Past Events
An MIT professor discusses his recent wrongful prosecution by the U.S. government under the Justice Department’s “China Initiative,” how the scientific community mobilized to fight it, and the increasing fear of such prosecutions—particularly among scientists of Asian origin.
Interested in connecting with the local community? Meet community partners across issue areas and connect your interests to community-identified projects. Students, staff, and faculty members are welcome to join this information session.
Campus community only, please.
Love songs and duets based on music and text from Iberian, Latin American, and Ladino traditions. Featuring Courtenay Budd, soprano, Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano, and Miriam Charney, piano.
We present Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589 for treble voices with orchestra in Skinner Hall. After intermission, we move to the Chapel for contemporary choral works and a light installation by Rick Jones. Christine Howlett, conductor.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Premiere of Shavon Lloyd’s Earth Songs, with light installation by Rick Jones. Cappella Festiva Ensembles, and the Boys and Girls Club Choir of Poughkeepsie. Christine Howlett, director.
What is a “chapter” and what work does it perform in prose narrative? In this lecture, Dames (Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities at Columbia University) will present work from his book-in-progress, The Chapter: A History of Segmented Life.
Two original plays presented by students from the playwriting course in Drama.
Campus community only, please.
An award-winning environmental activist will share her story of how her community holds the city of Los Angeles accountable for breaching the Environmental Quality Act.
A multimedia lecture by musicologist Sophie Fetthauer, PhD of the HfMT University of Hamburg, Germany on the little-known story of how over 400 Jewish refugee musicians were integrated into the cafés, nightclubs, and ballrooms of the “Paris of the East.”
A Philosopher’s Holiday Lecture by Licia Carlson, Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and author of Shared Musical Lives: Philosophy, Disability, and the Power of Sonification.
Interactive discussion on how BIPOC, migrant, and working-class communities are organizing to combat extraction and displacement, and how they’re moving resources and people to drive an equitable transition away from fossil fuels.
Anna Elashvili, violin, along with faculty Yves Dharamraj, cello, and Thomas Sauer, piano. A composer not often chosen for such an exposé, Maurice Ravel often found himself going against the grain.
This afternoon program features works by Brown, Chaminade, Martin, Griffes, and Quantz. Assisted by James Fitzwilliam, piano.
Featuring the music of Bach, Schubert, Fauré, Copland and Duke. Assisted by Jon Fuller.
Join students from the Grand Challenges and Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering (ADSE) programs for an evening of trivia. Connect with upperclassmen in the departments and disciplines that interest you while enjoying some good snacks! No reservations necessary. Students only, please.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright will give a talk and Q&A to the campus and public. The event is free, but reservations are required.
The internationally renowned lawyer, peace activist, and President of the Global Security Institute talks to journalist Chip Reid ’77. Immediately following, Granoff will be given the AAVC Distinguished Achievement Award for 2022. Attend in person or via Zoom.
Marianna Ganapini, Union College Assistant Professor of Philosophy, argues that to develop and flourish, “artificial intelligence” (AI) technology needs to have our trust.
Noah Kalina has taken a picture of himself daily since 2000 for his series Everyday, which has amassed over 40 million views. He will discuss his photography career and matters of composition, concept, and duration.
This lecture explores how Catholic devotion offers potent resources for engaging the past and imagining a collective future, focusing on an Italian American Catholic community that stages dramatic devotional rituals in Brooklyn.