The Colgate Scene
September 2007
Summer school
Ryan Meyers '09 (front) works alongside two Upstate Institute Summer Science Academy students, Tiffany Ackley and Daniel Leet from Sherburne-Earlville High School, in a lab in Olin Hall. With Frank Frey (biology), Meyers was studying whether plant extracts traditionally used by Native Americans in the region to cure disease have antibacterial properties. |
Nearly 100 students spent the summer at Colgate — and beyond — delving into projects such as the effects of bankruptcy, optical variability of quasars, honeybee nest site selection as a dynamic multi-objective optimization algorithm, and Pythagorean triples and Ramsey Theory — just to name a few. Conducting research during the summer "allows you to really focus on what you're doing," said Ryan Meyers '09. "It also gives you the chance to meet a lot of people in town and to get to know the community." |
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