Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Photographs by professors Tom Balonek and Roger Rowlett provide a Colgate vantage point of an event that won’t occur again for more than 100 years, the transit of Venus.

Earlier this week, my Biology 211 Lab group took a trip to two local stream outlets to collect samples of aquatic microinvertebrates. Wading knee-deep in streams in nearby forests was a great change of scenery from working at lab tables. The class seemed to enjoy being able to get out in nature and examine firsthand […]

When Weston Testo ’12 arrived at Colgate in 2008, little did he know that he would form an exciting and professional bond with James “Eddie” Watkins, an assistant professor of biology hired that same year. Thanks in part to their research and publication partnership, Testo received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation […]

Given the frequency and range of public events on campus, it’s easy to miss some of the most scholarly events that take place just under the radar. On March 17, Colgate’s geology department hosted 10 scholars for an interdisciplinary dialogue about the destabilization of ecosystems in the northeastern US, due to human-induced habitat destruction, climate […]

Ken Belanger, Raab Family Chair and associate professor of biology, has received another prestigious grant that builds on the biology department’s momentum and further expands the research opportunities on campus for undergraduate biology students.

“Understanding the role that church forests play in the provision of ecosystem services is critical,” wrote Colgate biology professor Catherine Cardelús and two colleagues in a letter published in Science, the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

Two Colgate professors — Rebecca Miller Ammerman, classics, and Randy Fuller, biology — along with seven collaborative partners across the globe, received major research grants from Colgate’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute. Both projects, as envisioned by Harvey M. Picker ’36 when he established the institute in 2006, extend the reach and resources of Colgate faculty members […]

When a businessman in the village of Hamilton had a question about how best to gauge employees’ abilities, he turned to a Colgate faculty member for advice. That request has turned into an interesting collaborative project involving a student, a professor, and an innkeeper.

In the past week, Colgate University faculty answered the call to journalists who sought out qualified experts. As 2012 approaches, journalists are calling on Professor Anthony Aveni for his insights into the Mayan calendar. Bookshelves and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that this date marks the end of the world, or […]

Kevin M. Carlsmith, a highly regarded Colgate professor and researcher who battled cancer for the past three years, died Nov. 19 in his boyhood home in California surrounded by members of his family. He was 44.