Today's Events | Benton Hall, 200
A respresentative from Boren Awards will be on campus to discuss this opportunity.Boren Awards fund study of languages in overseas locations that are critical to U.S. national security. Scholars and Fellows study a wide range of critical languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. Boren Awards are available to students of all proficiency levels who are committed to enhancing their skills.Students from diverse fields of study immerse themselves in the cultures in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.Opportunities are available for all students interested in critical language study to apply to, including graduating seniors.Stop by for lunch and to learn more!

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November 11-15. Please see the Current Student Registration web page for the registration schedule.

Today's Events | 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

Today's Events | Chapel House, Meditation Space
Please join us for morning guided meditation from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Monday to Friday.No experience required.

Today's Events | 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.

Today's Events | 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.

Today's Events | 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, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Picker Art GalleryAdditional support has been generously provided by the Colgate Arts Council.*Please note: Gallery 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.

Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
Applicants for Colgate's Alumni Career Conversations Program should plan to attend one session of networking orientation. You will hear important details about the alumni matching process, program expectations, and receive coaching on how to reach out to your alumni volunteers so that you feel confident making the connection. One session of this orientation program is required for all Alumni Career Conversations applicants.

Today's Events | Case-Geyer 535
Join the University Museums staff as we watch the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries' Virtual Convening. Drop in as schedules permit to learn what is new in the museum field. Lunch and snacks will be available.Schedule: 11:30am-1:00pm- Plenary Discussion on Academic Museum Finances and Sponsor Demo (Bloomberg Connects)1:15-2:00pm- The Indigenous Collections Care Guide as a Resource for Collections Stewardship Practices2:15-3:00pm- Family Day at the Harvard Art Museums: Leveraging Curricular Partnerships to Support Multigenerational Learning3:15-4:00pm- They Did WHATTTTT!?: Responses and Best Practices Regarding Challenges to Artistic Freedom4:15-5:00pm- Climate Action Planning for Academic Museums and Galleries5:15-6:00pm- Building the Next Generation of Museum Professionals

Today's Events | Little Hall, 207
Join the Department of Art’s 2024-25 Christian A. Johnson Artist-in-Residence* Suchi Reddy for lunch and conversation about the Bias and Belonging project she is creating at Colgate University.Reddy joins us this year to host a series of community conversations centered on the ways bias impacts our lived experience. As the dualities of bias and belonging, reflection and misreflection are amplified by the exponentially increasing presence of artificial intelligence in every aspect of our daily lives, we invite you to join in the conversation to share your lived experience of advanced technology and AI. The results of these conversations will take many forms, including woven artifacts created on the new TC2 digital loom in Colgate's recently opened Fabulation Lab (103 Bernstein Hall).For up-to-date information, visit https://www.cliffordgallery.org/events/. Pizza lunch will be provided.Suchi Reddy is an architect, designer, and artist based in NYC. In 2002, she founded Reddymade, which focuses on public art installations, large-scale commercial spaces, and residential projects ranging from single-family homes to interiors and prefab architecture. Guided by her mantra “form follows feeling,” Reddy’s architectural and artistic practice is informed by her research on neuroaesthetics, which examines the impact our environments have on the brain and body.Reddymade’s most celebrated projects include the first flagship Google retail space in New York, rated LEED Platinum; “me+you,” an interactive AI and light sculpture currently on display at Michigan Central Station in Detroit, and first unveiled in 2021 at the Smithsonian in DC for the FUTURES exhibit; a minimalist home in Salt Point, New York, with artist Ai Weiwei; “Look Here,” a solo exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and many more exciting projects. Learn more about her work at https://reddymade.design/*Presented by the Art Department and the Christian A. Johnson Foundation. The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at Colgate. The residency program permits one or more artists to become part of the Colgate community every academic year.

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Come to connect with Sydney Ackerman '24 as she talks about The Baker Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit organization that promotes the best possible mental health of children and families through the integration of research, intervention, training, and policy.All class years are welcome!

