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9 September 2016HWS Ranks 17th for Best College Radio
Hobart and William Smiths college radio station has been ranked 17th in the nation by Princeton Review. The ranking appears in The Best 381 Colleges 2017 and is based on stude
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2 August 2016Dunn Publishes Three Books
This year, Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn published three books that address, from three vastly different perspectives, political and social realities and how global citizens can engage
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6 July 2016Intro to Higher-Ed: NJ SEEDS Returns to HWS
For the ninth consecutive year, the New Jersey SEEDS (Scholars, Educators, Excellence, Dedication and Success) will return to the Hobart and William Smith campus this summer for an immersive academic experience and introduction to college life.
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1 July 2016Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
The 2016 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum recently gave members of the HWS community and campus partners the chance to showcase the many mutually beneficial student partnerships and projects tha
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27 May 2016Friedman Co-Authors Frankenstein Narrative History
In Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives, Professor of Media and Society Les Friedman and Professor of History Allison Kavey (City College of New York) trace the
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5 April 2016Dunn Edits Four-Volume Reader on African Politics
Bloomsbury Academic recently published African Politics: Critical and Primary Sources, edited by Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn. The four-volume reference collection focuse
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30 March 2016Vietnam Tribute Features Bozzuto 68
Thomas S. Bozzuto 68, vice chair and chair elect of the HWS Board of Trustees, plays a prominent role in the upcoming Maryland Public Television documentary and associated traveling exhibit,
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1 March 2016Hebb Awarded Grant for Astrophysics Research
Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) to support her innovative time domain astrophysics resea
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19 February 2016Philbrick Yadav in Washington Post
On the fifth anniversary of the Yemeni uprising, Associate Professor of Political Science Stacey Philbrick Yadav reflects on that countrys protracted civil war on the Washington Posts
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28 January 2016Dean Interviewed ahead of New Book Publication
In her new book, Crowds and Party (forthcoming Feb. 9 from Verso Books), Jodi Dean, who holds the Donald R. Harter 39 Professorship of the Humanities and Social Sciences, argue
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28 January 2016Cuony Scholarship Supports Aspiring Teachers
Hobart and William Smith students from the local community who are in the Colleges Teacher Education Program (TEP) have the chance for a $10,000 scholarship opportunity thanks to the generos
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24 April 2015HWS Award Five Honorary Degrees
Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded five honorary degrees to individuals who, by virtue of their significant service toward improving the public good at the local and national levels, are pow
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19 January 2011College Bowl Victory: 50 Years
Fifty years ago, on Jan. 21, Hobart and William Smith Colleges defeated Baylor University 245 to 140 in the nationally-televised G.E. College Bowl. The HWS team had previously beaten Beloit College
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30 March 2008HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES JOIN AMERICAN COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CLIMATE COMMITMENT
At noon on Friday, Sept. 14, President Mark Gearan signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, making Hobart and William Smith Colleges a charter member of an effort to reduce emissions of gases responsible for global warming.
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