Arts and Humanities

If you want to know how a best-selling author finds inspiration, hones technique, or orchestrates a breakout opportunity, it’s best to go to the source. That’s why legendary professor Frederick Busch designed Living Writers as a way to bring Colgate’s writers-in-training together with famous writers-in-practice. The class quickly became a campus favorite.

Three huge installations over six weeks, in three different cities. No small task for any artist — but especially one whose work weighs thousands of pounds and has to be hauled by tractor trailer from Colgate’s Paul Schupf Studio in Hamilton, N.Y., to its ultimate destination. The logistics alone could take a creative genius. And […]

Dewey Mosby, director emeritus of Colgate’s Picker Art Gallery, died yesterday, August 1, of pulmonary issues at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., at the age of 70.

At Colgate University, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects – sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to Colgate to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on […]

On a hot afternoon in July, young children are sifting through clothing, household items, food, and toiletries in the Caring Corner at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Utica. Their families, mostly Karen refugees from Burma, are the newest, but largest, percentage of the church’s congregation. “Because the kids are the ones who speak English, many […]

For author and senior editor at Random House Jennifer E. Smith ’03, returning to the Colgate Writers’ Conference year after year is as comfortable as reading a good book. A conference veteran, each summer Smith brings along a more impressive resume and writing repertoire. Smith joined the conference for the first time as best-selling novelist […]

For the fifth consecutive year, the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will come to Colgate, offering insightful discussions and free public film screenings in the Hamilton Theater. Presented in honor of Robert Flaherty (1884-1951), creator of classic films including Nanook of the North, Man of Aran, and Louisiana Story, the seminar highlights innovative cinematic works.

English professor Margaret Maurer has nurtured a love of literature in thousands of Colgate undergraduates and has cultivated that love through book club sessions she leads each summer for alumnae.

The annual Colgate Writers’ Conference returns to campus from June 17– 23, and that brings many opportunities to listen in and engage with professional writers as well as those who are learning the craft. 

This semester, students played the roles of both art historians and curators in the Museums in Theory and Practice course taught by Judith Oliver, professor of art and art history and Medieval and Renaissance studies. The culmination of the class is What Museums Collect: From the Cabinet of Curiosities to Modern Curatorial Challenges, an exhibition […]