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  • Road to World War II

    17 December 2021Road to World War II

    In Sins of the Fathers, Stern and co-author Alan A. Winter continue the story of Adolf Hitler’s political rise and the road to World War II.

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  • Franks '72 Creates Richard L. 'Doc' Heaton - Edward P. Franks, M.D. Professor of Human Rights, Genocide, and Social Justice

    10 December 2021Franks '72 Creates Richard L. 'Doc' Heaton - Edward P. Franks, M.D. Professor of Human Rights, Genocide, and Social Justice

    A gift from Dr. Edward Franks '72 endows a permanent fund in memory of Professor of Religious Studies Richard Heaton, in recognition of the late professors contributions to awareness of human rights.

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  • Crocetta ΓÇÖ21 Featured in Literary Publication

    2 December 2021Crocetta '21 Featured in Literary Publication

    Living is also about your unconscious experiences, Jillian Crocetta 21 explains about her nonfiction work Salamander Literature.

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  • Austin Hassett '69 establishes a planned gift to the Colleges

    1 December 2021Austin Hassett '69 establishes a planned gift to the Colleges

    Thankful for his enlightening education, Austin Hassett '69 gives back.

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  • On the Frontline of PTSD Studies 1

    23 November 2021On the Frontline of PTSD Studies

    Stephanie Wells 10 is exploring new ways to treat PTSD, understand why patients drop out of treatment, and how to increase engagement in PTSD treatment.

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  • Announcing the New HWS Rowing Center

    17 November 2021Announcing the New HWS Rowing Center

    Excavation and construction began this summer at the site of the Miltenberger and Bennett-Hooper Rowing Center.

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    11 November 2021Whitaker '73 Receives Top Honor for Journalistic Excellence

    Trustee Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 is the recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism from the International Center for Journalists.

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  • Honoring HWS Veterans: Frelinghuysen '69

    11 November 2021Honoring HWS Veterans: Frelinghuysen '69

    New Jersey Globe profiles Rodney Frelinghuysen '69 and his family's legacy of service.

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  • HWS Hosts Veterans Day Conversation

    5 November 2021HWS Hosts Veterans Day Conversation

    Two Veterans Day discussions pay tribute to U.S. Armed Forces.

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  • Founder's Day Celebrates Leadership and Progress

    26 October 2021Founder's Day Celebrates Leadership and Progress

    This Founders Day celebrate the William Smith legacy of preparing women to make a difference.

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  • Collier '73 Honored for Great Lakes Leadership

    25 October 2021Collier '73 Honored for Great Lakes Leadership

    The Great Lakes Protection Fund recognized Rob Collier '73 for the trailblazing environmental program network he created, which has inspired similar programs across the country.

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  • Suddenly Sick

    25 October 2021Suddenly Sick

    In his new memoir, Peter Karp '54 offers an absorbing and moving account of his wifes unexpected battle with lung cancer.

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  • Strong Parents, Strong Daughters Fund

    21 October 2021Strong Parents, Strong Daughters Fund

    Best friends from the William Smith Class of 1984 have established the Strong Parents, Strong Daughters Fund in honor of the late Judith Murtha P'84.

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  • Harry Temkin ’89 joins DriveWealth

    18 October 2021Temkin '89 Named DriveWealth CIO

    Former eBay executive Harry Temkin 89 joins DriveWealth, a pioneer in fractional investing and embedded finance, as Chief Information Officer.

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  • New Druids Bring Character, Loyalty and Leadership 3

    15 October 2021New Druids Bring Character, Loyalty and Leadership

    The newest inductees to Hobart Colleges Druid Society, the highest honor society for Hobart students, were announced at the Homecoming and Family Weekend football game on Saturday, Sept. 25.

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  • Guys Talk Yoga

    14 October 2021Guys Talk Yoga

    On his podcast, Guys Talking Yoga, Derek Vanderwarker 96 interviewed Dan Bornstein, Ph.D. 95, a health and exercise science expert at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

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  • Bozzuto '68 Inducted to Baltimore Sun Hall of Fame

    12 October 2021Bozzuto '68 Inducted to Baltimore Sun Hall of Fame

    This fall, The Baltimore Sun inducted former HWS Board Chair and Honorary Trustee Thomas S. Bozzuto 68, L.H.D.18 and Barbara Bozzuto into the Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

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  • The Far and the Near Released This Year

    12 October 2021The Far and the Near Released This Year

    David Lehner '80's fourth novel, The Far and the Near, explores the ramifications of cancel culture and the suppression of ideas.

