A variety of enrichment presentations facilitated by local experts will be offered this spring for the Hamilton community through the LifeLong Learning Program (LLP), sponsored by °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Upstate Institute.
The 2024 LifeLong Learning presentation schedule kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 31, with presented by Dr. Rich Cohen. Dr. Cohen is a retired family physician in Hamilton who served as Community Memorial Hospital’s first chief of family medicine and its first director of continuing education. From 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater, he will discuss the history of major medical discoveries and how disease has affected human history.
Additional spring LLP presentations include:
- Feb. 15: with American artist Katharine Kuharic.
- Feb. 29: with Ellen Percy Kraly, professor of geography and environmental studies emerita at °Ä²Ê¿ª½±.
- March 13: with Ryan Perry, executive director of the Central New York Library Resources Council and the statewide project coordinator for New York Heritage.
- March 29: with Ben Lennertz, professor of philosophy at °Ä²Ê¿ª½± specializing in the philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.
- April 24: with Mary Ann Calo, professor emerita of American art at °Ä²Ê¿ª½±, where she offered a specialized course on the Gilded Age and related topics.
- May 1: with Shelly Callahan, executive director of The Center in Utica, N.Y., which provides services related to immigration, adult learning, cultural competency, and many other topics that serve to collaboratively build a community of many cultures.
- May 16: with Ben Child, professor of English at °Ä²Ê¿ª½±. He teaches courses in American literature and environmental humanities, and his current research addresses literary productions and interpretations of U.S. populism.
All presentations are in-person and offered at no cost for members and students, or for a $5 fee for not-yet-members, due at the door. Those interested in attending can pre-register for presentations via the . For more information on membership or presentations, please visit the LifeLong Learning webpage or email llp@colgate.edu.