Amy Leventer It's hard to believe that I'm in my third year at Colgate! I'm having a great time teaching an old favorite - "Oceanography", as well as several new courses including "Climate Change and Human History" and "Environmental Geology". The Climate class focuses on case studies of climatic events that have impacted human societies and/or the course of human evolution over the past several million years. This gives us a great perspective from which to evaluate modern day global warming. I'm teaching Environmental Geology for the first time this year - the best part of the course is the weekly field trips, organized and led by Di Keller. Rain (Tuesday labs) or shine, we're outside! My research on climate change in the Antarctic is progressing, thanks to lots of help from many, many students. I just returned from Iceland where I presented the results of three student summer projects - the reputation of Colgate students for excellence in research continues! I'm trying to pair research opportunities in the lab with field time in the Antarctic. So far three students, Allison Ridder, Mark Hayes, and Kate Clark, have participated in Southern Ocean cruises - but I hope to extend several more opportunities over the next year, when I visit the "ex-Larsen Ice Shelf" (is its disappearance related to global warming?) and possibly other regions of the Antarctic continental margin. Our research was recently written up in "New Scientist" and a "Discover" magazine article should appear shortly - keep your eyes open for some beautiful photographs of icebergs, penguins, sediment cores, and hopefully a Colgate student or two!