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A sophisticated instrument tucked in a Wynn Hall laboratory is providing Colgate researchers with critical information about the structure of small molecules and proteins, data that support the most advanced research practices in chemistry and biochemistry.

The instrument, a dual-source X-ray diffractometer, was commissioned in December after the university was awarded a highly competitive grant of $410,000 from the National Science Foundation.

Interested in learning a new language?

If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands.

A study conducted by Colgate University Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two Colgate undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt '06 and Megan Esch '07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a gesture is associated with them.

Even though the most significant impact from climate change has been in polar regions, a new report co-authored by assistant professor of biology Catherine Cardelús may debunk the notion that tropical plants and animals remain unaffected by global warming.

The research conducted by Cardelús and four other scientists was published in this week's issue of Science magazine, and media outlets around the world have reported the team's findings.

Martha McConnell '97, a geology doctorate student and a former legislative fellow for a U.S. senator, urged students Tuesday to consider post-grad possibilities that diverge from more traditional courses of research.

McConnell's research interests at the University of South Carolina include paleoclimatology and rapid climate change. She presented her lecture "From Foarams to Congressional Fellow: Climate Change and Public Policy" as part of the Geology Seminar Series.

Twelve students and two professors will spend three weeks in a remote Ugandan jungle as part of an interdisciplinary extended study course that emphasizes hands-on learning and research involving rare mountain gorillas.

The group, led by geography professor Peter Scull and biology professor Frank Frey, will be working with community leaders in the village of Buhoma and park officials at the adjacent Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest.

The village is a jumping off point for eco-tourism trips into the national park, where tourists can view mountain gorillas that are habituated, or accustomed to human contact.

Politics may be partly to blame for the demise of Syracuse's once vibrant salt industry.

That's according to Colgate geography professor William Meyer, whose research about the Salt City's salt springs was highlighted this week in The Post-Standard (Syracuse).

Meyer's research project was one of five funded this academic year by the university's Upstate Institute, a resource for organizations seeking regional expertise and information about upstate New York.

It was billed as a humanities colloquium, but there was a whole lot of science going on.

That's because Spencer Kelly, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, and Yukari Hirata, associate professor of Japanese, were presenting the results of their neurolinguistic research, and their official sponsor was the Harvey Picker Institute for Interdisciplinary Study in the Sciences and Mathematics.

What do "mutations linked with cardiovascular phenotypes" have in common with Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for Colgate? To adequately understand the importance of both, it is best to talk with a Colgate undergraduate.

Alumni and friends had the chance to do just that at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., during one of Colgate's campaign celebrations.

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."

The undergraduates are part of a unique venture between Colgate and Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an Africa-based nongovernmental organization focused on environmental conservation and public health in a remote region of Uganda.