who takes us into her world of beaver friends and teachers. For the exhibition reception on February 12, Husky will be joined by a panel of researchers, writers, and naturalists (including Patti Smith) to discuss beaver ecologies and the future of their watersheds.In collaboration with Picker Art Gallery. Co-sponsored by Colgate Arts Council, University Studies, Environmental Studies, Film and Media Studies, Biology, Romance Languages and Literatures, Geography, and HistoryPlease note: Husky will also be exhibiting a textile work entitled La Noble Pastoral in Picker Gallery's A Thought Is A Thread: Contemporary Artists Reworking Textile Traditions, on exhibit February 21 through May 18.*Please note: Weekend hours are dependent on the availability of student monitors. If driving a distance, please contact the department (315-228-7633), during regular working hours, to ensure the gallery will be open. The gallery is not open during university breaks and holidays.

Academics | Alumni Hall, 111
Borders in the United States have never been a mere line in the sand. Since the early twenty-first century, a range of systems work in concert to produce the Border Patrol’s “change detection capability”: unmanned aerial systems (UASs), agents performing sign cutting, relay towers, remote video surveillance systems, imaging sensors, and unattended ground sensors, among many others. This talk argues this arrangement prototyped the border as a networked platform because actors approached it as a complex, interlocking yet changing system of information. Drawing on my book, The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion, this talk explores how the politics of enmity and data inform the making of U.S. sovereignty.Iván Chaar López is an Assistant Professor of Digital Studies in the Department of American Studies and the Principal Investigator of the Border Tech Lab, a research collective at the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching examine the history and politics of computing and information infrastructures. With his Lab, Chaar López studies computing in the Americas, digital labor and the future of work, and data infrastructures in border enforcement. He is the author of The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion (Duke University Press, 2024) and co-author of Precarity Lab's Technoprecarious (Goldsmiths Press, 2020).This lecture is part of the 24-25 Digital War speaker series of the Peace and Conflcit Studies program

Academics | Persson Hall Auditorium, 27
Lecture by Dr. Luke Bierman '79, A. Lindsay O'Connor Chair of American Institutions, Colgate University, Political Science Department.Sponsored by the Political Science Department's Kulla Lucture Fund.

Academics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
This exhibition, curated by 10 students in the Fall 2024 semester of MUSE 300: Museum Curating, features the themes of textiles and weaving. Showcasing works from the Longyear Museum of Anthropology’s basket and world textile collections, this exhibition explores the incredible amount of labor and skill that goes into creating woven art. The exhibition takes a comparative view of textiles from around the world, introducing the community significance of different designs and individual stylistic choices. The exhibition discusses how fiber art forms have changed as local and global markets develop, as well as the role that clothing can play in displays of nationalism and politics. Ultimately, Unraveled aims to inspire viewers to consider the benefits of hand-crafted works and foster an appreciation for the people behind the woven things we use and love each and every day.The exhibition features several new acquisitions, including three new works acquired from the Jalabil Maya women’s weaving collective during their artist residency last fall. It also features pieces on loan from our student curators, highlighting the significance of weaving and textile arts in their lives.Student Curators:Leila Bekaert ‘25 Oscar Brown ‘26 Kegan Foley ‘26 Emma Herwig ‘25 Bri Liddell ‘25 Gloria Liu ‘26 Meg McClenahan ‘25 Anna Miksis ‘25 Blanca Rivas ‘25 Aleksia Taci ‘25 Professor/Curator: Rebecca Mendelsohn