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  • Make It, Don't Fake It

    12 October 2021Make It, Don't Fake It

    Ever wonder what it takes to lead a successful business? Sabrina Horn '83 offers valuable answers in her new book Make it, Don't Fake it.

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  • Remembering Alan Kalter '64, the Voice of Letterman's Late Show

    8 October 2021Remembering Alan Kalter '64, the Voice of Letterman's Late Show

    Alan Kalter '64, the longtime announcer for the Late Show with David Letterman and beloved Class Correspondent since 1972, died on Monday.

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    6 October 2021Ten Years After Graduation: Where is Ben Ahearn Now?

    Ben Ahearn 11 reminisces on his time at the Colleges and how the Charles H. Salisbury Summer International Internship Stipend influenced his life and career journey. In the past few months, I hav

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  • Alums Build the Business They Want to See in the World: New Podcast Talks Entrepreneurship

    2 October 2021Alums Build the Business They Want to See in the World: New Podcast Talks Entrepreneurship

    HWS alums share a fresh, front-line perspective on launching business ventures in the new student-led podcast Entrepreneurial Endeavors.

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  • McMillan '21 Chases the Wind

    30 September 2021McMillan '21 Chases the Wind

    Tracking tornados in the field as an HWS undergrad prepared Patrick McMillan '21 for his graduate studies in meteorology at Ohio University.

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    30 September 2021Upscaling Downtown

    The ethnographic Honors research conducted by Chloé Sudduth ’17 at HWS has been published as a peer-reviewed article in The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography

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  • New Blueprints:

    21 September 2021New Blueprints: "To Help People See"

    University of Rochesters Memorial Art Gallery features works by Associate Professor of American Studies Kirin Makker and G. Peter Jemison L.H.D. '20.

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  • Confessions of an Applied Psychologist

    20 September 2021Confessions of an Applied Psychologist

    Lessons on guiding leaders through times of rapid and unpredictable change. Dr. Stephen Cohen '67 will visit campus on Monday, Nov. 1 to speak to students interested in careers in psychology.

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  • Pulteney Street Podcast: Hobart Football

    14 September 2021Pulteney Street Podcast: Hobart Football

    Head Football Coach Kevin DeWall ’00 joins the Pulteney Street Podcast with President Joyce P. Jacobsen.

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  • Discovery During Medical Rotations

    3 September 2021Discovery During Medical Rotations

    Tyler Fuller 18 is finishing his fourth year in medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical Universitys Rural Medical Scholars Program. He completed his pediatrics, emergency medicine, family medicine

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  • Herons Earn IWLCA Academic Honors

    3 September 2021Herons Earn IWLCA Academic Honors

    The Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its 2020-21 academic award winners today.

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  • Wickenden '76 to Discuss The Agitators in Auburn, N.Y.

    1 September 2021Wickenden '76 to Discuss The Agitators in Auburn, N.Y.

    Dorothy H. Wickenden '76, L.H.D. '14 discusses her new book at the Seward House Museum in Auburn, N.Y.

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  • Rev. Cloughen '64 Authors One Minute Stewardship

    28 July 2021Rev. Cloughen '64 Authors One Minute Stewardship

    Rev. Charles Cloughen Jr. '64 is the author of One Minute Stewardship: Creative Ways to Talk about Money in Church.

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  • The Meeting with Super Bowl Champion Marpet '15 and Secret Service Officer Ellis '15

    26 July 2021The Meeting with Super Bowl Champion Marpet '15 and Secret Service Officer Ellis '15

    The Meeting with Super Bowl Champion Marpet '15 and Secret Service Officer Ellis '15

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  • New Endowment Celebrates 150 Years of Phi Beta Kappa at HWS

    23 July 2021New Endowment Celebrates 150 Years of Phi Beta Kappa at HWS

    For academically accomplished students, there is no higher recognition than admission to Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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    23 July 2021Lawver '21 and Boland '21 Begin at Aon

    Two recent graduates have accepted positions at Aon. Delia Lawver '21 and Julian Boland '21 have landed full-time positions at Aon, a global financial services firm.

