A variety of enrichment presentations facilitated by local experts will be offered this spring for the Hamilton community through the LifeLong Learning Program (LLP), sponsored by Colgate’s Upstate Institute.
The 2024 LifeLong Learning presentation schedule kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 31, with “Selected Topics in the History of Medicine” presented by Dr. Rich Cohen. Dr. Cohen is a retired family physician in Hamilton who served as Community Memorial Hospital’s first chief of family medicine and its first director of continuing education. From 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater, he will discuss the history of major medical discoveries and how disease has affected human history.
Additional spring LLP presentations include:
- Feb. 15: “One Painter's Journey: From the Age of AIDS through Climate Catastrophe” with American artist Katharine Kuharic.
- Feb. 29: “Following the Trail of Two Adirondack Women to Their ‘Wildwood’ Home” with Ellen Percy Kraly, professor of geography and environmental studies emerita at Colgate University.
- March 13: “Accessing New York’s Cultural Heritage Through Digital Collections” with Ryan Perry, executive director of the Central New York Library Resources Council and the statewide project coordinator for New York Heritage.
- March 29: “Beyond ‘Facts vs. Opinions’” with Ben Lennertz, professor of philosophy at Colgate University specializing in the philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.
- April 24: “American Art and Culture in the Gilded Age” with Mary Ann Calo, professor emerita of American art at Colgate University, where she offered a specialized course on the Gilded Age and related topics.
- May 1: “The Center: Forty Years of Refugee Resettlement” with Shelly Callahan, executive director of The Center in Utica, N.Y., which provides services related to immigration, adult learning, cultural competency, and many other topics that serve to collaboratively build a community of many cultures.
- May 16: “American Literature and the Environment” with Ben Child, professor of English at Colgate University. He teaches courses in American literature and environmental humanities, and his current research addresses literary productions and interpretations of U.S. populism.
All presentations are in-person and offered at no cost for members and students, or for a $5 fee for not-yet-members, due at the door. Those interested in attending can pre-register for presentations via the LifeLong Learning registration form. For more information on membership or presentations, please visit the LifeLong Learning webpage or email llp@colgate.edu.