Academics | Colgate Memorial Chapel , Basement
Colgate’s Heretics Club lunch discussion series was created to elevate the conversation on campus about life’s “big questions.”Our spring 2025 theme: We Disagree! (But We Do It Well!)Discussions begin at noon in the Chapel Basement.Lunch is provided. All are welcome!FEB 6th: Building Trust Across Difference How do we engage across difference in productive ways? In a time of intense polarization, this can seem impossible, but it is more important than ever. Join us for a conversation with Simon Greer, social entrepreneur and founder of Bridging the Gap.FEB 20th: Disagreeing Well with Our Political “Frenemies” Do you have friends whose politics you disagree with? Join us for a student-hosted conversation about ideological bubbles, political frenemies, and the importance of cultivating relationships with people who see the world differently than you.MARCH 6th: Disagreeing Well in the University (feat. President Casey!) Colgate’s mission statement focuses on the importance of cultivating open inquiry, mutual understanding, and a broadened perspective. Join us for a conversation with our own Brian Casey, who will talk about the key role that “civil disagreement” plays in this mission.APRIL 3: What Does It Look Like to “Disagree” with Yourself? Have you ever experienced a dramatic change in your worldview? How did you make sense of it? Join us for a conversation with Sohrab Ahmari, editor of UnHerd and author of From Fire, By Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith (2019) and Tyranny Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What To Do About It (2023).APRIL 24th: Disagreeing Well Across Religious Difference Religious differences have created some of humankind’s most longstanding disagreements. Join us for a conversation with Colgate’s Chaplains, Rabbi Barry Baron and Imam Ahmet Celik, about disagreeing well across religious difference.

Academics | Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, 105
Geoffrey Benson, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Classics presents "My Road Trip to Meet Zeus: The Siwa Oasis and the Oracle of Ammon in Egypt's Western Desert." Refreshments provided. All are welcome.

Academics
The Center for Freedom and Western Civilization welcomes Victoria Vdovychenko, a widely recognized and published expert on the issues of hybrid warfare, strategic communication, with particular emphasis on relations between Ukraine and the European Union as well as NATO, to Colgate for a lecture and discussion on “Winning the Future: US, Europe, and Ukraine” livestreamed from 4:30–6 p.m. April 24. Register via Zoom to join the event. Sponsored by The Center for Freedom & Western Civilization’s Forum on Security and Democracy.Victoria Vdovychenko is a widely recognized and published expert on the issues of hybrid warfare, strategic communication, with particular emphasis on relations between Ukraine and the European Union as well as NATO.Victoria has a MSc and PhD in Foreign Policy and World History from the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and is currently a Visiting Fellow within the British Academy and a co-lead of the Future of Ukraine Program at the Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge.She is working on the challenges of the European Union, Euro-Atlantic integration, hybrid warfare, strategic communication. She was a Team Lead for the Assistance Advisory Team working with VPM on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration on the future of ANP Ukraine-NATO as well as on the system of LI&LL from the resilience of Ukraine.She is a co-author of policy papers, “Ukraine Scenarios 2032” (2025), “Firewalling the Future” (2025), “Winning the Future: Strategies for Resilient Ukraine and Europe” (2025), “Ukraine under Zelenskyy: Domestic, Foreign and Security Policy in Flux” (2022), “Willingness to fight for Ukraine: Lessons for the Baltic states” (2022), “Resilience Paper Review” (2022) and “Shaping up social resistance: Zelenskyy’s approach to rearranging Ukraine” (2023).

Academics | Dana Arts Center, Brehmer Theater
Zooman and the Sign by Charles FullerApril 23 | 6 PM | Brehmer Theater April 24 | 5 PM | Brehmer TheaterDirected by Xose Agbadan ‘25 Scenic & Costume Design by Cici Yang ‘25Performed by Colgate studentsCharles Fuller’s Zooman and the Sign is a story of a boy and a gun, a girl and a family, a neighborhood and a sign, all unfolding in the heat of summer.As Babbit says: “These are strange and breathless days, dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after.”Limited seating. Registration through Eventbrite is strongly encouraged.

Academics | Colgate Memorial Chapel
Join us for a remarkable evening of choral music as the Hamilton College and Colgate University Choirs come together for their annual collaboration. This year’s program features the complete Mass by contemporary American composer Steve Dobrogosz, alongside selections from Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare, performed with orchestra accompaniment.Sinhaeng Lee, conductor of Colgate University choirsCharlotte Botha, conductor of Hamilton College choir

Academics | 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.