Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Students in BIOL 328 Field Ecology were tasked with developing a field guide, signage, and a website dedicated to the University’s diverse tree canopy,

The Goldwater Scholarship Program identifies and supports college sophomores and juniors on their way to becoming research leaders in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.

A new study from Colgate researchers reveals that Antarctica is changing in ways that will alter its influence on global climate and ocean patterns.

A grant from the National Science Foundation will bring a new field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) to Colgate University.

Recent research by a student-faculty team at Colgate University unlocks new clues that could radically change the world’s understanding of the origin of dark matter.

Sep. 27–28, Colgate University hosted the biannual Michael J. Wolk ’60, MD, Conference on Medical Education, sponsored by the Michael Wolk Heart Foundation and organized by Colgate’s Health Sciences Advising Office and Career Services.

This past summer, three Colgate geology students embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime research trip to gather samples from Augustine Volcano in southern Alaska.

Professor Joe Levy and two Colgate students spent time in the Alvord Desert in Eastern Oregon with a NASA team that’s designing a new generation of Mars helicopters with sensors to examine moisture in soil.

As part of the 2024 cohort of Summer Field School Fellows, Mary Thomas Powell ’26 and Charlie Tourbaf ’25 are conducting hands-on environmental research.

A new study featuring Professor of Earth and Environmental Geosciences Amy Leventer has revealed the presence of canyons off Antarctica that serve as pathways for relatively warm ocean waters to move toward the continent.