Academics
November 10-14. Please see the course registration web page for the registration schedule.

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
This exhibition expands on the forthcoming issue of the artist-run journal Effects, organized around the motif of the hole. Holes draw our attention to the periphery, the edges of the visible, bringing to the fore what typically disappears into the margin. Through rips and shadows, enclosures and erasures, the included artworks address transience, destructive violence, and lost histories, while also evoking the nascent formation of as-yet-unknown patterns for meeting the problems of living — with ourselves, with one another, and with absence.Featuring work by Noel Anderson, Milano Chow, Mary Helena Clark, Clementine Keith-Roach, Lakshmi Luthra, Eric N. Mack, Nour Mobarak & Jeffrey Stuker, Christopher Page, Paul Pfeiffer, Adam Putnam, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Paul Sietsema, and Patricia TreibOpening reception Wednesday, Sept. 24, following the 4:30pm Art LectureCurated by Lakshmi Luthra, Associate Professor of Art and Film & Media StudiesLearn more about the exhibition*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.

Academics
November 10-14. Please see the course registration web page for the registration schedule.

Academics | Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall - 2nd Floor
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map – in the exact location where each individual's remains were found. Some tags also contain QR codes that link to content related to migrant stories and visuals connected to immigration.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
This exhibition expands on the forthcoming issue of the artist-run journal Effects, organized around the motif of the hole. Holes draw our attention to the periphery, the edges of the visible, bringing to the fore what typically disappears into the margin. Through rips and shadows, enclosures and erasures, the included artworks address transience, destructive violence, and lost histories, while also evoking the nascent formation of as-yet-unknown patterns for meeting the problems of living — with ourselves, with one another, and with absence.Featuring work by Noel Anderson, Milano Chow, Mary Helena Clark, Clementine Keith-Roach, Lakshmi Luthra, Eric N. Mack, Nour Mobarak & Jeffrey Stuker, Christopher Page, Paul Pfeiffer, Adam Putnam, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Paul Sietsema, and Patricia TreibOpening reception Wednesday, Sept. 24, following the 4:30pm Art LectureCurated by Lakshmi Luthra, Associate Professor of Art and Film & Media StudiesLearn more about the exhibition*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.

Academics | Center for Women's Studies
This combination performance-presentation humorously explores the intersection of identity and authentic leadership through the lens of lived experience. Travis will examine how drag performance, often dismissed as mere entertainment, functions as a sophisticated form of political communication and community building, demonstrates the transfer value of key skills such as improvisation and crowd work, and shows how rural America is upending the dominant narratives that subconsciously restrict people from becoming leaders.Travis Barr-Longo currently serves as vice president of the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education in Madison County, NY. He made history in 2024 as the first drag performer elected to public office in the United States, an unprecedented achievement representing a unique convergence of performance artistry, political leadership, and rural community organizing that challenges conventional narratives about both drag culture and small-town governance.As beauty starlet, vocalist, and emcee Anita Buffem, Travis spent over a decade as a celebrated entertainer and producer in New York City, where he earned critical acclaim from TimeOut NY, Gay City News, and the NY Daily News.Returning to his hometown of Cazenovia to care for his disabled mother at the beginning of the pandemic, what began as a journey of small business ownership led to the further transformation of his stagecraft into tools for civic engagement and inclusive leadership. As founder of Cazenovia Pride and co-owner of H. Grey Supply Co., a community gathering space, LGBTQ+ safe haven, and 2022 winner of Small Business of the Year from the SBDC, Travis demonstrates how authentic representation and strategic humor can bridge cultural, generational, and political divides in unexpected places

Academics | Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room,105
In a book-length poem called Tokyo Has Caught a Fever (1925), Takamure Itsue warned of the dangers of anti-Korean sentiment, fascism on Japan's horizon, and the possibility of a second world war. In landscapes that shift cinematically between grand vistas and minute details, she showed sympathy for colonized Koreans in Tokyo and a discerning eye for the different effects of power on the streets of the imperial capital.Presented by Nick Albertson, assistant professor of JapaneseRefreshments provided.

Academics
November 10-14. Please see the course registration web page for the registration schedule.

