Mellon grant will support a three-year leadership program for faculty members in the humanities. The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, of which Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a member, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Mellon Foundation to create the NY6 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows Program, a three-year program to
This fall, Tamari Bekauri ’20 begins medical school at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. Following a holistic liberal arts experience and a job in a clinical research laboratory, Tamari Bekauri ’20 will begin medical school in August at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are hosting the 8th Annual Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival which brings renowned dance artists, educators, choreographers and scholars to Geneva for four days of workshop sessions and performances, July 6-9, 2022. Co-directed by dance icon William “Bill” Evans and Dance Department Professor Cynthia Williams, the conference follows the
Emmy Award-winning “60 Minutes” Correspondent Bill Whitaker ’73, L.H.D. ’97 is the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club’s top honor, the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Andrea “Andie” Huskie, director of secondary education, will be a contestant on Jeopardy beginning Monday, July 4. Last summer, Director of Secondary Education Andrea “Andie” Huskie successfully completed a three-round audition process with producers and casting personnel from the iconic television game show Jeopardy. In May, she flew to Los Angeles and competed in her
Biology major Erika Sipos ’23 is one of only six students nationwide to earn a 2022 Undergraduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America. Erika Sipos ’23 is a recipient of an Undergraduate Student Research Award from Botanical Society of America, a century-old organization that promotes the study of plants and their interactions
In her first year at the Colleges, Sophia Mughal ’25 emerged as a promising writer. As she discovered her academic interests in political science and religious studies, and involved herself with clubs, she also won the First Year Writing Prize and joined the Writing Colleague Program. What is the biggest difference between being a high
The Finger Lakes Toy Library, founded by Debra Lewis ’00, celebrates is fifth anniversary this month. Like toys, “joy is meant to be shared,” says Debra Eileen Lewis ’00, Founding Board President of the Finger Lakes Toy Library (FLTL). On Saturday, June 25, the FLTL will celebrate five years of sharing joy with children and families
Along with colleges and universities across the country, Hobart and William Smith will recognize the 50th anniversary of the National Pell Grant on Thursday, June 23. For five decades, Pell Grants have provided financial aid to students from low-income families. As the largest program operated by the U.S. Department of Education, these grants have assisted
The 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting was awarded to the staff of The Miami Herald, including reporter Madeleine Marr ’89. Alongside her colleagues at The Miami Herald, real-time news reporter Madeleine Marr ’89 earned a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for the paper’s coverage of the condo complex collapse in Surfside, Fla.,
