Natural Sciences and Mathematics

In this advanced seminar, Professor Joe Levy introduces junior and senior student researchers to the Earth’s icy regions — the cryosphere

A team of drillers, engineers, and researchers will depart from Christchurch, New Zealand, for Antarctica on Nov. 16, traveling to the southeast margin of the Ross Ice Shelf, where they will drill 650 ft. into the seafloor in an effort to better understand how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting. Colgate Geology Professor Amy Leventer will study these drill cores once they are collected. 

Geology major Ryan D’Errico ’25, from Montclair, N.J., describes his summer research on the active Augustine stratovolcano in Alaska.

Environmental studies major Harshitha Talasila ’26, from Hopewell Junction, N.Y., describes her summer research, monitoring water quality in Hamilton.

Levine will participate in an upcoming 2027 lunar research mission through NASA’s recurring Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon program.

A team of astrophysicists has found three bright objects that might be “dark stars.”

When and how did P. amplisetosus arrive in Ireland? And why are they thriving? Prof. Damhnait McHugh and her colleagues are seeking answers to these questions.

The Lake at the Bottom of the World, from Metamorph Films and the Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access Science Team, releases on Feb. 28.

Colgate faculty members representing languages, philosophy, computer science, and biology gathered in the Hall of Presidents on Nov. 17 to discuss ideas for collaboration through the Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative (MBBI).

A newly funded natural laboratory, designed to understand the interaction between the climate, hydrology, and the Colgate community, is now collecting data, thanks to the recent installation of specialized monitoring stations on campus and in a local creek.