News and Updates

Hamilton, NY — – On Friday, November 9, Colgate University senior Christy Visaggi will present a voice recital of works in three languages, spanning three centuries. The program will consist of compositions by Pergolesi, Telemann, Rossini, Herbert, Lehar, Mahler, Bernstein, and others. The concert, which will take place in Colgate Memorial Chapel at 8:00 p.m., […]

Hamilton, NY — The Colgate University Humanities Colloquium series will offer three lectures in November and one in December that are free and open to the public. The meetings occur on Tuesdays at 4:10 p.m. in Lawrence Hall’s Ho Lecture Room. On November 6, Rob Figueroa, visiting assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Colgate, […]

Hamilton, NY — Education scholar Nel Noddings, Visiting A. Lindsay O’Connor Professor of American Institutions at Colgate University, will speak at Colgate University on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m. Titled ‘Making Sense of Education Standards,’ the lecture will take place in Love Auditorium, Olin Hall. It is free and open to the public and […]

Aaron McGruder, artist of ‘The Boondocks’ will speak about race, hip-hop culture and art as a form of political critique in a talk at Colgate University on October 29. The talk is open to the public and free of charge. McGruder told mydrum.com that when he set out to create what became The Boondocks, he […]

Are we alone in the universe’ That question, which has been asked since the beginning of human history, may be answered in the coming decades. In a lecture at Colgate University, Dr. Peter Backus, Observing Programs Manager and Senior Scientist at the SETI Institute in California, will discuss the tantalizing prospects for ‘contact.’ Backus, a […]

Hamilton, NY — – Hailed as ‘a national treasure’ by The Boston Globe, the Manhattan String Quartet will be in residence at Colgate University October 25 and 26, to participate in a university core curriculum course, and perform twice in Memorial Chapel. Both concerts are open to the public; admission is free. For more information […]

Hamilton, NY — A conference of nationally renowned experts on the art of people of African descent in the Americas will highlight a series of events showcasing African American culture, to take place at Colgate University in late October. Other events include two art exhibitions, the screening of an early work in African American cinema […]

Hamilton, NY — The Colgate University Orchestra, Marietta Cheng, conductor, will perform a concert titled ‘Love and Death’ on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. On the program will be three well-loved works that explore the theme of passion leading to tragedy: Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Suite from West Side Story, Richard Wagner’s […]

Hamilton, NY — – Karen Novak will give a public reading from her novel Five Mile House on Thursday, October 18 as part of the 2001 Living Writers series at Colgate University. The reading, which begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Ho Lecture Room, 105 Lawrence Hall, is free and open to the public. Each […]

Hamilton, NY — A concert of South Indian music featuring musicians Geetha Ramanathan Bennett, veena and voice, Frank Bennett, mrdangan, and Rusty Gillette, ghatam, will take place at Colgate University on Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Brehmer Theater, Dana Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored […]