Campus Life

Students in Major American Novelists: Moby-Dick and Friends went on a two-day excursion to New England on Oct. 17 and 18 to bring Melville’s novel Moby-Dick to life.

The Colgate community welcomed alumni, families, and friends back to the campus for 2026 Homecoming, October 16–17.

On Sept. 24, Hua Hsu, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Stay True, visited Colgate University as a part of both the Living Writers program and the Community Read.

During the spring 2026 semester at Colgate, Associate Professor of Computer Science Elodie Fourquet piloted a new class called Playful Thinking, Serious Coding — bridging programming expertise, narrative storytelling, and the unique interdisciplinary perspective of each student.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, during family weekend, the University presented a panel to address the relationship between Colgate’s curriculum and the evolving role of AI in education.

With cooperation from the weather and an active campus community, Colgate University welcomed families Sept. 18–20, 2026, for Family Weekend.

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, students and faculty of Colgate University attended “Exploring AI’s Influence on Higher-Order Reasoning,” part of the NASC Colloquium.

The Colgate community welcomed the Class of 2030 with 13 days of traditions and events.

President Obama’s conversation is sponsored by the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate, which supports Colgate’s commitment to preparing students for lives of leadership, engaged citizenship, and thoughtful participation in a democratic society.

Writers from around the world congregated on campus June 7–13 to celebrate their craft at the 30th Colgate Writers Conference.