Today's Events

Today's Events | Various Locations
Each year at the beginning of the spring semester, the ALANA Cultural Center leads a series of events commemorating the legacy and life of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.The 2025 theme is "Shaping Equitable Communities and a Sustainable, Just Environment."View the complete MLK Celebration schedule.

Today's Events
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Today's Events | McGregory Hall, 101A
Come learn about the 2025-26 Sophmore Residential Seminar program. SRS students have the opportunity to build deep academic communities based on common interests. Students live and study together, benefit from special programming, engage regularly with SRS faculty and guest speakers, and embark upon a 7-10 day travel experience extending their studies into the real world. (Note excursion fees are paid for by the SRS program.)Hear from the Professors leading the 2025-26 courses, listen to students who have been a part of the program, and ask any questions you might have!The 2025-26 Courses are:Criminal Underworld: Drugs, Guns, Bodies (PCON/GEOG 304A), taught by Professor Teo Ballvé.The Good Life: Perspectives from Psychological Science (CORE 146A), taught by Professor Rebecca Shiner.Rhetoric in Black and White: Communication and Culture in Conflict (WRIT 342A), taught by Professor Kermit Campbell.Learn more about the courses by joining us for the open house or visiting www.colgate.edu/srs

Today's Events | Center for Women's Studies, The Lounge at East Hall
January 2025 marks the 21st Annual National Stalking Awareness Month. Stefania Ianno will delve into how she navigated being stalked, her healing journey after fleeing to protect herself, and the steps that ultimately led her to start her business Breaking Stalking. Attendees will gain valuable knowledge on recognizing and responding to stalking, learn actionable entrepreneurial lessons, and leave inspired and empowered to achieve their goals despite life’s challenges and setbacks.This event is part of the Center's weekly brown bag series and is in partnership with Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Haven.Lunch will be provided.

Today's Events | Lathrop, 207
Learn about IES Abroad approved programs in Vienna, Amsterdam, Freiburg, and Berlin. IES is a study abroad program provider and Colgate uses a small number of their study centers as part of the approved program offerings. The most popular location is Vienna, where students enroll in a German language course and then choose from a list of subjects in other academic areas like Psychology, Neuroscience, Economics, and Sociology. The Amsterdam program offers a limited number of subjects in the sciences. Meet IES representative Matt Long to learn more in depth information about IES approved programs. Matt will be available in 101 McGregory for drop in advising from 1 to 2:30 if you cannot make this meeting.

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 | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Is justice a cornerstone of your spirituality?Join us for an evening of meaningful conversation and community connection over a shared meal. This interfaith gathering invites participants to explore how faith and spirituality can empower diversity and inspire collective action toward building a just, inclusive, and sustainable world.Hosted by the ALANA Cultural Center and the Muslim Student Association, and co-facilitated by a diverse group of student leaders, this event is open to all. Come share your perspectives and enrich this shared journey of understanding and growth.View the full MLK Celebration schedule.

Today's Events | Lathrop Hall, 207
With guest Steven Naron, Director of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale UniversityIn 1979, a grassroots organization, the Holocaust Survivors Film Project, began videotaping Holocaust survivors and witnesses in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1981, the original collection of 183 testimonies was deposited at Yale University, and the Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies opened its doors to the public in 1982. Since then, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies has initiated, recorded, and preserved witness testimonies in North and South America, Europe, and Israel. The collection of over 4,400 testimonies comprising more than 12,000 hours is available to researchers, educators, and the general public.Because refugees and survivors founded it, the Archive is a fascinating early example of using video oral history as a form of “archival activism” by and for survivors of mass violence. Its embeddedness in the community has had a lasting influence on all aspects of the Archive’s work, including its conceptualization, interview methodology, cataloging, and how the collection should be used in teaching and research. This presentation will explore this influence by examining the history of the collection, the archive’s role in helping to shift focus to the individual witness in Holocaust historiography, and some of the ethical challenges and obligations inherent in an archive of this nature.Light finger foods provided; please bring your own water.Sponsored by The Lois and Frank Lautenberg Jewish Lecture Fund in conjunction with Horizon Series: The Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology Colloquium

Today's Events | Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, Kate Gleason Auditorium
Join us in Rochester for a conversation with Ellen Kraly, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Emerita, on the arc and architecture of U.S immigration policy.Registration is $13. Food and drinks will be provided.