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Colgate will host a new speaker series for the spring semester titled The University and the Public Good: The Role of the American College in Our Time, sponsored by the Office of the President.

Oct. 17–31, the Department of History and Longyear Museum of Anthropology welcomed artists from Jalabil, a women’s weaving collective in Chiapas, Mexico, for a two-week residency.

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.

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

n on Thursday, Aug. 29. The Colgate Shuttle will operate under the direction of the new transportation department director, Colin Idzi, a former transportation coordinator and campus safety officer at Hamilton College.

Colgate University’s Case Library is now designated as an official steward of thousands of U.S. presidential documents, effectively opening public access to the University’s collection of presidential writings, addresses, and public remarks dating from 1929–2017 thanks to a new agreement with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO).

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. 

Protestant Campus Minister Corey MacPherson has been named University chaplain for a three-year term beginning July 1. 

New York Times correspondent David Sanger, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, visited Colgate on March 26 for a lecture and discussion about his new book.

Colgate University’s Center for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation, which is nearing completion and expected to open in the fall, will be named Bernstein Hall in honor of the lead donor’s genealogical roots.