- Mon 14All dayMid-Term RecessAcademics | , Registrar's Office
Mid-term recess, October 12-15. - Mon 14All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Mon 1410:30 AMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Tue 15All dayMid-Term RecessAcademics | , Registrar's Office
Mid-term recess, October 12-15. - Tue 15All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Tue 159:30 AMEntangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and MemoryAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199), this exhibition highlights connections among coastal communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester.This exhibition is curated by Summer Frazier and Rebecca Mendelsohn. - Tue 1510:00 AMWar, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948Academics | 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. - Tue 1510:30 AMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Wed 16All dayForum Theatre Workshops with Julian BoalAcademics | Ryan Studio, 212
Forum Theatre is, without a doubt, the most famous technique of Theatre of the Oppressed.In these workshops, participants will learn, acquire, and engage techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed, which are - as that wording suggests – designed precisely for people to explore oppressions that directly affect their own lives. These workshops also seek to create a safe and artistic space for all participants to thread and interconnect their personal stories and experiences.Facilitator: Julian BoalWorkshops dates and times:Sunday, Nov. 3: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to all.For more information and registration, click here.These workshops are cosponsored by The Colgate Arts Council, The Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Department of History, The Office of Equity and Diversity, Department of Educational Studies, Arts and Humanities Division, CORE Communities, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of Theater, The W.M. Keck Center for Language Study, and the ALANA Cultural Center. - Wed 16All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Wed 169:30 AMEntangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and MemoryAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199), this exhibition highlights connections among coastal communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester.This exhibition is curated by Summer Frazier and Rebecca Mendelsohn. - Wed 1610:00 AMWar, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948Academics | 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. - Wed 1610:30 AMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Wed 163:00 PMWinslow Homer and the Civil WarAcademics | Palace Theater
One of America's greatest painters, Winslow Homer developed from an illustrator to an artist during the Civil War years. In the process, he provided a compelling visual record that brought the War and its many transformations home to audiences then and now. These illustrated lectures will explore that record in detail.Presenter: Carl Guarneri is Professor of History Emeritus at Saint Mary's College of California, where he taught for more than 40 years. He is now a Hamilton resident and an Affiliated Scholar in History at Colgate. He is the author or editor of several books on utopian communities, the Civil War, and American history in a global perspective. - Wed 164:00 PMKaffeestundeAcademics | Lawrence Hall, 115
Kaffee und Kuchen, Conversation and Community, sponsored by the Dept. of German - Wed 164:15 PMSpring 2026 London History Study Group Information SessionAcademics | Alumni Hall, 331
Join us to learn more about the Spring 2026 Colgate London History Study Group!Application Details: applications open Sept. 26 and close Oct. 30Director: Alan Cooper, Department of History - acooper@colgate.edu - Wed 165:15 PMMiddlebury Summer Language Program Information SessionAcademics | Lawrence Hall, 17
Meet with a representative from Middlebury to talk about their intensive summer language programs. The session will include descriptions of the program and the application process. We will also discuss sources for financial aid and funding from both Middlebury and Colgate. - Wed 165:15 PMMiddlebury Summer Language Schools Information SessionAcademics | Lawrence Hall, 17
Meet with a representative from Middlebury to talk about their intensive summer language programs. The session will include descriptions of the program and the application process. We will also discuss sources for financial aid and funding from both Middlebury and Colgate. - Thu 17All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Thu 179:30 AMEntangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and MemoryAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199), this exhibition highlights connections among coastal communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester.This exhibition is curated by Summer Frazier and Rebecca Mendelsohn. - Thu 1710:00 AMWar, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948Academics | 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. - Thu 1710:30 AMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Thu 174:30 PMLiving Writers: Ruth SimmonsAcademics | Persson Hall, Persson Auditorium
Ruth J. Simmons is the former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M, Texas’s oldest HBCU, and the former vice provost of Princeton University. The Washington Post describes her memoir, Up Home, as “a love letter to everyone who helped her make her way out of poverty.” It was a New York Times editor’s choice. Dr. Simmons earned her bachelor’s degree from Dillard University and her master’s and doctorate from Harvard in Romance languages and literatures. The president of France named her chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, and President Biden named her to the White House HBCU Advisory Board. She lives in Texas.This event is co-sponsored by Africana & Latin American Studies. - Thu 176:30 PMAlternative Cinema: Karel Doing: Ruins and ResilienceAcademics | Little Hall, 105 (Golden Auditorium)
