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Alumna Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo's interest in international development - sparked by a Colgate extended study course and a Watson fellowship - can be seen through her work involving refugees in Kenya, religious leaders in Nigeria, and a host of others around the world.

Obichere-Roxo '00 is a program officer with Management Sciences for Health, a nonprofit global health organization based at The Extending Service Delivery Project, a consortium of six international organizations funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

Besides Kenya and Nigeria, Obichere-Roxo also has worked in England, India, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mali. She focuses mainly on reproductive health and family planning issues.

The U.S. health-care system must move from an emphasis on intervention to one of prevention and early diagnosis if it is to provide real value to American consumers.

That is one of the topics Dr. Michael J. Wolk '60 discusses in the latest episode of Colgate Conversations, a podcast series that highlights members of the campus community.

The noted cardiologist was on campus recently for the Michael J. Wolk '60 Conference on Medical Education. More than 100 students met with physicians from around the Northeast and dissected the medical profession, how to join it, and what to expect from life as a clinician.

The thrill is definitely not gone for Ken Schanzer.

As president of NBC Sports for nearly 10 years, he says he has "one of the greatest jobs on the planet."

As an alumnus from the Class of 1966, he says his love of Colgate -- a place of "magic and miracles" -- is as strong as ever.

During a recent visit to campus, Schanzer talked about his job and alma mater for the latest episode (mp3) of Colgate Conversations, the podcast series that highlights members of the campus community.

The discovery of small ancient tools on the coast of Cyprus has led to big things for Colgate archaeologist Albert Ammerman.

Ammerman leads the research team that has worked along the shores of the Mediterranean island for the past three years.

His team's research was detailed in The New York Times and numerous other major media outlets, and he was the subject of an extensive profile in Science magazine, in which he was called the "Renaissance man of archaeology."

John Seely Brown, the former chief scientist at Xerox who writes extensively about collective innovation and digital culture, says he grew up at Colgate.

His father was a chemistry professor (1934 to 1968) and his mother a librarian, so Brown was on campus all the time, mostly feeding his interests in computers and astronomy.