Academics | 101A McGregory Hall
Learn about study abroad options at Colgate - Extended Studies, Study Groups, and Approved Programs.OCS will describe the various programs available, discuss the application process, and review financial information related to participating in these exciting programs.This session is designed for freshman and sophomore students intending to study off campus, most often in their junior year.The upcoming Colgate application deadline for next year’s Study Groups is October 29, 2025, and the Approved Program application deadline is February 4, 2026.Learn how off-campus study can be a part of your Colgate experience!

Academics | Olin Hall, 350 Olin Hall
Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist from Gaza. His first collection of poetry, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and won the Palestine Book Award, the American Book Award, and the Walcott Poetry Prize. His second collection, Forest of Noise, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He recently won an Overseas Press Club Award for his “Letter from Gaza” columns for The New Yorker. Abu Toha is also the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which he hopes to rebuild.Support for this event is provided by the Parshley Christ Endowment for Living Writers. The course and program are led by faculty in the Department of English and Creative Writing with generous support from the Olive B. O'Connor Fund as well as the President and the Provost/Dean of the Faculty. A signature program of Colgate University since 1980, Living Writers is a master class in how works of literature come to be.

Academics | Brehmer Theater
Join us for a staged reading of Colgate University’s Community Read for 2025: playwright and actor Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning drama, Primary Trust.This is the first time a play has been chosen as Colgate’s Community Read – a uniting text all incoming first year students read and respond to. Primary Trust explores themes of friendship, stepping outside comfort zones, and new beginnings – perfect topics not only for first year students embarking on adulthood, but for everyone in today’s world.Directed by Timothy Douglas, recipient of the Lloyd Richards Director Award, the cast brings together notable talents: Drama Desk Awardee Joe Cassidy, Artists Forum honoree Katya Collazo, SALT Award recipient Daniel Morgan Shelley, and Helen Hayes Award-winner Justin Weaks.Staged Reading DatesThursday, September 18, 2025 - 6 p.m.Friday, September 19, 2025 - 6 p.m.Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 7 p.m.Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 2 p.m.This event is free and open to the public.Complimentary tickets may be reserved here*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.“Primary Trust” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

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 | Lathrop Hall, 107 (Conference Room)
Conducting research with undergraduates can be one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching, but it doesn’t always unfold as smoothly as we hope or plan. In this session, Amy Leventer, professor of earth and environmental geosciences and CLTR Faculty Fellow, will facilitate a conversation focused on mentoring undergraduate students in research. Drawing on a wide range of personal experiences, Amy will offer reflections on what she’s learned, while inviting participants to share their own successes, challenges, and lessons along the way. Together, we’ll work toward building a shared roadmap for more positive and productive mentoring experiences.To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to register for the event.