Followed by discussion with artist Karel Doing in personA film program by Karel Doing to promote his book Ruins and Resilience: The Longevity of Experimental Film. Doing weaves autobiographical elements and critical reviews together with his wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach, reflecting on his own practice by positioning key works within the context of a vibrant experimental film scene in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Doing demonstrates how experimental filmmakers have continued to renew their practice despite the almost total demise of analogue motion picture film and the constant neglect of this art form by institutions and critics.Co-sponsored by Film and Media Studies - Fri 18All dayFirst-Half-of-Term Courses EndAcademics
- Fri 18All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Fri 189:30 AMEntangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and MemoryAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199), this exhibition highlights connections among coastal communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester.This exhibition is curated by Summer Frazier and Rebecca Mendelsohn. - Fri 1810:00 AMWar, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948Academics | 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. - Fri 1810:30 AMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Fri 1812:00 PMWeaving demonstration and workshopAcademics | Ho Science Center, Atrium
This event is an opportunity to meet three weaving artists, Teresa Gómez Sántiz, Analí Gómez Sántiz, and Consuela Sántiz Gómez, from the Jalabil women’s weaving collective visiting Colgate for a two-week artist residency from Oxchuc, Chiapas, Mexico. This residency celebrates Jalabil’s international debut, as well as the acquisition of two new works to the University Museums’ permanent collection. This drop-in style event provides a wonderful chance to meet the artists, learn about their weaving practices and design choices, and watch them in action as they weave new artworks. Refreshments will be served.Jalibil’s residency events also included a linguistic component, as Jalabil's delegation includes both bilingual Spanish-Tseltal (a Mayan language) and Tseltal-speaking members. We are excited to provide interpretation from Tseltal to Spanish and Spanish to English.This event is hosted by the Department of History and Longyear Museum of Anthropology and is generously co-sponsored by the Colgate Arts Council, ALANA Cultural Center, the Office of Equity and Diversity, the Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty, the Office of Off-Campus Study, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Africana and Latin American Studies, Department of Art, CORE Communities, Department of Economics, Department of Educational Studies, W. M. Keck Center for Language Study, Museum Studies, Native American Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Women’s, and Gender, and Sexuality Studies. - Fri 182:00 PMColgate-Hamilton Economics Seminar Series-Ayse SapciAcademics | Persson Hall, 209
Ayse Sapci of Utah State will lecture as part of the Colgate University-Hamilton College Economics Seminar Series - Fri 183:00 PMOne Sky ProjectAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
One Sky Project is a series of fulldome short films. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative – organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."Admission is free and open to all. - Fri 183:30 PMPCON Fall Film Series: Conversations on a Sunday AfternoonAcademics | Hamilton Theater
The Peace and Conflict Studies program invites you to a screening of Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon (2005), directed by Khalo Matabane, at the Hamilton Theater.Blending fiction and documentary, the film begins with one man's curiosity about a lonely woman in Johannesburg Park, and expands its scope to provide a glimpse of refugees living across South Africa.Duration: 1h20m - Fri 184:00 PMSpooky Space (For our younger audiences)Academics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Would you like to meet the stars -- the stars of Halloween? Monsters, zombies, and ghosts -- and their far more terrible counterparts in space? Oh yes, space has its monsters: Black holes, zombie stars, and spectacular ghostly nebulae! - Fri 185:00 PMBlack HolesAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Black Holes takes you on a journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole. Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earth’s horizon? Using the latest in full-dome, 3D animation visualization technology. We invite you to explore with us the science and mystery of “Black Holes” - Fri 186:30 PMThe Great Solar System AdventureAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Join showman extraordinaire “The Great Schiaparelli” as he takes the audience on a death-defying space-time adventure within his wondrous Observatorium.From the sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy expanses of Pluto and beyond, prepare to be subjected to the myriad dangers and wonders of our Solar System, on a breathtaking tour that reveals just how precious our home planet really is.Be warned though: the Observatorium isn’t just for show. It will transport the audience right to the heart of some of the deadliest locations in our slice of the heavens. It’s going to take some fancy flying to get everyone back in one piece! - Fri 187:00 PMUniversity Theater Fall 2024 Production: Toliver & WakemanAcademics | Brehmer Theater
