Academics

Academics | Chapel House, Chapel House Library
Discover and share poetry alongside fellow poetry lovers.We have more than 100 collections of poetry, spanning cultures and centuries available to browse in our library (open 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday), including Maya Angelou, Ross Gay, Ḥāfiẓ, Langston Hughes, Mary Karr, Mary Oliver, Li Po, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rumi, and Kevin Young, to name just a few.You can share your new (or old!) favorites during monthly discussion meetings here on the last Wednesday of each month (12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. on May 28, June 25, July 30, and August 27).Light refreshments will be served, or feel free to bring a vegetarian lunch.Drop in, call or email Chapel House Department Coordinator Joan McCarthy (315-228-7675; jmccarthy1@colgate.edu) for more information.

Academics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dark Universe brings audiences to the cutting edge of cosmic exploration to reveal the breakthroughs that have led astronomers to confront two great cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy.In stunningly detailed scenes based on authentic scientific data — including a NASA probe’s breathtaking plunge into Jupiter’s atmosphere and novel visualizations of unobservable dark matter— Dark Universe celebrates the pivotal discoveries that have led us to greater knowledge of the universe and to new frontiers for exploration.