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  • Pierson '21 Secures Job at Prudential Financial

    16 July 2021Pierson '21 Secures Job at Prudential Financial

    Tyler Pierson '21 accepts position at one of the worlds largest financial services institutions, Prudential Financial.

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  • FEVEN YOHANNES '04: Divine Messages

    16 July 2021FEVEN YOHANNES '04: Divine Messages

    Feven Yohannes '04 and her identical twin sister Helena have always seen beauty as a way to connect with other women.

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  • Matt '81 Shares Principles of Leadership Success

    16 July 2021Matt '81 Shares Principles of Leadership Success

    Fred Matt 81, president of the fourth-generation brewery F.X. Matt Brewing Co., reflects on the family business, its longevity and effective management in the Syracuse Post-Standards weekly series.

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  • Anderson '21 Named Liberty League Scholar Athlete of the Year

    16 July 2021Anderson '21 Named Liberty League Scholar Athlete of the Year

    Liberty League Commissioner Tracy King announced that Hobart College tennis all-star Walker Anderson is the 2020-21 Liberty League Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year.

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  • Montgomery '21 Voted Liberty League Scholar of the Year

    14 July 2021Montgomery '21 Voted Liberty League Scholar of the Year

    William Smith College lacrosse defender Mekayla Montgomery was voted the 2020-21 Liberty League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Commissioner Tracy King announced today.

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    9 July 2021HWS Summer Reading Picks

    If you've been looking for a great read to fill your summer days, look no further. From engaging nonfiction to page-turning thrillers, you're sure to find something you love in this compilation.

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    9 July 2021MUSTAFA SAYED '11: The Art of Listening

    Diplomacy is only as productive as each partys capacity to listen. This principle, which Mustafa Sayed '11 absorbed from mentors around the globe, serves as a model for his work as executive director of the Pakistan-China Institute.

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    30 June 2021RUIWAN XU '11: Mentoring through the Unknown

    Your mentor only has one hour for you. What are you going to use it for? Ruiwan Xu 11 likes to ask young professionals. Her advice? Touch base with them during life's big moments.

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    11 June 2021Payne '88 Wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Dead Are Arising"

    The epic biography of Malcolm X - coauthored by Tamara Payne '88 and her father, the late Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Les Payne P'88 - previously won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

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  • Hoffman ΓÇÖ21 to IHS Markit

    8 June 2021Hoffman '21 to IHS Markit

    Brian Hoffman 21 accepts position on Leads Generation team at IHS Markit.

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  • Beckley '20 Earns Graduate Award from Wisconsin

    8 June 2021Beckley '20 Earns Graduate Award from Wisconsin

    A graduate student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ian Beckley '20 was recognized with the Schwerdtfeger Award for academic achievement.

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    26 May 2021Reunion 2021: Author's Circle with Wickenden '76, L.H.D. '14

    Join Dorothy Wickenden '76, L.H.D. '14 during Reunion 2021 for a virtual discussion of her new book exploring three central figures in the movements for abolition and women's rights.

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  • Honorary Degree Recipients Announced for Commencement 2021; HWS to Celebrate Two Commencements this Year

    20 May 2021Honorary Degree Recipients Announced for Commencement 2021; HWS to Celebrate Two Commencements this Year

    Hobart and William Smith Colleges will host two in-person Commencement ceremonies this spring, celebrating 2021 graduates as well as the Classes of 2020.

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  • France '11 Reflects on Peace Corps Service

    19 May 2021France '11 Reflects on Peace Corps Service

    In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps, Shanelle France '11 reflects on her service in Lesotho and her journey to becoming a teacher.

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    17 May 2021Midgley Foundation Endows $1 Million Fund for Conservation Research

    A $1 million gift from the Midgley Foundation establishes a permanent fund to support summer research projects focused on environmental conservation.

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    4 May 2021Stapleton '83 named AD at Monmouth

    Hobart basketball alumnus Jeff Stapleton '83 was recently named the next director of athletics at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J.

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  • 9 April 2021"I Can't Change" with Grammy-nominated Mary Lambert

    This month, HWS will host a performance by singer and composer Mary Lambert, followed by a discussion on authenticity, mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ lived experiences.

