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15 August 2025Why Students Love HWS: Top National Rankings Roll In
Princeton Review ranks Hobart and William Smith among the happiest, friendliest and most student-loved colleges in the nation.
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14 August 2025Centered on Careers
The Princeton Review ranks HWS #10 in the Nation for Best Career Services.
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14 August 2025Career Trajectory: Samuel Oestreicher ’27 at The Knothole Foundation
Samuel Oestreicher ’27 builds on his passion for baseball as a marketing and social media intern at The Knothole Foundation this summer.
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13 August 2025Committed to Community
The Princeton Review ranks HWS #3 in the Nation for most engaged community service.
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13 August 2025Forging a Path to Service
Guided by hometown heroes, college leadership and HWS courses, Will Jones ’26 finds clarity in his calling as a future U.S. Marine Corps Officer.
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12 August 2025HWS Shines in Princeton Review Rankings with 9 National Honors
From Best Career Services to Top Student Support, HWS has been recognized as a top college for community, career and campus life.
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12 August 2025Investigating Gene Connections
Under Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon, three students have spent the summer conducting experiments to better understand molecular partnerships in the development of fruit flies.
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Phillips '62 Honored in Avenue of Heroes
Dr. Steven J. Phillips '62, a retired lieutenant colonel of the United States Army Reserve who served two tours during the Vietnam War and held a career in medicine, was featured in the Coronado Eagle and Journal's Avenue of Heroes.
Q and A with Gregory '07 in The Daily Record
Peter J. Gregory '07, a partner at Goldberg Segalla, answers questions on real estate law for The Power List in The Daily Record.
McNally '96 Named Bellow Scholar
The Association of American Law Schools’ Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest has recognized Laura McNally ‘96 for her efforts in uncovering the rampant “tangled title” problem plaguing estate law.
Jacobsen in Yahoo! News on Bill
Professor of Economics and former HWS President Joyce Jacobsen talks in a Yahoo! News article about how President Trump’s recently passed spending bill will impact women with children.
Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75 Profiled in the Washington Examiner
The late Ben Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75, a speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson and later a political commentator and author, is remembered in a biography in the Washington Examiner.
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Service and Education are in his DNA
For a career devoted to narrowing the achievement gap, Brendan Csaposs ’09 is one of 11 nationally to win the 2025 Service Year Alum Award.
HWS Launches Frelinghuysen Summer Program in Washington, D.C.
A recent gift from former U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen ’69, L.H.D. ’01 (R-NJ) will expand public service, policy and advocacy internship opportunities for Hobart and William Smith students.
From Statesmen to Educator: Inspiring the Next Generation
Jamie Anderson ’06 Named Ontario County Youth Bureau School Employee of the Year.
Melly Gift Leads $113M Fundraising Year
Support for Hobart and William Smith students, programs and facilities reaches historic levels during a remarkable start of capital campaign.
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Tanaka Funds Hong Kong Internship and Kabuki Research
Sandeep Tissaaratchy ’26 and Johnny Bewley ’27 were awarded the Tanaka Fellowships.
Career Trajectory: Nathan Deller '27 at Gallagher
Nathan Deller '27 lands a summer internship with Gallagher as a sales intern.
Startup-Inspired Device Targets Nighttime Seizures
At the intersection of business and biomedical innovation, one undergraduate’s prototype could change epilepsy care.
Discovery of an Enzyme
Under Professor of Chemistry Kristin Slade, three students have explored the effects of altering conditions for an enzyme in the metabolic system.