The Colgate University Department of Theater presents the fall 2024 production of Toliver & Wakeman by Kyle Bass.Set in the "dark room of history," steeped in fantasy, and live music, Toliver & Wakeman fantasizes the Civil War experiences of two Union soldiers, one Black, one White, and each harboring a secret. How do they bond while fighting the same enemy, but not the same war? With vibrant theatricality, Toliver & Wakeman explores the fluidity of American identities, the longing for home, the unrelenting grip of history, and the meanings of freedom.Admission is free.Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged to ensure seating.After the performance on Friday, October 18, there will be a talkback about the play with Kyle Bass and Diane Ciccone.Presented by the Department of TheaterSponsored by Christian A. Johnson Fund, Africana and Latin American Studies, Ciccone Commons, Department of English, Department of History, University Studies, and Upstate Institute - Fri 188:00 PMHalloween Celestial OriginsAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes… astronomy? After all, Halloween is an astronomical holiday! Learn the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” Also explore the night sky and learn what planets, constellations, and stars will be out on your Halloween evening. - Sat 19All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Sat 199:00 AMReligion Department Reception - Family WeekendAcademics | Lawrence Hall, 305
Open to All Students & FamiliesFaculty members will be hosting morning pastries from our local favorite, Flour & Salt, and we hope you can join us.Religion courses fulfill "Human Thought & Expression" requirements.The study of religion engages related issues in philosophy, ethics, society, spirituality, science, gender, sexuality, arts, public health, and politics and will serve as a natural complement to other majors. - Sat 199:30 AMClassics Department - Family Weekend - Morning ReceptionAcademics | Lawrence Hall, 112-114, Classics Center
Students and their guests are welcome to drop by, enjoy a light refreshment, and meet other CLAS/CLST/GREK/LATN students and faculty. - Sat 1910:00 AMThe Great Solar System AdventureAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Join showman extraordinaire “The Great Schiaparelli” as he takes the audience on a death-defying space-time adventure within his wondrous Observatorium.From the sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy expanses of Pluto and beyond, prepare to be subjected to the myriad dangers and wonders of our Solar System, on a breathtaking tour that reveals just how precious our home planet really is.Be warned though: the Observatorium isn’t just for show. It will transport the audience right to the heart of some of the deadliest locations in our slice of the heavens. It’s going to take some fancy flying to get everyone back in one piece! - Sat 1911:00 AMDivision of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Meet and GreetAcademics | Ho Science Center, 202 Cunniff Commons Atrium
Students and their families are welcome to drop by Cunniff Commons Atrium, located in the Ho Science Center, to meet the faculty of the NASC Division and learn more about our programs. Refreshments and drinks will be provided. - Sat 1911:00 AMInternational Education and the Colgate in Freiburg Study Group: Faculty- and Student-led Presentation. Lunch Reception to follow.Academics | Lawrence Hall, 105
Faculty and students from the Department of German will share about international education and the Freiburg Study Group. Lunch Reception to follow. - Sat 191:00 PMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Sat 191:00 PMBirth of Planet EarthAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
“Birth of Planet Earth” is a planetarium fulldome show that tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins.Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own.The film employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today: How did Earth become a living planet in the wake of our solar system’s violent birth? What does its history tell us about our chances of finding other worlds that are truly Earth-like? - Sat 191:00 PMCuratorial Tours: Picker Art GalleryAcademics | Dana Arts Center, 2nd floor
Join University Museum staff for a tour of War, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937–1948: The Herman Collection of Modern Chinese Woodcuts, currently on view at Picker Art Gallery. We invite all attendees to explore this unique collection, presented in its entirety for the first time, during our Family Weekend. University Museum staff and student ambassadors look forward to sharing these emotional, powerful, and informative prints with our Colgate community, and using art as a conduit for critical thinking, thoughtful reflection, and spirited dialogue. - Sat 192:00 PMCuratorial Tours: Longyear Museum of AnthropologyAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Join Rebecca Mendelsohn, Curator of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology and Co-Director of the University Museums program for a tour discussing the creation of this exhibition as well as how students are involved with our museums at Colgate.Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199). This exhibition highlights connections among coastal and island communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester. - Sat 192:00 PMSpooky Space (For our younger audiences)Academics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Would you like to meet the stars -- the stars of Halloween? Monsters, zombies, and ghosts -- and their far more terrible counterparts in space? Oh yes, space has its monsters: Black holes, zombie stars, and spectacular ghostly nebulae! - Sat 192:00 PMUniversity Theater Fall 2024 Production: Toliver & WakemanAcademics | Brehmer Theater
