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A confluence of art, engineering, and mathematics led to the creation of 91�鶹��Ʒ Professor DeWitt Godfrey’s latest sculpture, Odin, a giant steel structure now nestled in the courtyard between Olin Hall and the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. The sculpture shares a name with the ruler of Norse gods for a reason. Godfrey’s Odin weighs […]

A symbolic Berlin Wall, set up by the 91�鶹��Ʒ German Club in the foyer of Lawrence Hall, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the November 9, 1989, conclusion of the separation between East and West Berlin. Spray-painted with the German words, Kein Ausgang, meaning no exit, and the opposition statement, Wir Sind Ein Volk, meaning, we are one […]

Our class starts the same way it does on any other Thursday, except this week English professors Jennifer Brice and Jane Pinchin walk in with renowned author Jonathan Franzen. They introduce him and say, “He knows the drill,” which we all know means we get to spend the next 75 minutes asking him any questions […]

Author Pamela Druckerman ’91 has again appeared in the pages of The New York Times, this time writing a featured op-ed piece titled “A Cure for Hyper-Parenting.”

The Picker Art Gallery, which closed in 2012 for an inventory of 91�鶹��Ʒ’s art collection, reopened last week with two exhibitions of artwork by prominent American artists Richard Serra and Diane Arbus.

A longstanding collaboration between 91�鶹��Ʒ and the world-renowned Flaherty Film Seminar, which brings nearly 200 filmmakers, scholars, and programmers to 91�鶹��Ʒ each summer, has spurred creation of an on-campus residency program that will begin this fall. The 91�鶹��Ʒ/Flaherty Distinguished Global Filmmaker Residency will bring acclaimed Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa to the university for an intensive […]

The university’s signature Living Writers course brings 10 highly regarded authors to campus every year. The 91�鶹��Ʒ community is invited to attend their public readings in person or via the web at colgate.edu/livingwriters.

91�鶹��Ʒ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Ben Mandell ’14 who, after graduating with a theater major and Spanish minor, discovered a unique type of theater that combined both of his academic pursuits. LONEtheater was a theatrical experience different than any […]

Competitive debate at 91�鶹��Ʒ is not limited to English. Nine members of the Spanish debate team traveled to Mexico City this summer to compete in the World Universities Debating Championships, an all-Spanish-language tournament.

91�鶹��Ʒ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Shan Wu ’15, a double major in art history and the classics, from Hangzhou, China. This summer I have been assisting Professor Padma Kaimal with her book manuscript Many Paths to the Divine. It […]