Tucker Daddis ’17 (right) consults with laboratory instructor Patricia Jue as he makes beta-bromostyrene, a compound with a floral odor used in the soap and perfume industry, for Organic Chemistry I. The lab exercise asks the students to characterize the product to determine the mechanism of the reaction. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

School spirit carved in snow. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

In Arabic class, laughter needs no translation.

Crab trees flower into bloom as spring emerges at McGregory Hall. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

As Apollo looks on, Seth Holm, a visiting assistant professor of the classics, engages with a student during his Elementary Classical Greek II course, taught in the W.H. Gifford Classics Center in Lawrence Hall. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

Smiles in the snow: Zach Harris ’18 (left), Kaitlin Abrams ’18, and Connor Dufort ’17 hiked Rooster Comb Mountain in the Adirondacks. All three will graduate from the OE training program this spring. (Photo by senior Outdoor Education trainer Ben Cook ’15)

Midweek critique with Professor Lynette Stephenson in Painting 1. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

Who let the dogs out? Students fall in puppy love, taking a break from dogged devotion to their academics. (Photo by Andrew M. Daddio)

Austin Sun ’18 monkeys around with ice climbing at Tinker Falls in Cortland County. (Photo by Nick Gilbert ’18)

Leaders from different corners of campus convened for Dining with Diverse Minds to discuss issues of mental health. Public speaker Jordan Burnham came to talk about his battle with suicidal depression. (Photo by Nick Gilbert ’18)

Professors Catherine Cardelús and Carrie Woods lead student researchers in studying the impact of pollution on rainforest canopy ecosystems.

Participants in Colgate's Yes Means Yes program discuss sex in structured, frank, intellectual terms.