Descending into the summit crater of Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano was not exactly in his post-Colgate plans when Branden Christensen ’06 came upon his final semester.
Christensen had just finished applying to volcanology graduate programs across North America when he and his geology professor, Karen Harpp, flew to Quito, Ecuador, for an academic conference. The trip became not only an opportunity to share their findings on the geochemical evolution of the Floreana volcano in Galapagos, but also an eye-opener towards an internship possibility.
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Lisa Marchi ’09, a star swimmer for Colgate, is getting her feet wet in the classroom and the pool this summer
Besides taking part in two practices a day for the swim team, the junior has jumped in head first to learn a complex computer program – largely on her own – that can produce 2D and 3D models.
When art and art history professor and sculptor DeWitt Godfrey unveils his latest creation at the Sixth Slovenian Conference of Graph Theory in Bled, Slovenia, this Sunday, he won’t be the only one celebrating. 
The piece — a model of a series of calculations titled Tucker’s Group — was the product of the hard work of more than a few colleagues, including a member of the faculty in the mathematics department, a Slovenian professor, two Colgate students, and a Hamilton-based artisan.