Academics | Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall - 2nd Floor
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map – in the exact location where each individual's remains were found. Some tags also contain QR codes that link to content related to migrant stories and visuals connected to immigration.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Little Hall, Clifford Gallery (101 Little Hall)
This exhibition expands on the forthcoming issue of the artist-run journal Effects, organized around the motif of the hole. Holes draw our attention to the periphery, the edges of the visible, bringing to the fore what typically disappears into the margin. Through rips and shadows, enclosures and erasures, the included artworks address transience, destructive violence, and lost histories, while also evoking the nascent formation of as-yet-unknown patterns for meeting the problems of living — with ourselves, with one another, and with absence.Featuring work by Noel Anderson, Milano Chow, Mary Helena Clark, Clementine Keith-Roach, Lakshmi Luthra, Eric N. Mack, Nour Mobarak & Jeffrey Stuker, Christopher Page, Paul Pfeiffer, Adam Putnam, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Paul Sietsema, and Patricia TreibOpening reception Wednesday, Sept. 24, following the 4:30pm Art LectureCurated by Lakshmi Luthra, Associate Professor of Art and Film & Media StudiesLearn more about the exhibition*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.

Academics | Palace Theater
A two-part presentation on current developments in Artificial Intelligence technology: history, use cases, examples, limitations, and ethical questions.Presenter: Forrest Davis is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Colgate University. His courses include Applied Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing and his research investigates language models to expose systematic differences between linguistic data and linguistic knowledge.

Academics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Dive headfirst into the vibrant world of ‘Inside Pop Art’ and experience the evolution of pop art in Shared Reality. With music that grooves to the beat of the era, this animated journey will take you from 1950s Britain to the wild art scene of 1960s New York, showcasing how rebellious artists transformed everyday objects into masterpieces.

Academics
November 10-14. Please see the course registration web page for the registration schedule.

Academics | Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall - 2nd Floor
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map – in the exact location where each individual's remains were found. Some tags also contain QR codes that link to content related to migrant stories and visuals connected to immigration.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Little Hall, 105, Golden Auditorium
The Native American Studies program invites you to the Anthony Aveni Lecture Series with guest speaker, Rebecca Nagle. Her talk is "By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land.”Rebecca Nagle is an award winning journalist and citizen of Cherokee Nation. She is the author of By The Fire We Carry: The Generation-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land and the writer and host of the podcast This Land. Her writing on Native representation, federal Indian law, and tribal sovereignty has been featured in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Guardian, USA Today, Indian Country Today, and more. Rebecca Nagle is the recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, Women’s Media Center’s Exceptional Journalism Award, a Peabody Nominee, and numerous awards from the Native American Journalist Association. Nagle lives in Tahlequah, OK.

Academics | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
Kaveh Akbar is the author of Martyr!, a novel published by Knopf. His poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of two poetry collections: Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf 2021) and Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James 2017), in addition to a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic (Sibling Rivalry 2016). He is also the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine (Penguin Classics 2022). In 2020, Kaveh was named Poetry Editor of The Nation. The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at the University of Iowa and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson.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.

Academics
November 10-14. Please see the course registration web page for the registration schedule.

Academics
Last day to withdraw from a second-half-of-term course (with a W) and last day to declare the S/U grade mode for second-half-of-term courses.Please see the Course Withdrawal webpage and the S/U Grading Option webpage.

Academics | Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall - 2nd Floor
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map – in the exact location where each individual's remains were found. Some tags also contain QR codes that link to content related to migrant stories and visuals connected to immigration.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Lathrop Hall, 107 (Conference Room)
Interested in learning how students navigate your Moodle course site? Which design features help them engage with content and where they encounter challenges?Join us for a teaching table introducing the Moodle Design Corps, a group of students who are working with Instructional Designers to evaluate the usability and accessibility of Moodle course sites. Throughout the fall semester, these students have gathered feedback from their peers and developed a student-driven walkthrough that provides actionable, formative insights.Leave the session with practical strategies to enhance the organization, navigation, and accessibility of your Moodle course—creating a better experience for both faculty and students.To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to register for the event.

