Today's Events | Colgate Memorial Chapel
This year’s Constitution Day Debate at Colgate will feature Jonathan Turley, the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, and Michael Klarman, the Charles Warren Professor of Legal History at Harvard Law School, debating “Is There a Constitutional Crisis? How Would We Know?”The annual debate will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in Colgate Memorial Chapel, sponsored by the Robert P. Kraynak Institute for the Study of Freedom and Western Traditions with support from the Office of the President, the Dean of the Faculty, and University Events. The debate will be moderated by Stephen P. Garvey ’87, A. Robert Noll Professor of law at Cornell Law School. Register to livestream the debate here.Jonathan Turley: Professor Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law. He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals at Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and other schools. He is the author of the best-selling and award-winning book The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage (Simon & Schuster, 2024). After a stint at Tulane Law School, Professor Turley joined the George Washington faculty in 1990 and, in 1998, was given the prestigious Shapiro Chair for public interest law, the youngest chaired professor in the school’s history. In addition to his extensive publications, Turley has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades, including the representation of whistleblowers, military personnel, former cabinet members, judges, members of Congress, and a wide range of other clients. He is also one of the few attorneys to successfully challenge both a federal and a state law.Turley has worked for various networks and newspapers for over three decades. He is currently the legal analyst for Fox News. He has previously worked as a legal analyst for NBC, CBS, and the BBC. He is also a columnist for USA Today, The Hill, and other national newspapers. Turley’s columns on legal and policy issues appear regularly in national publications with hundreds of articles in such newspapers as the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Turley received his BA at the University of Chicago and his JD at Northwestern. In 2008, he was given an honorary doctorate of law from John Marshall Law School for his contributions to civil liberties and the public interest. Michael Klarman: Professor Michael J. Klarman is the Charles Warren Professor of Legal History at Harvard Law School, where he joined the faculty in 2008. He received his BA and MA (political theory) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980, his JD from Stanford Law School in 1983, and his DPhil in legal history from the University of Oxford in 1988. At Oxford, he was a Marshall Scholar. After law school, Klarman clerked for the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1983–84). He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987 and served there until 2008 as the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of law and professor of history.Klarman’s first book, From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality, was published by Oxford University Press in 2004 and received the 2005 Bancroft Prize in History.He published two books in 2007, also with Oxford University Press: Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement and Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History, which is part of Oxford’s Inalienable Rights series. In 2012, he published From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage. In 2016, Oxford University Press published his comprehensive history of the Founding, The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the US Constitution, which was a finalist for both the George Washington Book Prize and the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award. In 2020, he authored the Harvard Law Review Foreword on “The Degradation of American Democracy — and the Court.” Klarman is currently working on a comprehensive history of race and sports in the United States, from the beginnings of organized sports around the Civil War to the present. Stephen P. Garvey ’87: Stephen Garvey, A. Robert Noll Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, has written and taught in the areas of capital punishment, criminal law, and the philosophy of criminal law. Following his graduation from Yale Law School, Professor Garvey clerked for the Hon. Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and then he practiced in the Washington, D.C. firm of Covington & Burling. He joined the Cornell Law School Faculty in 1994. Garvey received his MPhil in politics at Oxford University (University College), Oxford, England, in 1989 and a BA in political science from Colgate University in 1987. He is also a member of the Kraynak Institute External Advisory Board.

Today's Events | 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!

Today's Events | 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.

Today's Events | Hamilton Movie Theater
As the Demon Slayer Corps members and Hashira engaged in a group strength training program, the Hashira Training, in preparation for the forthcoming battle against the demons, Muzan Kibutsuji appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion. With the head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji. The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons' stronghold – the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites.Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiro Shimono, Toshihiko Seki, Reina UedaDirector: Haruo SotozakiRun Time: 155 min

Today's Events | 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.

Today's Events | Burke Hall, 101
Join Professor Doug Johnson and Dr. Karyn Belanger for some evidence-based advice on how to maximize your time spent studying.Dinner will be provided.