Academics | Case-Geyer Library, 560 Batza Room
All students and Colgate community members are welcome to join Colgate's Open Discussion Club in discussing ground rules and community guidelines for constructive and meaningful discussions about sensitive topics. This is our first major meeting of the semester. Newcomers are encouraged.Colgate Open Discussion Club is an organization dedicated to upholding the principles of mutual respect, free speech, and collaborative dialogue.

Academics | Little Hall, 105 (Golden Auditorium)
Discussion with filmmaker in personChris Kennedy is an independent filmmaker based in Toronto. His work explores the way images are constructed and framed by both our social preconceptions and formal expectations. This evening will present seven 16mm films and one 35mm film that draw from his 20 years of filmmaking. The films look at how infrastructure designs a city in portraits of Wuppertal (Phantoms), Toronto (4x8x3), and Brisbane (Go Between), and the way traditional media and social media create “truth” (Memo to Pic Desk and the award-winning Watching the Detectives). Along the way, we see a performance in brief (One Roll in the Blackness), explore an inverted meditation tower (The Initiation Well), and spend time in a river, watching time go by (Brimstone Line).

Academics
Last day to withdraw from first-half-of-term course (with a W) and last day to declare the S/U grade mode for first-half-of-term courses.Please see the registrar's website for forms.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
This exhibition expands on the forthcoming issue of the artist-run journal Effects, organized around the motif of the hole. Holes draw our attention to the periphery, the edges of the visible, bringing to the fore what typically disappears into the margin. Through rips and shadows, enclosures and erasures, the included artworks address transience, destructive violence, and lost histories, while also evoking the nascent formation of as-yet-unknown patterns for meeting the problems of living — with ourselves, with one another, and with absence.Featuring work by Noel Anderson, Milano Chow, Mary Helena Clark, Clementine Keith-Roach, Lakshmi Luthra, Eric N. Mack, Nour Mobarak & Jeffrey Stuker, Christopher Page, Paul Pfeiffer, Adam Putnam, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Paul Sietsema, and Patricia TreibOpening reception Wednesday, Sept. 24, following the 4:30pm Art LectureCurated by Lakshmi Luthra, Associate Professor of Art and Film & Media StudiesLearn more about the exhibition*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 | Hall of Presidents
Learn about study abroad options at Colgate - Extended Studies and Study Groups. Meet the faculty directors for next year's programs who will be available to answer questions. Representatives from the Registrar's Office, Scholarships Programs and Financial Aid Office will also be available. The upcoming Colgate application deadline for next year’s Study Groups is October 29, 2025. Learn how off campus study can be a part of your Colgate experience!