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  • 9 April 2021"Live. Work. POSE!" With Screenwriter, Producer Steven Canals

    This month, HWS will host a conversation with Steven Canals, co-creator and co-executive producer of the FX drama series Pose.

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  • HWS Supports Bridges Over Walls Leadership Project in Geneva

    9 April 2021HWS Supports Bridges Over Walls Leadership Project in Geneva

    Everything happening nationally is happening locally, and we need these discussions about nonviolent communication and capacity building so we can be stewards of public good.

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  • Alums Boost Geneva Business' Digital Reach

    31 March 2021Alums Boost Geneva Business' Digital Reach

    Geneva’s downtown businesses have a new avenue to reach their patrons thanks to a collaboration between HWS graduates and community members.

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  • Delayed but Determined: Linden '20 to Serve in Peace Corps

    23 March 2021Delayed but Determined: Linden '20 to Serve in Peace Corps

    In celebration of the Peace Corps 60th anniversary, we checked in with HWS alums who, due to COVID-19, were serving abroad and called home, or whose plans have been delayed. 

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    22 March 2021Pitch 2021 Semifinalists Announced

    Seven students have advanced to the semifinal round of The Pitch, the Colleges annual entrepreneurial leadership contest.

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  • Emmy Winning Producer Kunin '09 Profiled by Reel 360

    19 March 2021Emmy Winning Producer Kunin '09 Profiled by Reel 360

    Sarah Kunin ’09, a three-time Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning television producer, is featured in Reel 360’s Women’s History Month series spotlighting leaders in news and entertainment.

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    18 March 2021Spraggs '17 Reflects on Peace Corps Service in Botswana

    Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, more than 240,000 Americans have served worldwide, including scores of HWS graduates.

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    18 March 2021Whalen '01 Publishes Debut Story Collection

    In Semiotic Love [Stories], Brian Phillip Whalen '01 draws upon symbols and objects to explore the loss of relationships with tenderness and longing.

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  • Womens Health and Rights: Maguire 69 Recalls Career in New Memoir

    16 March 2021Women's Health and Rights: Maguire '69 Recalls Career in New Memoir

    Elizabeth Liz Shires Maguire '69 looks back on a four-decade career in public health and imparts advice on leadership and mentorship in her new memoir. Sometimes opportunity knocks.

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  • Hunt '11 Authors Children's Book on Deaf Culture

    22 February 2021Hunt '11 Authors Children's Book on Deaf Culture

    Myles Hunt '11 has authored a childrens book titled J.W. The Deaf Drummer. The story follows J.W., a deaf musician, as he teaches friends how he communicates and lives in a hearing world.

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  • Mendelson '17 Reflects on Peace Corps Experiences

    17 February 2021Mendelson '17 Reflects on Peace Corps Experiences

    HWS commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps by asking alums to reflect on their service as volunteers.

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  • DeVaney '95 Named Posse 9 Mentor

    29 January 2021DeVaney '95 Named Posse 9 Mentor

    Director of Alumni and Alumnae Relations Chevanne DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 will serve as the mentor for Posse 9, a group of 10 students from Los Angeles, Calif., who will arrive on campus for the Fall 2021 semester.

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  • Cost '07 Leading Marketing for Sony Music Nashville

    29 January 2021Cost '07 Leading Marketing for Sony Music Nashville

    Liz Cost '07 has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Sony Music Nashville.

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  • Cloughen ΓÇÖ64 Remembers the March from Selma to Montgomery

    18 January 2021Cloughen '64 Remembers the March from Selma to Montgomery

    In an interview with HWS, The Rev. Charles Cloughen Jr. '64 reflects on Bloody Sunday and an essay, "The Lesson of 2020 and 1965: The right to vote is precious and powerful," that was published by

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    6 January 2021Stein '88 Establishes Summer Science Research Fund

    Kevin Stein 88 has established an endowed fund to support on-campus summer science research opportunities like those he had as a student.

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    21 December 2020Lavin '81 Rallies HWS and Geneva to Feed Local Families

    With the help of the HWS community, Chris Lavin '81 raised funds to provide Geneva families with meals at Thanksgiving and ended up having enough to deliver Christmas dinners as well.