Today's Events | Bernstein Hall, 102 (Experimental Exhibition and Performance Studio)
Opening performance and reception will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.Movie-Drome 2.0 is a collaborative project reimagining Stan VanDerBeek’s iconic Movie-Drome (1965), a spherical domed multi-projection environment or "experience machine." VanDerBeek designed this alternative cinema to create an "international picture-language" through a series of events he described as "movie-murals," "newsreels of dreams," and "image libraries."Students in fall 2024 courses Art and Technology (CORE400) and Expanded Cinema (FMST390A) have joined forces to remake this work for the contemporary moment using the immersive media environment of the Experimental Exhibition and Performance Studio (aka The Vault) as their canvas. Movie-Drome 2.0 features an array of audio-visual media—from archival images to live surveillance, pop culture to politics, psychedelia to environmental processes, local sites to world events.Co-sponsored by Core Distinction

Today's Events | Willow Path
Colgate Hello and the Resources for Improving Staff Experiences (RISE) BIPOC employee resource groups are co-leading a Walking Club at Colgate.We meet at the following times:First Thursdays of the month: 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Second, third (or other middle) Thursdays: 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.Last Thursdays: 4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.The route will begin at the Willow Walking Path (near the library), head toward the Admissions Building, continue past the Coop, walk along the back path behind Burke and Pinchin Halls, turn right to approach Frank Dining Hall, descend Pearson Stairs, keep to the left to peek over to Bernstein Hall on Lally Lane, and return to the beginning of Willow Path.Please note: If you have already registered, please click the registration link below and click the "Edit your response" link to add our additional dates to your availability.Amari Simpson and Christian Vischi serve as your walking guides, and we look forward to you being able to join us!We will meet at the beginning of the Willow Path, at the back of the library. You can park your car and/or arrive at the Willow Path at the start of the meeting time.Why Walk Breaks?Recharge Your Energy: A short walk can provide an instant energy boost, helping you stay productive and focused throughout the day.Mental Clarity: Stepping away from your desk and enjoying some fresh air can clear your mind and reduce stress.Social Connection: Walking with others is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues, make new friends, and build a sense of community.Improved Health: Regular walks can contribute to better physical fitness and overall health.A word from Dr. Larson: "We know that walking improves overall health, decreases chronic back pain, improves bone and brain health, improves energy, and it's fun! Bring a friend!"

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Join Kim Bannister from Alera Group to review the 2025 Colgate Univeristy benefits and hear of any changes taking effect January 1, 2025.Click here to access the virtual presentation.

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Learn how caring for yourself through nutrition, sleep, exercise, and relaxation can help minimize the effects of holiday stress.Click here to access the Zoom presentation.

Today's Events | Palace Theater
Most people are unaware of the complexities of our village structure. This session will review the scope and intricacies of village life, the many things we take for granted, as well as the opportunities and challenges before us.Presenter: RuthAnn Speer Loveless is the mayor of the Village of Hamilton.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Meditation Space
Please join us for guided meditation from 4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. No experience required.

Today's Events | Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence 105
In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke labels all use of figurative language (along with any elements of style other than clarity) as abuses of language. In this talk, Lewis Powell, associate professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo, presents the basics of Locke’s theory of language and argues for a particular interpretation of Locke’s literalist thesis and his motivation for endorsing it. That motive concerns ease of communication, understanding and interpretation, particularly in the transmission of knowledge. Powell investigates whether the putative advantages of his approach can be defended within his or other frameworks.Sponsored by The Jerome Balmuth Fund and Marion Hoeflich Endowment

Today's Events | Persson Hall, Persson Auditorium
Samrat Upadhyay is the first Nepali-born fiction writer to be published in the United States. His debut story collection, Arresting God in Kathmandu, won a Whiting Writers’ Award, and his second, The Royal Ghosts, won the Asian American Literary Award. He is also the author of three novels, The Guru of Love, Buddha’s Orphans, and The City Son, and a third story collection, Mad Country, which The New York Times called “brilliant, daring, and memorable.” He is the Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities at Indiana University, where he teaches creative writing.Co-sponsored by Asian Studies

Today's Events | Burke Hall, First Floor Lounge
Join Brown Commons for a biweekly series where you can connect with the leadership team, learn from campus partners, enjoy a home-cooked meal, or simply take a break – all while earning points for the Commons Cup!Be sure to read the weekly Brown Commons newsletter for information on Commons Night event details.Upcoming Events:Aug. 29: Welcome to campus and enjoy Royal India Grill with the Brown Commons co-directors and residential fellowSept. 12: Scientific and Practical Convergence: Studying in College with Doug Johnson and Karyn BelangerOct. 3: Off-Campus Study Information Session with Wendy NugentOct. 17: Alcohol and Drugs with Stephen ElfenbeinOct. 31: Picker Art Gallery tour Nov. 14: Vis Lab showing Dec. 5: Massage and relaxation nightStudents from all Commons are welcome to attend these events. Only Brown Commons students are eligible to receive points toward the Commons Cup.