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The Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at ��ݮ��Ƶ University has launched a program to connect first-year students from under-resourced high schools and regions to research opportunities. 

A team of drillers, engineers, and researchers will depart from Christchurch, New Zealand, for Antarctica on Nov. 16, traveling to the southeast margin of the Ross Ice Shelf, where they will drill 650 ft. into the seafloor in an effort to better understand how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting. ��ݮ��Ƶ Geology Professor Amy Leventer will study these drill cores once they are collected. 

Geology major Ryan D’Errico ’25, from Montclair, N.J., describes his summer research on the active Augustine stratovolcano in Alaska.

History major Ray Zhang ’24, from Ningbo, China, describes his summer assessing the satisfaction of visitors to a new exhibit at Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

Biology major Joe Coolidge ’24, from Hamilton, N.Y., describes his summer research into the effects of hippo dung on invertebrate species in sub-Saharan Africa.

Environmental studies and English major Kayla Gutheil ’24, from Averill Park, N.Y., describes her summer work with the Adirondack Pollinator Project to promote pollinator species conservation.

Environmental studies and theater major Jorge Rochet ’25, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, describes his summer research project delving into the presence of the U.S. Navy on the two island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Political science and peace and conflict studies major Fabrizio Montisci ’24, from Milan, Italy, describes his summer research on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy toward sub-Saharan Africa.

Environmental studies major Harshitha Talasila ’26, from Hopewell Junction, N.Y., describes her summer research, monitoring water quality in Hamilton.

Levine will participate in an upcoming 2027 lunar research mission through NASA’s recurring Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon program.