• Invitation to see the Queen of Soul, with a headshot of Aretha Franklin
    Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning “Queen of Soul,” Franklin’s repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and gospel. Her sold-out appearance, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders […]
    February 29, 2016
  • Chris Kallmyer adjusts sound levels on his computer while students rake leaves
    Last fall, 11 artists conducted experiments with the Colgate and Hamilton communities, posing philosophical questions that included: What is art? Machine Project is a Los Angeles–based organization “that works with artists to develop new projects often involving performance or participation with the public,” explained founder Mark Allen. Its troupe has traveled the world, performing in various […]
    February 4, 2016
  • It’s too early to suggest that NUTS! will be a seminal work in the career of documentary filmmaker Penny Lane, assistant professor of art and art history. But reviews pouring in from the Sundance Film Festival, where Lane recently premiered the story of goat testicle transplant pioneer Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, have roundly praised the […]
    January 28, 2016
  • Photo by Madeline Bailey '18 as part of the Captured by the Lens exhibition, currently on display
    From family moments, to campus life and selfies, student photography filled a new exhibition, called Captured by the Lens, at Colgate’s Longyear Museum of Anthropology and two other locations.
    January 22, 2016
  • animation from the movie NUTS! showing Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire in Depression-era America with a goat testicle impotence cure
    NUTS!, a new documentary film by assistant professor of art and art history Penny Lane, will premiere at next month’s Sundance Film Festival. NUTS! tells the story of John Romulus Brinkley, who, in 1917, offered a cure for impotence by transplanting goat testicles. “Sundance is by far the premiere venue to launch an American independent […]
    December 7, 2015
  • Portrait of Aretha Franklin
    Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus as part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Sanford Field House. Tickets for the Colgate community and the general public will be released in mid-January — watch colgate.edu/globalleaders for details as they become available. Known around the world by […]
    November 10, 2015
  • David Jordan
    A studio art major, member of the Colgate Thirteen, and president of the Brothers student organization, David (D.J.) Jordan ’17, of Brooklyn, N.Y. is not only an impressive student, he’s also a bit of a YouTube star. With more than 9.2 million views and 17,000 subscribers to his PilotTails YouTube page, Jordan has created a […]
    October 24, 2015