Today's Events

Today's Events | Various Locations
Join partners across campus to celebrate sustainability and the environment in the 13 days leading up to Earth Day on April 22.After getting started with the Kick-Off event in the Academic Quad, explore issues of sustainability through the arts, social justice, academics, career development, and more.Stay up to date through the Office of Sustainability Instagram page and newsletter. This celebration honors the remarkable and diverse contributions of Colgate students, highlighting the many ways they enhance our campus community across all subdivisions of the Dean of the College division. View all events here.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer Library
National Poetry Month, launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, is an annual celebration in April that aims to highlight the importance of poetry and poets in American culture, encouraging people to read, write, and share poetry.The University Libraries, in collaboration with The Upstate Institute and the Adirondack Center for Writing, will be circulating a poetry machine throughout the Village of Hamilton in April.Pay attention the next time you’re at Case-Geyer, Flour & Salt, MOMs, or the Hamilton Public Library. You might encounter the ACW’s Poetry Machine.The Poetry Machine is an old capsule machine, the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. With our machine, you can get your very own poem (for free—no quarters necessary).Inside the Poetry Machine are 10 different poems. Each one features a unique style of poetry, including haiku, cento, epistolary, list, ode, ekphrasis, prose poem, how-to, erasure, and cut-up.If you want to "check out" more poetry, visit the poetry display on the third floor of Case-Geyer.

Today's Events | ALANA MPR
Join Colgate Community Garden Manager, Beth Roy, for a discussion about how to garden sustainably as we face uncertain climate conditions. Learn more about what measures you can take as a home gardener to help better prepare for extreme weather events, warming temperatures, and new or increasing pest pressures. Breakfast refreshments available starting at 8:00 a.m. Bring your own mug for coffee or water. Registration encouraged.This program will count as one credit hour towards the employee Sustainability Passport Program.This event is part of the Office of Sustainability’s 13 Days of Green series leading up to Earth Day.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Meditation Hall
Start your day at Morning Meditation with Jeff McArn, Chapel House program coordinator.

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
This exhibition, curated by 10 students in the fall 2024 semester of MUSE 300: Museum Curating, features the themes of textiles and weaving. Showcasing works from the Longyear Museum of Anthropology’s basket and world textile collections, this exhibition explores the incredible amount of labor and skill that goes into creating woven art. The exhibition takes a comparative view of textiles from around the world, introducing the community significance of different designs and individual stylistic choices. The exhibition discusses how fiber art forms have changed as local and global markets develop, as well as the role that clothing can play in displays of nationalism and politics. Ultimately, Unraveled aims to inspire viewers to consider the benefits of hand-crafted works and foster an appreciation for the people behind the woven things we use and love each and every day.The exhibition features several new acquisitions, including three new works acquired from the Jalabil Maya women’s weaving collective during their artist residency last fall. It also features pieces on loan from our student curators, highlighting the significance of weaving and textile arts in their lives.Student Curators:Leila Bekaert ’25 Oscar Brown ‘26 Kegan Foley ‘26 Emma Herwig ‘25 Bri Liddell ‘25 Gloria Liu ‘26 Meg McClenahan ‘25 Anna Miksis ‘25 Blanca Rivas ‘25 Aleksia Taci ‘25 Professor/Curator: Rebecca Mendelsohn

Today's Events | Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center, 2nd floor
A Thought Is A Thread: Contemporary Artists Reworking Textile TraditionsMetaphors using the language of textiles are part of everyday idiomatic English: we follow threads on social media; storytellers weave tales or spin fantastic yarns; friend groups might be close-knit and and we might tie ourselves in knots trying to navigate complex situations. The history of textiles is intimately tied to the development of human societies. Weaving is at the same time one of the earliest human technological advancements, the foundation upon which modern industrial nations were built, and the basis for the computing revolution.A Thought Is A Thread brings together works by leading artists who investigate what textiles can still reveal about people and their relationships to each other, to themselves, and to language, land, and the future. Artworks by Faig Ahmed, Sanford Biggers, Diedrick Brackens, Melissa Cody, Suzanne Husky, Joy Ray, and Jordan Nassar present intertwining narratives that both cherish and complicate the web of meanings that emerge when traditional textile arts are given contemporary expression.Debuting at our opening, Picker Art Gallery welcomes members of the Colgate community to partake in Yarnival, a collaborative art experience. Yarnival will be on view and available for participation during the exhibition run of A Thought is a Thread, through May 18, 2025, in the upper atrium of the Dana Arts Center. Please stay tuned to our social media channels and website for more details on how to participate.A Thought Is A Thread is partially supported by funding from The Friends of Picker Art Gallery.

Today's Events | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Through an ongoing series of community conversations, artist and architect Suchi Reddy has been in dialog with students, faculty, staff, and townspeople throughout the 2024-2025 academic year to learn about the ways in which our encounters with reflection and misreflection in physical and digital spaces contribute to our experience of bias and belonging. A culmination of the year's conversations, Bias and Belonging poetically reframes the Colgate community's embodied experience of belonging in woven, textual and digital forms. Bias and Belonging is the latest iteration of Reddy's ongoing exploration into embodied states of being that reflect our individual and collective experience as we code switch and transform in evolving environments both digital and physical.Presented by the Art Department and the Christian A. Johnson Foundation**The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at Colgate. The residency program permits one or more artists to become part of the Colgate community every academic year.*Please note: Weekend hours are dependent on the availability of student monitors. If driving a distance, please contact the department (315-228-7633), during regular working hours, to ensure the gallery will be open. The gallery is not open during university breaks and holidays.

