Centers and Institutes

Colgate University’s Center for Freedom and Western Civilization hosted Jonathan Turley on April 22 for a discussion on freedom of speech in the United States.

The Poetry Machine is making its way around Colgate University and Hamilton, N.Y., thanks to Colgate’s Upstate Institute and the University Libraries in partnership with the Adirondack Center for Writing.

Colgate’s annual MLK Celebration will be held from January 23 to February 1, 2025, and feature a keynote address by Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru.

The third installment of Colgate’s Road to the White House series featured New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, Carl Hulse.

Two academic freedom experts, Keith Whittington of Yale Law School and Ulrich Baer of New York University, made their cases for the role and scope of free speech in higher education during Colgate’s 2024 Constitution Day Debate.

The second installment of Colgate’s Road to the White House series featured a conversation with political strategist Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bush Administration.

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele kicked off Colgate’s Road to the White House series on Sept. 4.

Free speech on campus will be the focus of this fall’s 2024 Constitution Day Debate.

Colgate’s academic community will come together for moments of learning and civic engagement this month during The Road to the White House: Colgate’s 2024 Election Series, presented by the Office of the President and the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs.

Michael Fitzgerald, recently retired commissioner at the Madison County Department of Social Services (DSS), has been appointed to serve as Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair in regional studies for the 2024–25 academic year. Fitzgerald brings a wealth of practitioner experience, a deep commitment to community, and a strong relationship with the Upstate Institute and Colgate University.