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Activist Fredrika Newton, president and co-founder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, will deliver Colgate’s 2026 MLK Celebration Keynote Address on Jan. 22, 2026, in Colgate Memorial Chapel. The celebration’s opening ceremony and keynote address set the tone for a week of learning, dialogue, and collective action grounded in community, empathy, and justice. The MLK Celebration is a proud Colgate tradition, organized by the ALANA Cultural Center and the Dean of the College Division. Other highlights will include a unity dinner, a day of service, and a social justice summit, featuring student leaders from the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium.

The community is already addressing threats identified in Colgate’s Climate Resilience Assessment.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) provides alternative service-oriented break trips for Colgate students.

���ճԹ�’s 17th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Week, Jan. 23–Feb. 1, kicked off with a keynote address by Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru, a Rhodes Scholar and environmental justice activist.

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 Nov. 11 event marking the one-year anniversary of the switch from the Southern-Madison Ambulance Corps (SOMAC) to Madison County EMS.

On the latest episode of 13, join Director Catherine Cardelús and Associate Director Julie Dudrick as they share the history and mission of the Upstate Institute.

Madison County Director of Emergency Management Dan Degear says that — while there is still some paperwork and legal aspects to work through — the Nov. 11, 2023, transition of primary ambulance service for the greater Hamilton area from the Southern-Madison Ambulance Corps (SOMAC) to Madison County EMS has been seamless.

The Colgate Thirteen a cappella group will perform the National Anthem before the Packers, Bears game on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

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