Today's Events | Center for Women's Studies, The Lounge at East Hall
Emily Mitchell-Eaton is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Colgate University and the author of New Destinations of Empire: Mobilities, Racial Geographies, and Citizenship in the Transpacific United States. Her research uses feminist approaches to examine how empires shape migration and mobilities, citizenship, racialization, and struggles for decolonization, particularly across Oceania and in Pacific diasporas.Lunch will be provided.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, 305
Join us for the Department of Religion Thesis Brown Bag Series to hear seniors discuss the topics of their thesis.Light lunch will be provided. RSVP requested to religion@colgate.edu.Tuesday, April 1 Taylor Tobias ‘25: honors thesis work-in-progress seminar on Hair Sovereignty.Tuesday, April 15 Jenna Eisenmann '25 honors thesis work-in-progress seminar on Sourdough and Sacred Roles: The Belief System and Critical Exploration of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement for Women.

Today's Events | Benton Hall, 200
Students from all class years are welcome to join former Watson fellow Sarah Shelton '23 to learn more about the Watson Fellowship, which provides each recipient with $40,000 to pursue an independent project outside the United States.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer Library, 560 (Batza Room)
No one has a complete perspective of every important issue. But we all have something to say about Gaza, the current escalation, and the Israel-Palestine situation. We at the Colgate Open Discussion Club think it is time for Colgate students to say and hear those things.Ground rules: Speak and listen respectfully. Be ready to learn, disagree, and potentially debate. Be brave and speak your mind. We will have snacks!For more information, contact Allan Crounse ‘27 (acrounse@colgate.edu).

Today's Events | Little Hall, 105 Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER:What is the importance of writing and freedom of expression in a time of war when language and culture are targets for destruction and elimination?This event brings together Ukrainian writers and cultural managers/media professionals to discuss the written word, translation, and documentation during Russia's war on Ukraine and its culture. We will discuss what it means to write history as it is being made, freedom of expression, the role of writers in shaping the memory of future generations.The event also commemorates the late Ukrainian writer, Victoria Amelina who spoke to a Colgate audience on November 1, 2022, and who died of injuries sustained during a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27, 2023. Her posthumous work, "Looking at Women Looking at War" will be published in February, 2025 with MacMillan. Carolyn Guile, Associate Professor of Art; Co-Director, Center for Freedom and Western Civilization - Panel Organizer. Panelists: Iryna Baturevych; Oleksandr Mykhed, and Sasha Dovzhyk.Co-sponsored by Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. Refreshments provided. All are welcome.If you would like to attend but are not able to in person, please register here.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Mediation Hall
Jeff McArn, Chapel House program coordinator, offers a guided meditation to help you with your meditation practice.

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 | Lathrop Hall, 207
Moderated by the first-year and transfer student Sustainability Representatives, this panel with feature recent alumni involved in a variety of environmentally-focused careers. We will learn about how they got to where they are, what they do in their roles in relation to sustainability, and the advice they have for students interested in similar paths. This event will highlight the broad field and a few directions students can pursue to fulfill a goal of working in sustainability.This panel is hosted by students in the Sustainability Representatives (S-Reps) Program, a leadership development program for first-year and transfer students passionate about sustainability. The S-Reps Program is student-run by paid Sustainability Interns who mentor the incoming students, build community, and encourage sustainability skill-building.This event is part of the Office of Sustainability’s 13 Days of Green series leading up to Earth Day.

Today's Events | Haven
The Teal Graduation Ceremony honors survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence graduating in May 2025. Dinner will be served and seniors will be given an honor cord as a gift from Haven. Gifts are available for graduating seniors who do not attend Teal Graduation. Stop by Haven to pick up one before graduation. RSVP here!

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, 215-217
Ideation to Implementation: How to Launch a Startup and Build a Customer BaseSix-week workshop series with PE credit March 25-April 29, 6-7:30 p.m., Bernstein Hall 215-217Whether 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 semester, 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.Sign up through Physical Education registration. Questions? Reach out to Reece Wilson, entrepreneur in residence.

Today's Events | Ho Science Center, 101
Join members from our fraternities and sororities to learn more about their membership experience and the recruitment process.Hosted by the Panhellenic Council in collaboration with the InterFraternity Council

Today's Events | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Vast. Wild. Magical. The Arctic is not just one of the planet’s greatest natural spectacles, it’s a place with global ecological importance that has supported Indigenous communities and diverse ecosystems for generations.Narrated by Indigenous film producer Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neet'saii Gwich'in) with National Geographic photographer Florian Schulz, The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness roams the 19.6 million acres of what is currently known as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Follow the elusive 200,000-strong Porcupine caribou herd as it migrates to the Arctic Coastal Plain, one of the longest animal migrations on Earth. Meet the polar bears, musk oxen, wolves, golden eagles, and people who call this area home. Experience the adventure of The Arctic, and learn why this remarkable land deserves our protection.