Academics | Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center, 2nd floor
War, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937–1948: The Herman Collection of Modern Chinese WoodcutsThis exhibition, an in-depth examination of the modern woodcut movement in the decades leading up to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, will be the first time that one of Picker Art Gallery’s most singular and important collections will be shown in its entirety.The Herman Collection of Modern Chinese Woodcuts contains over 200 works made in China between 1937 and 1948. They were given to The Picker Art Gallery by Professor Emeritus Theodore Herman, who lived in the country during this period, and his wife, Evelyn Mary Chen Shiying Herman. Professor Herman taught at Colgate from 1954 to 1981 in the Geography Department and was the founding director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program.Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the exhibition of the Herman collection is an extraordinary resource for the study of Chinese art and of pre-Liberation history. The prints in the exhibition can be seen as direct links to the historical events taking place in China in the years leading up to Liberation. Images made between 1937 and 1945 in areas controlled by the Chinese Nationalist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War chronicle the progress of the war and promoted good relations between the army and the people; others, produced in the areas controlled by the Communist Red Army, encourage resistance against the Japanese but also illustrate how Chinese society could be transformed through socialism; those prints produced during the Civil War expose many injustices amid the post-war social and political upheavals. Finally, many of the images in the exhibition explore wide-ranging subjects and a variety of techniques that offer glimpses into quotidian Chinese life during this period.This exhibition is curated by Leslie Ann Eliet.

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Work by visiting woodcut artist Yang Hongwei (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing) will be on view during a special pop-up exhibition in conjunction with his visit to Colgate. Other events include a lecture on Nov. 13, and a printmaking workshop on Nov. 16.In collaboration with the Asian Studies Program and Picker Art Gallery

Academics | Lathrop Hall, 207
Join us for this talk as part of the Environmental Studies Brown Bag Series. Dr. Sarah Hewitt will discuss what it takes to become a modern "adventure scientist."More information to come.This event is cosponsored by Colgate Outdoor Education.Hot wraps will be provided by Hamilton Whole Foods, and will include vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free options. Please bring your own reusable water bottle.

Academics | Ho Science Center, 101
Introductory programming courses have long had a reputation for being difficult, boring, and time consuming. Some people think that only certain types of people excel in programming. However, anyone can learn to program. Dr. Ericson has been applying principles from educational psychology to improve the teaching and learning of programming. Her focus is on increasing the use of active and social learning in programming education. Specifically she has created free and interactive ebooks, inquiry-based exercises for groups, a free tool to support Peer Instruction, and new types of practice problems. In Peer Instruction an instructor displays a hard multiple-choice question and students answer individually, then discuss the question with peers, and then answer again. The instructor then leads a discussion about the question. Dr. Ericson is investigating how introductory programming should change in the age of generative AI. This includes less emphasis on writing code and more emphasis on reading code, reasoning about code, testing code, and fixing code. The goal is to make programming easy, engaging, and useful.Reception to follow.

Academics | Hamilton Theater
The Peace and Conflict Studies program invites you to a film screening of Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, at the Hamilton Theater.This film covers the French-Algerian War (1954-1962), the organization of the guerrilla movement and the illegal methods of French paratroopers to stop the guerrillas, including torture. An important commentary on urban guerrilla warfare.Duration: 2h15m

Academics | Bernstein Hall, Experimental Exhibition and Performance Studio
On April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse transited across central New York - its path of totality falling only a few miles from Colgate's campus. Spectating this astronomical phenomenon became a mass social event: nearly a million people flocked to the region.Watch Party, an immersive multi-channel video installation, recreates this event, capturing the scene on the ground rather than the skies.Co-sponsored by Alternative Cinema and Film and Media Studies