The Colgate University Department of Theater presents the fall 2024 production of Toliver & Wakeman by Kyle Bass.Set in the "dark room of history," steeped in fantasy, and live music, Toliver & Wakeman fantasizes the Civil War experiences of two Union soldiers, one Black, one White, and each harboring a secret. How do they bond while fighting the same enemy, but not the same war? With vibrant theatricality, Toliver & Wakeman explores the fluidity of American identities, the longing for home, the unrelenting grip of history, and the meanings of freedom.Admission is free.Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged to ensure seating.After the performance on Friday, October 18, there will be a talkback about the play with Kyle Bass and Diane Ciccone.Presented by the Department of TheaterSponsored by Christian A. Johnson Fund, Africana and Latin American Studies, Ciccone Commons, Department of English, Department of History, University Studies, and Upstate Institute - Sat 193:00 PMHalloween Celestial OriginsAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes… astronomy? After all, Halloween is an astronomical holiday! Learn the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” Also explore the night sky and learn what planets, constellations, and stars will be out on your Halloween evening. - Sat 193:00 PMVisita curatorial: exposición “Intimidades entrelazadas” (“Entangled Intimacies”) del Museo de Antropología de Longyear (en Español)Academics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Acompaña a Rebecca Mendelsohn, curadora del Museo de Antropología de Longyear y codirectora del programa de Museos Universitarios, para una visita que analizará la creación de esta exposición, así como algunas de las maneras en que los estudiantes participan en nuestros museos en Colgate.“Intimidades entrelazadas: tradición, movimiento y memoria” es una exposición inspirada del curso introductorio del plan de estudios revisado de Estudios Africanos y Latinoamericanos (ALST 199). Esta exposición analiza las conexiones entre las comunidades costeras e isleñas del Atlántico y el Pacífico. Las obras del Caribe, África Occidental, América Latina y las Islas del Pacífico presentan temas compartidos de comunicación transoceánica, diásporas, transnacionalismo, colonialismo y resistencia. Esta exposición tiene como objetivo brindar espacio para múltiples perspectivas a través de presentaciones de etiquetas públicas (¡pregúntele a un miembro del equipo!). Vuelve a visitarnos, ya que se agregarán nuevas etiquetas a lo largo del semestre. - Sat 194:00 PMStars Over ColgateAcademics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Explore the night sky with a live presentation by the Ho Tung Visualization Lab staff. Learn about sky myths, planets, and our place in the Universe. - Sat 197:00 PMUniversity Theater Fall 2024 Production: Toliver & WakemanAcademics | Brehmer Theater
The Colgate University Department of Theater presents the fall 2024 production of Toliver & Wakeman by Kyle Bass.Set in the "dark room of history," steeped in fantasy, and live music, Toliver & Wakeman fantasizes the Civil War experiences of two Union soldiers, one Black, one White, and each harboring a secret. How do they bond while fighting the same enemy, but not the same war? With vibrant theatricality, Toliver & Wakeman explores the fluidity of American identities, the longing for home, the unrelenting grip of history, and the meanings of freedom.Admission is free.Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged to ensure seating.After the performance on Friday, October 18, there will be a talkback about the play with Kyle Bass and Diane Ciccone.Presented by the Department of TheaterSponsored by Christian A. Johnson Fund, Africana and Latin American Studies, Ciccone Commons, Department of English, Department of History, University Studies, and Upstate Institute - Sun 20All dayWatch PartyAcademics | 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 - Sun 2011:30 AMEntangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion and MemoryAcademics | Alumni Hall, 2nd floor
Entangled Intimacies: Tradition, Motion, and Memory is an exhibition inspired by the introductory course of the revised Africana and Latin American Studies curriculum (ALST 199), this exhibition highlights connections among coastal communities of the Atlantic and Pacific. Works from the Caribbean, West Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands feature shared themes of trans-oceanic communication, diasporas, transnationalism, colonialism, and resistance. This exhibition aims to provide space for multiple perspectives through public label submissions (ask a staff member!). Keep coming back, as new labels will be added throughout the semester.This exhibition is curated by Summer Frazier and Rebecca Mendelsohn. - Sun 2012:00 PMWar, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948Academics | 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. - Sun 201:00 PMAllan Hacklin - Then to Now: 30 Years of RoamingAcademics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
Then to Now: Thirty Years of Roaming provides an in-depth look at a life in art and the continuing evolution of one artist’s methods, forms, and styles over the course of 30 years. Their common threads are a rigorous, ongoing exploration of line, shape, color, and space, and faith in the materials and process of painting.Gallery talk and opening reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.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. - Sun 202:00 PMUniversity Theater Fall 2024 Production: Toliver & WakemanAcademics | Brehmer Theater
The Colgate University Department of Theater presents the fall 2024 production of Toliver & Wakeman by Kyle Bass.Set in the "dark room of history," steeped in fantasy, and live music, Toliver & Wakeman fantasizes the Civil War experiences of two Union soldiers, one Black, one White, and each harboring a secret. How do they bond while fighting the same enemy, but not the same war? With vibrant theatricality, Toliver & Wakeman explores the fluidity of American identities, the longing for home, the unrelenting grip of history, and the meanings of freedom.Admission is free.Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged to ensure seating.After the performance on Friday, October 18, there will be a talkback about the play with Kyle Bass and Diane Ciccone.Presented by the Department of TheaterSponsored by Christian A. Johnson Fund, Africana and Latin American Studies, Ciccone Commons, Department of English, Department of History, University Studies, and Upstate Institute