They came. They saw. They confabbed 鈥 on culture and identity politics, the ethical responsibilities of a documentarian, and the proper balance of race and ethnicity in a program lineup. Then, the 170 attendees of this year鈥檚 Flaherty Film Seminar, held at Colgate from June 18 to 24, disbanded. For the university 鈥 Flaherty鈥檚 home [鈥July 14, 2016
Colgate students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Madison Bailey 鈥18, a peace and conflict studies major from Wayne, Pa. This summer, I am the development [鈥July 11, 2016
Peter Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Chair in the humanities in the Department of English. He was the first director of the Center for Ethics and World Societies. His book Ozone Journal won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I first met Elie Wiesel when my friend and English department colleague Terrence [鈥July 8, 2016
Colgate students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Jacob King 鈥18, a molecular biology major from Burlington, Conn. This summer, I鈥檓 on campus completing research with biology [鈥July 7, 2016
Caroline Danehy 鈥19 never expected to appear on national television. But a stroke of inspiration at a special summer camp offered her the chance to make an appearance on the Animal Planet series Treehouse Masters. Two years ago, Danehy, then a junior in high school, decided to spend a summer day volunteering at Sunrise Day [鈥July 5, 2016
Veins of neon green trace a path across a stark black background in a photo taken by Claire Kittock 鈥17 and Noor Anvery 鈥17, displaying a web of microscopic neurons within the brain of a genetically altered fruit fly. Kittock and Anvery captured the photo through a microscope while researching the cellular architecture of different [鈥July 1, 2016
Colgate students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Erica Pais 鈥17, a sociology and educational studies double major from Sharon, Mass., interning at Chicory 鈥 a startup [鈥June 30, 2016
Upworthy.com producer/editor Jess Blank 鈥11 and her boyfriend, Adam Weisbarth 鈥10, volunteer as foster 鈥減arents鈥 for Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, a four-year-old group that rescues dogs from high-kill shelters in the South. Without its own facility, the rescue relies on foster care until dogs are adopted, which can take anywhere from one week to several [鈥June 29, 2016