Today's Events | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Every Friday, the Muslim community gathers for their weekly Jummah service, which includes a 30-minute sermon (khutbah). This Friday, the Imam will focus his khutbah on the social justice and humanitarian work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Today's Events | Drake Hall, Tunnel - Free Store
Spring 2025 Dates:Open Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30pm and Fridays from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.Open from Jan. 24 to May 2Anticipated Closures:March 14March 18March 21Located under the Drake Hall Tunnel, the Free Store is an initiative by Colgate's Office of Sustainability that aims to reduce landfill waste of usable goods, while increasing equitable access to items students need. We accept donations from during open hours, clean and weigh the items, and "sell" them for free in our small store setting. Items include: clothing hangers, hampers, soft storage, books, clothing, shoes, kitchen supplies, and more.Donations Now accepting donations! To donate, please see our accepted items below and bring your clean, usable items during open store hours only. Please do not leave donations outside of the Free Store during closed hours.Accepted Items:ClothingShoesHangersBeddingTowelsSchool SuppliesKitchen SuppliesSmall Functional ElectronicsLamps & FansMirrorsClean Waste BinsLaundry HampersShower CaddiesDorm DecorationsSmall FurnitureMini-fridges & MicrowavesNot Accepted Items:Damaged or Stained ClothingBroken or Overused ItemsLarge Furniture Food (take it to the food pantries instead) Mattress ToppersUsed Makeup and medicationsUndergarments and socksImportant Shopping Notes:All Colgate students are invited to shop and donate.Only 5 people are permitted in the Free Store at a time.Only take 6 items per person per day. Only 1 of the 6 can be a red-tagged (high-value)All items are completely free.Check out with Free Store staff before leaving! We only take the item number to track our inventory and do not collect any personal information.Be excited that you are preventing landfill waste on campus!Please email sustainability@colgate.edu with any questions.

Today's Events | McGregory Hall, 121
The dean of students encourages and supports students’ success by providing opportunities for co-curricular learning and extracurricular experiences to enhance students’ holistic development. Through collaboration with the ALANA Cultural Center, the Office of LGBTQ+ Initiatives, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), the Office of the Chaplains, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Advising, and the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, Outreach, and Education (COVE), the dean of students assists in curating the student experience at Colgate.Dean of Students Dorsey Spencer Jr. welcomes the chance to discuss life outside the classroom and embraces opportunities to engage with students regarding their questions, interests, or aspirations. Dean Spencer offers weekly open office hours available to students by appointment.Contact Melissa Helmke-Davie (mhelmkedavie@colgate.edu) to schedule a time.

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, Room 212 - PCON lounge
This event celebrates an Aymara festival that takes place annually in Bolivia and Peru. Participants will create miniature representations of their wishes for the year ahead and offer them to the Iqiqu (Ekeko) statuette, representing a deity of prosperity, in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology permanent collection. An installation will remain in Alumni Hall for additional offerings for the duration of the Alasitas festival.

Today's Events | Ryan Studio, 212
Charles Fuller’s ZOOMAN and the Sign is a story of a boy and a gun, a girl and a family, a neighborhood and a sign, all unfolding in the heat of summer. “These are strange and breathless days, dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after” (Babbitt).Auditions will be held in Ryan 212 on:January 22, 2025 from 4:30-7 p.m.January 23, 2025 from 8-9:30 p.m.January 24, 2025 from 3-6 p.m. This play has an all-Black cast.Directed by Xose Agbadan '25. Please email xagbadan@colgate.edu with any questions or for more information.

Today's Events | Ho Science Center, 101
"Weaving patterns into light for communication and computing", presented by Dr. Isaac Nape, Structured Light Laboratory; School of Physics; University of the Witwatersrand.Structured light, generated by weaving patterns into photons through spatial phase, amplitude, polarization, and wavelength control, has emerged as a powerful tool for high-capacity quantum communication and computing. By engineering transverse spatial modes, we unlock vast encoding alphabets for quantum information processing. In this talk, I will showcase how we use spatial patterns of light—specifically through tailoring and manipulating these modes—to realize quantum computing and communication protocols at the Structured Light Lab. In essence, we will explore how to perform quantum protocols with “pictures,” demonstrating the potential of structured light to expand both the capacity and robustness of future quantum systems.