Arts and Humanities

For the fifth straight year, Slater Brothers Entertainment will bring Hollywood to the village of Hamilton.  The Hamilton International Film Festival is slated for August 1-4, and organizers are promising even more events this time around. “What makes this festival truly special is how well you end up bonding with other festival attendees (both the invited […]

Colgate students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Gracie Rentschler ‘16, an intern at Nike in Shanghai, China. Colgate stresses the importance of internships and gaining experience, so I knew I wanted to have an internship this summer. I combined […]

It was standing-room only at the Colgate Inn on Thursday evening, June 27, when architect David Adjaye revealed to the Hamilton community his firm’s design for the university’s proposed Center for Art and Culture (CAC). Adjaye began by describing elements in the surrounding area that his team considered in designing the center. In addition to […]

One year ago, Adjaye Associates was hired to develop preliminary architectural plans for the proposed Colgate Center for Art and Culture. On Thursday, June 27, at the Colgate Inn, the firm’s principal, David Adjaye, will be back in Hamilton to share the firm’s designs. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Colgate Inn.

Looking for that perfect summer read? Something more than the typical beach-blanket mystery? Look no further, because Colgate University has just the story for you. You are urged to sign up to read the title story of George Saunders’s latest book, Tenth of December. The collection of short stories has won wide acclaim for the […]

Students from Union, Hamilton, Skidmore, and Colgate gathered on campus recently to share their research in the classics at the eighth-annual Parilia undergraduate conference.

Swirling designs, a myriad of faces, and earth tones baked into pottery now on display at the Longyear Museum of Anthropology have far more significance than simply being pleasing to the eye.

The Revolutions per Minute (RPM) sound art exhibition wraps up tonight with student projects to be displayed from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the former Crowe’s Pharmacy in the village of Hamilton. “[It’s meant to] allow everyone to listen to how others interpreted the sound art, how they experienced this exhibit and created their […]

The Picker Art Gallery recently launched Selected Old Masters From The Picker Art Gallery, its first curated digital exhibition. The project, led by Art and Art History Professor Judith Oliver, features recent acquisitions of Old Master paintings donated to the university by Renate and Donald Schaefer ’46. The newly acquired paintings are from the Max […]

Dancefest, one of the most if not the most popular student event on campus, will be webcast live Friday from Memorial Chapel. Alumni, parents, and friends can watch the student performances starting at 6:30 p.m. by going to the Colgate Livestream channel.