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Former Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø professor Arnold A. Sio, a forerunner in teaching race relations at the university level, passed away June 29 in Kingston, N.Y. He was 93.

Last month, in the valley of Chenango, gathered 47 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø alumni, parents, and friends. Leaving behind jobs, bills, and Glee reruns, they became students again, taking classes with some of the university’s leading professors during Summer on the Hill, June 22-26.

The Hamilton International Film Festival is returning to Central New York for a third year and its organizers promise an all star lineup of films, charity-themed events, and red-carpet parties.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø President Jeffrey Herbst is among a group of university presidents who are visiting Israel this week. The presidents from around the nation consulted with the trip’s sponsor, Project Interchange, on the program that runs from July 4 -11.

Shortly after announcing her agenda that she hopes will focus New York State’s manufacturing efforts on clean energy and technology, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stopped at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø to talk to youths about their critical roles in science.

Forget summer break. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø 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, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø 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, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø’s sustainability coordinator, and Lyle Roelofs, provost and dean of the faculty, accepted the award on the university’s behalf.