Academics

Marta Morena Vega, scholar, activist, author, professor, and Yoruba priestess, visited Colgate University, October 23–24, to deliver a pair of addresses.

Colgate’s Ho Tung Visualization Lab played a starring role in Data to Dome, the first iteration of the international planetarium conference ever to be hosted in the United States.

On '13', Colgate's new podcast, Assistant Professor of Political Science Danielle Lupton discusses American diplomatic history, widows and military veterans in Congress, and how some board games can help illustrate the complexities of international relations.

This year’s Living Writers series kicked off in the month of September with three diverse authors.

It is a three-day journey from Hamilton, N.Y., to Teriberka, Russia, on the Barents Sea. Jessica Graybill, associate professor of geography and Russian and Eurasian studies, made the trek last July with student interns Yang Zhang ’21 and Isobel Hooker ’21, checking in for a week’s stay at one of the village’s first Airbnbs.

This summer, the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y. staged the world premiere of Blue, an opera exploring police brutality in black communities. A pre-show discussion with Colgate professors on topics such as institutionalized racism preceded each of the production’s seven performances, and several of the shows included post-show talkbacks as well.

As Colgate University’s first-year students moved into residence halls, the Institution also welcomed 58 new faculty members to campus.

Since its inception in 1980 by Professor Emeritus Frederick Busch, Living Writers has welcomed an array of writers, from up-and-coming novelists to Pulitzer Prize winners.

Psychology major Keara Greene ’20, from Halifax, Mass. describes her summer research combining environmental studies and art.

Political science and peace and conflict studies double major Chris Burke ’21, from Wellesley, Mass. describes his research in Prague as a Stone Fellow with the Center for Freedom and Civilization.