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Forget summer break. Colgate has spent the days since graduation busily poring over its ledgers, tallying the thanks it owes alumni, parents, and friends for their support in Fiscal Year 2011. The official count, announced today, comes to 39 million — the dollar amount raised from all sources between June 2010 through May 2011.

Attending the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar means being open to a different kind of film festival.  Don’t, for example, ask for a list of films to be screened, because you won’t get one. Do, however, be open to in-depth discussion, and lots of it.

Last Thursday, Colgate received a Second Nature Climate Leadership Award in the Baccalaureate category from the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). At the organization’s Climate Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., John Pumilio, Colgate’s sustainability coordinator, and Lyle Roelofs, provost and dean of the faculty, accepted the award on the university’s behalf.

Golfers such as Chip Beck, Andy Bean, Bobby Wadkins, and Syracuse native Jim Roy will be playing at Colgate’s Seven Oaks Golf Course on Monday for a chance to qualify for the U.S. Senior Open.

The prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, which is being held this week at Colgate, is offering free public screenings of two films at 9 tonight at the Hamilton Movie Theater.

Joel Sommers, assistant professor of computer science, discusses his research at Colgate in this question and answer interview.

Looking for reading recommendations to take along with you on your summer vacation? The Colgate Scene asked Colgate professors what they’ve recently read for fun. The responses were as varied and interesting as the people who submitted them — from memoir, historical fiction, and classic 20th-century literature to economic analysis, science fiction, and a graphic […]

The 16th annual Colgate Writers’ Conference, featuring a week of intensive workshops in the writing of fiction, non-fiction prose, and poetry, will take place June 19-25. A number of well-known writers will serve as faculty for the event, which draws both published and aspiring writers to discuss their writing, work on pieces, and attend readings.