Center for Freedom and Western Civilization Updates and Archive

Climate and environmental activist Michael Shellenberger will host a lecture and discussion on sustainable energy and climate change titled “How Practical is Renewable Energy?” on Nov. 29, sponsored by the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. 

Can colleges and universities consider race in their admissions policies?  This question, with enormous importance for higher education, comes before the Supreme Court this fall in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC. 

A generous $1 million gift from trustee emeritus Chase Carey ’76 and his family will benefit Colgate’s Center for Freedom and Western Civilization.

In October 2020, the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization sponsored a lecture and discussion with Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington Law School.

Political science and peace and conflict studies double major Chris Burke ’21, from Wellesley, Mass. describes his research in Prague as a Stone Fellow with the Center for Freedom and Civilization.

Architect Daniel Libeskind’s diverse portfolio includes the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the extension to the Denver Art Museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building, the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, and perhaps most famously, the World Trade Center Master Plan in New York City.

David Petraeus, former commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and director of the CIA, delivered Colgate’s Family Weekend keynote.

A three-day conference, "Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict," explored how the international community responds when cultural heritage objects are swept up in war.

On March 11, 2017, Professor Robert Kraynak delivered an address to the Colgate Alumni Club of Fairfield, Connecticut titled "The Intellectual Climate at Colgate: Campus Free Speech in the Age of Safe Spaces and Trump."

On October 15, a mix of teachers, administrators, parents, students, and citizens from across central New York gathered in a town hall–style meeting to discuss the Common Core.