Academics | Persson Hall, 209
Susie Godlonton, of Williams College, will lecture as part of the Colgate University-Hamilton College Economics Seminar Series

Academics | Ho Science Center, 101
Join us for an NASC State of the Division presented by Joel Sommers, director of Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.This colloquium is the annual meeting of the faculty and staff of the NASC division (but others are welcome to join), where we will celebrate accomplishments, share data on the division, and discuss challenges and opportunities. In addition, the session will give us an opportunity to get together, meet new members of the division, and further strengthen our community. Our division is strong by the excellence of our faculty, staff, and students, and our ability to work together and learn from each other.Reception to follow at 9 East Kendrick.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Brehmer Theater
The Master and Margarita is one of the 20th century’s most searing indictments of power, corruption, and the brutal machinery of authoritarian control. Presenting a defiant and hopeful vision of moral resistance, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel reminds us that while tyranny thrives on fear and forgetfulness, the individual human conscience holds the power to redeem.Seating is limited. Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged. There will be no late seating.Presented by the Department of Theater and sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Fund

Academics | Bernstein Hall, The Vault, Rm 102
Join us for a playthrough of Tetris Effect: Connected. In this 2021 expansion of the award-winning Tetris Effect, the classic puzzle game is reinvented as a complete sensory experience. The original Tetris was developed in 1985 and quickly became one of the most influential games ever made. Now, roughly 40 years later, the classic game uses virtual reality, and breathtaking sound and visuals to entrance players once more.Attendees are invited to play, comment, or sit back and watch as the spirit moves them. Snacks will be provided.Co-sponsored by Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Computer Science

Academics | Ho Tung Visualization Lab, 401 Ho Science Center
Dive headfirst into the vibrant world of ‘Inside Pop Art’ and experience the evolution of pop art in Shared Reality. With music that grooves to the beat of the era, this animated journey will take you from 1950s Britain to the wild art scene of 1960s New York, showcasing how rebellious artists transformed everyday objects into masterpieces.

Academics | Bernstein Hall, 215 & 217
All students are invited to join the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation for our 2025-2026 TIA Incubator.What is the TIA Incubator? Like other Thought Into Action (TIA) programs—including the Incubator, Summer Accelerator, and PE courses—it is a hands-on experience where students create businesses, nonprofits, social enterprises, and campus initiatives while developing entrepreneurial skills, guided by alumni mentors and Colgate’s entrepreneur in residence. Join our inspiring and inclusive community of accomplished and effective creators, changemakers, and problem solvers!Our sessions consist of:10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Plenary session and networking lunch1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Mentoring breakoutsLearn more about the TIA Incubator and reach out if you have further questions.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Brehmer Theater
The Master and Margarita is one of the 20th century’s most searing indictments of power, corruption, and the brutal machinery of authoritarian control. Presenting a defiant and hopeful vision of moral resistance, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel reminds us that while tyranny thrives on fear and forgetfulness, the individual human conscience holds the power to redeem.Seating is limited. Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged. There will be no late seating.Presented by the Department of Theater and sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Fund

Academics | Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall - 2nd Floor
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead invites participants to reflect, witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one. This exhibit is taking place at over 120 institutions across 6 continents with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.The construction of HT94 is made possible by teams of volunteers from each hosting location, who participate in tag-filling workshops, where they write the details of the dead and then publicly place the tags on the map – in the exact location where each individual's remains were found. Some tags also contain QR codes that link to content related to migrant stories and visuals connected to immigration.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Picker Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
Hundreds of bills targeting trans* individuals are currently making their way through state legislative bodies. These range from bathroom bans to expulsion from sports teams to the denial of healthcare. Amid the increasingly hostile rhetoric and attempts to erase trans* and queer lives, the artists in this exhibition use a variety of media to tell powerful counternarratives about perseverance, vulnerability, and kinship among trans* and queer communities.The exhibition opens with a new live performance connecting art and athletics by Nicki Duval (they/them) and Robbie Trocchia (he/they), featuring figure skater Milk. Films exploring themes of transgender identity, visibility, bodies, and politics by multidisciplinary artist Cassils (he/they) are joined by an installation of exquisite cut-paper portraits by Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them). The works by these leading contemporary artists are complemented by a selection from the Picker collection that underlines the past, present, and future existence and vitality of trans* and queer artists.

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Brehmer Theater
The Master and Margarita is one of the 20th century’s most searing indictments of power, corruption, and the brutal machinery of authoritarian control. Presenting a defiant and hopeful vision of moral resistance, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel reminds us that while tyranny thrives on fear and forgetfulness, the individual human conscience holds the power to redeem.Seating is limited. Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged. There will be no late seating.Presented by the Department of Theater and sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Fund