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First day of second-half-of-term courses

Academics | Palace Theater
Alcohol abuse and addiction is common across rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and poses impediments for economic development. A Colgate-sponsored initiative in Kenya provides information, lessons, and possible solutions.Presenter: David Murphy is an assistant professor of Economics at Colgate University focusing on economic development. His research uses economic experiments, randomized control trials, and lab-in-the-field experiments to understand the role of information provision for improving livelihoods of those in less-developed countries, especially in a rural or agricultural context.

Academics | Persson Hall, Auditorium
Emily Strasser is the author of Half-Life of a Secret, a deeply researched memoir which was awarded the 2024 Reed Environmental Writing Award, the 2024 Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize. Strasser’s work has appeared in Catapult, Ploughshares, Guernica, Colorado Review, The Bitter Southerner, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Gulf Coast, among others. She teaches at Tufts University..Support for this event is provided by the Parshley Christ Endowment for Living Writers. The course and program are led by faculty in the Department of English and Creative Writing with generous support from the Olive B. O'Connor Fund as well as the President and the Provost/Dean of the Faculty. A signature program of Colgate University since 1980, Living Writers is a master class in how works of literature come to be.

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Deadline for submission of final documentation for previous off-campus study credit (fall 2024 and spring 2025 approved programs).