Arts and Humanities

From Lawrence Hall to Hamilton Central School to a high school in New Jersey, the distinctive black-and-white cover of George Saunders’s Tenth of December seemed to be everywhere this summer — the visual cue to the inaugural Colgate Reads program. Colgate Reads was simple: read a story, discuss the story. Approximately 2,150 people joined in […]

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by art history major Hannah Bjornson ‘15, of Westport, Conn. This summer I held a faculty-sponsored research position in the Department of Art and Art History. I assisted Professor Padma Kaimal in putting together her […]

April Sweeney, associate professor of English in the University Theater, is in a performance called Distancia, which premiered last week in Buenos Aires. Sweeney’s part of the performance happened from her living room.

Penny Lane — a seasoned storyteller, nonfiction filmmaker, assistant professor of art and art history at Colgate, and …  self-proclaimed thief? In a thought-provoking and honest lecture about her role as a visual artist, Lane discussed the complexities of being a filmmaker who appropriates others’ images exclusively to create her own nonfiction narratives.

On Sunday, September 15, a new musical ensemble— the Thunder and Lightning Orchestra — will debut at Colgate with a special free concert. Under the direction of Professor Marietta Cheng, 13 virtuoso string musicians will fill  Memorial Chapel with the melodies of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky at 3:30 pm. The concert’s repertoire will provide a nice […]

For the Colgate Reads initiative, lovers of good literature were invited to read and share their thoughts about  “Tenth of December,” a short story by acclaimed author George Saunders. Our goal was 2,013 readers in the year 2013 and the community responded – we passed 2,013 in early August, and we’re still adding people.  Participants […]

Forty seven new faculty members have joined Colgate this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.

Colgate students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by English major Carlie Wetzel ‘14, of Lancaster, Pa.  This summer, I held a faculty-sponsored research position with the Colgate Living Writers program, where I worked closely with Professors Jane Pinchin and Jennifer Brice, who teach […]

Acclaimed Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who died Friday in Dublin at age 74, was remembered fondly by Colgate faculty and former students for his strong ties to the university and for his commencement address here in 1994. Fellow poet Peter Balakian, professor of English and director of creative writing at Colgate, called Heaney a longtime […]

Editor’s Note: Peter Balakian is director of creative writing at Colgate where he has been a member of the faculty since 1980.  I first learned of Seamus Heaney’s death on Friday morning August 30, quite early, when I opened my computer to find an email from a former student. I was not fully awake and […]