Today's Events | Ho Science Center, 101
Tom Balonek presents Four Decades of Fun (and Science) at Colgate's Foggy Bottom Observatory.

Today's Events | Lathrop Hall, 109B
Join the Colgate Vote Project and Democracy Matters in a Brown Bag conversation featuring the Village of Hamilton Mayor RuthAnn Loveless.This is a great opportunity for students to engage with a local leader, learn more about how municipal government functions, and discuss the issues currently impacting the community.Participants can enjoy pasta and wings throughout the facilitated discussion and connect with nonpartisan student organizations on campus. All are welcome!

Today's Events | Palace Theater
A discussion of the microbiome—the sum of all of the good and bad microorganisms in an environment --recent research on microbiome composition, function, and activity around, on, and inside of us and how that microbiome can be altered for better or worse.Presenter: Ken Belanger is a cell and molecular biologist at Colgate University whose recent research focuses on factors affecting microbiome composition in humans and the broader environment.

Today's Events | Persson Hall, Auditorium
Sefa Secen is an assistant professor of political science at Nazareth University in Rochester, NY. Prior to joining Nazareth, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.Dr. Secen’s research focuses on international relations theory, international security, migration, and political behavior, with a regional emphasis on the Middle East and Western Europe. He is the co-author of two forthcoming books: The Muslim World in International Relations Theory (under contract with Cambridge University Press) and Migration, Nationalism, and Demographic Anxiety in Modern Turkey (under contract with Edinburgh University Press). Secen has appeared in leading academic journals and public outlets, including the Journal of Global Security Studies, Politics, Groups, and Identities, European Politics and Society, Turkish Studies, Forced Migration Review, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, Migration and Development, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Conversation. His work has been supported by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Andrew Berlin Family National Security Research Fund, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Moynihan Institute at Syracuse University, the Office of International Affairs at Ohio State University, and the Office of Research, Scholarship, and Innovation at Nazareth University.

Today's Events | 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.

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, 214
Ideation to Implementation: How to Launch a Startup and Build a Customer BaseSix-week workshop series with PE credit Tuesdays, September 16–October 21, 4:30–6:30 p.m., Bernstein Hall 214Whether you’re full of ideas or just starting to explore entrepreneurship, this class will guide you through the essential steps of turning a concept into a viable venture.You'll learn how to identify problems that matter, develop innovative solutions, and validate your ideas through customer discovery.By focusing on real-world applications, you'll gain the skills necessary to launch your ventures and begin cultivating a customer base.By the end of the series, you will understand how to effectively conduct customer discovery interviews to validate a business problem and solution, build a pitch deck, and present your venture to a crowd.From here, you can take this into the TIA Incubator to grow your businesses with the support of experienced mentors and a robust entrepreneurial community.To receive PE credit, sign up through Physical Education registration.To participate without PE credit, email TIA@colgate.edu.