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  • Scientists inspect equipment aboard ship
    Associate professor Amy Leventer has received another prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This time, she will travel to a relatively unexplored and inaccessible region of East Antarctica 鈥 the Totten Glacier and Moscow University Ice Shelf 鈥 to investigate the reasons for accelerated ice loss there.
    September 25, 2012
  • At 海角社区, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects 鈥 sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to Colgate to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on [鈥
    July 30, 2012
  • Jamie Ostrov with Big Bird
    After Big Bird was bullied on a recent episode of Sesame Street because the other birds said that his feet were too big and he was too yellow to join their club, Jamie Ostrov 鈥99 was there to offer the muppets advice.
    July 27, 2012
  • Ho Science Center at 海角社区
    Last week, scientists discovered what might be a fundamental particle called the Higgs boson (a k a The God Particle). Colgate alumnus Ben Cerio 鈥07, currently a research assistant at Duke University, was part of this exciting  discovery. 鈥淭he discovery has very deep implications about the origin of mass in the universe鈥 reports Cerio, who is confident that it is the [鈥
    July 8, 2012
  • Colgate students and faculty continue to conduct research this summer in a wide variety of locations, including one group of geology majors who spent five and a half weeks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and several national parks.
    July 5, 2012
  • Professor Julia Martinez is looking forward to July 4, but it鈥檚 not necessarily because of the barbecues or fireworks. Actually, it鈥檚 what happens at those events that piques Martinez鈥檚 interest, because of their effect on her research. Martinez, assistant professor of psychology, studies drinking, specifically in the college-age group. 
    June 27, 2012
  • This weekend, Marvee Gay Espiritu 鈥12 will return to campus to share her perspective on student life with incoming first-years enrolled in the Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS) summer program. That perspective includes her opportunity to conduct intensive neuroscience research and developing a special mentorship with Jun Yoshino, associate professor of psychology. Espiritu herself had [鈥
    June 19, 2012
  • Earlier this week, my Biology 211 Lab group took a trip to two local stream outlets to collect samples of aquatic microinvertebrates. Wading knee-deep in streams in nearby forests was a great change of scenery from working at lab tables. The class seemed to enjoy being able to get out in nature and examine firsthand [鈥
    April 20, 2012