Geography News and Updates

Professors Emily Mitchell-Eaton, Mike Loranty, and Teo Ballvé led a graduate school information session, trying to get to the idea of when is the right time to attend, what is the right school, and what it is possible to do with graduate degrees.

Professor William Meyer has taken a look at the history behind Riggs v. Palmer in his recently published book.

Professor Daisaku Yamamoto’s thoughts on life-environmentalism have informed lectures, a class, and now a newly published book.

By Christmas eve, 2022, Buffalo, NY had received over 6 feet of snow from a once-in-a-lifetime storm, with some places receiving as much as 15 feet by the end of the 31-hour event.  Professor Adam Burnett was watching the storm, waiting for when he could get back to the lake effect data.

Students and faculty and staff came to hear from returning Colgate Geography alumni about careers after Colgate.

Molly Abruzzese ’25 looks into the availability of local food in farmers' markets in the Adirondacks.

Matthew McGeary ’24 studies bumblebee population decline at Rogers Environmental Center.

Geography Meetup at Reunion 2023

Professor Ellen Kraly giving her Reunion College lecture, "The Search for Safe Haven: Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Refugee and Forced Migrations" on Friday, June 2, 2023.

2023 Senior Honors projects as given by Erin Flannery '23, Keegan Kessler '23, and Sophia Ferrero '23.