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

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 ��������. 

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.

This week’s “Dark Skies in Appalachian Identity, Culture, and Sense of Place” symposium will bring writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, scholars, and scientists to Colgate, April 4–6, to explore the human connection to the dark night sky.

New York Times Op-ed columnist David Brooks recently joined Lampert Institute Director Illan Nam for a conversation about his book How to Know a Person.

David Brooks and David Sanger of the New York Times will be among the featured guests welcomed to campus as part of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs spring lecture series.

Colgate’s Constitution Day Debate on Sept. 13 focused on the constitutionality of the administrative state.

Matthew McGeary ’24 is one of Upstate Institute’s Summer Field School Fellows working with Rogers Environmental Education Center’s “B-Team.”

Despite the dire warnings that artificial intelligence will create major disruptions to the economy, higher education, and society as a whole, AI expert Avi Goldfarb remains optimistic about its potential.

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