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  • It鈥檚 hard to imagine the common earthworm as an 鈥渁lien invader,鈥 but those near Colgate are not native to North America, and it鈥檚 been found that they could be harmful to the environment.
    September 27, 2011
  • When Bharadwaj Reddy 鈥12 chose to attend Colgate from India, he thought he would spend four years without ever hearing or speaking Telugu, his native tongue, to anyone on campus. But during his sophomore year he found Srikar Gullapali 鈥13, a friend and colleague who not only speaks his language, but has similar goals in [鈥
    September 22, 2011
  • The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute recently awarded grants supporting collaborative research teams led by Colgate faculty members who will combine their expertise from across disciplines to address questions in science and mathematics.
    March 16, 2011
  • A grueling ascent of the 9,400-foot summit of Lonquimay volcano in Chile provided spectacular views, important data collection, and a fun slide down the volcano鈥檚 glaciers for about 20 students on an extended study course. The volcano was one of five visited during winter break by students who are taking Professor Karen Harpp鈥檚 Geology 420: [鈥
    January 13, 2011
  • Waving peace signs in the air and repeating choruses of 鈥淚鈥檓 鈥楢鈥 African,鈥 students and faculty hardly looked like they were gathered in Love Auditorium to learn anything. Yet they were treated to a unique and original lesson in evolutionary biology 鈥 in rap format.
    December 2, 2010
  • Physics department faculty members Charlie Holbrow, Jim Lloyd 鈥54, Joe Amato, Kiko Galvez, and Beth Parks have spent the last four years working together on a revision of the Colgate-inspired Modern Introductory Physics.
    November 9, 2010
  • As the world searches for alternative sources of energy, Bill Jorgenson 鈥65 is exploring an option that he acknowledges is not particularly glamorous: cow poop and garbage. Jorgenson is the managing partner of AGreen Energy LLC (AGE), an organization that has developed a process to not only generate sustainable energy from what would otherwise be [鈥
    October 25, 2010