Student Profiles

This summer, Aleksia Taci ’25 joined Professor Meredyth Winter in researching and analyzing archeological textiles from the city of Rayy, Iran, from the 10th–12th century.

Film and Media studies major Claire Chen ’24, from Changshu, China, describes her research into Asian LGBTQ+ experiences in the film industry.

Environmental geography major Thomas Butler ’24, from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, describes his historical and geographical research on how perceptions of weather in upstate New York have changed over time.

Computer Science major Shane Knopp ’23, from Palm Beach, Fla., describes his geological research on the Alaskan Subduction Zone.

In the summers of 2019 and 2020, Colgate University professors Krista Ingram and Ahmet Ay set course for Casco Bay, Maine, with student researchers Lauren Horstmyer ’22 and Hailey Orff ’24. Together, they captured thousands of images of harbor seals for SealNet.

History major Anya Sokolowski ’25, from Bethesda, Md., describes her genealogical and historical research on survivors of the Underground Railroad.

Colgate junior Candido Martinez will be part of the inaugural cohort of students selected from around the country to participate in an Expanding Diversity in Economics Summer Institute, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at the University of Chicago.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

In this all-new episode of 13 Assistant Dean and Director of International Student Services Kerra Hunter talks about supporting Colgate’s international student population, which currently hails from 44 countries around the world, and the ways the University works to make their transition to studying in the United States as seamless as possible. 

While seemingly everyone else was growing sourdough starters at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacob Watts ’21 was growing a basement fern laboratory.