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  • HWS Launches LGBTQIA+ Alum Network

    11 November 2020HWS Launches LGBTQIA+ Alum Network

    This fall, Hobart and William Smith Colleges are launching a new initiative to connect graduates across class years and regions who identify among the LGBTQIA+ community.

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  • HWS' Pandemic Response Detailed in International Journal of Community Well-Being

    13 October 2020HWS' Pandemic Response Detailed in International Journal of Community Well-Being

    Hobart and William Smith and the Geneva community innovated rapidly in response to the global pandemic, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage explains in an article he co-authored with 11 HWS students, faculty and staff.

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    9 September 2020The Most Rev. Curry '75 Authors Love Is the Way

    In his new book, the Most Rev. Bishop Michael B. Curry '75, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, writes about social and economic inequality, ideological division, faith and how lolove can offer a redemptive path forward, expanding on the sermon he delivered at the British royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

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  • Alumnae Launch Women in the Real

    26 August 2020Alumnae Launch Women in the Real

    Hannah Bini ’20, Chloe Emler ’20 and Addison Gilbard ’20 want to change the way women are portrayed in the media — and they want women to contribute to how that change happens.

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    29 July 2020Preston '20 and Lesure '21 Heading to Mastercard

    This summer, Jackson Lesure '21 is working as an intern with Mastercard, while recent graduate Jake Preston '20, will begin his full-time employment with the company in August. Lesure is working fr

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  • Barnaby '96 Publishes Two New Children's Books

    24 July 2020Barnaby '96 Publishes Two New Children's Books

    Author Hannah Barnaby '96 published her fifth and sixth books for children and young readers this July.

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  • Rawlins '80 Discusses UX and the Brain

    2 June 2020Rawlins '80 Discusses UX and the Brain

    HWS Trustee Michael Rawlins ’80, P’16, principal user experience (UX) design architect for the Walt Disney Company, will conduct a talk on UX and the brain on Thursday, June 4 from 12-1 p.m. via Zoom.

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    30 April 2020Samuel '19 Pursuing Doctorate while Serving as Associate Dean

    After completing his masters in educational leadership and policy studies at Boston University this spring, Shaamar Samuel '19 will begin doctoral work in educational studies at Lesley University as well as serve as Associate Dean of Students at Excel Academy High School in Boston.

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  • Merk '97 Provides Free Software for COVID-19 Research

    20 April 2020Merk '97 Provides Free Software for COVID-19 Research

    When Dana Merk ’97 heard about the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium — created by the White House to provide access to the world’s most powerful high-performance computing resources to support COVID-19 research — he knew Data Expedition, Inc. had a role to play in fighting the pandemic.

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  • Csaposs '09 Takes on New Role in Nairobi

    30 January 2020Csaposs '09 Takes on New Role in Nairobi

    Brendan Csaposs '09 is no stranger to packing his bags and heading out to try something new.

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  • Beyrer '81 on Confronting AIDS in the New Decade

    15 January 2020Beyrer '81 on Confronting AIDS in the New Decade

    In a December interview, internationally renowned epidemiologist Dr. Christopher C. Beyrer ’81 discussed healthcare, human rights and the primary challenges facing the HIV community ahead of AIDS 2020, the International AIDS Conference.

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  • Conklin '02 Interviewed in The Asian Entrepreneur

    3 December 2019Conklin 02 Interviewed in The Asian Entrepreneur

    Renee Conklin 02 has called Hong Kong home since 2006 when she moved for an assignment and stayed, eventually starting her own company, RC HR Consulting.

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    22 October 2019Navigating Rocky Waters

    Douglas Wood '05, a physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), recently returned from a 20-day hydrographic surveying excursion in the Caribbean an essential

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  • H.I.V., Justice and the Law: Beyrer '81 in NYT

    28 August 2019H.I.V., Justice and the Law: Beyrer '81 in NYT

    Dr. Christopher C. Beyrer ’81, a past president of the International AIDS Society and an internationally renowned epidemiologist, co-authored a New York Times op-ed this month, decrying the gap between scientific understanding of H.I.V. and the attitude of the legal and criminal justice system toward people living with the disease.

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  • Sipher '83 in The Atlantic, NPR: Russia Investigation Continues

    16 May 2019Sipher '83 in The Atlantic, NPR: Russia Investigation Continues

    In an article in The Atlantic and an NPR interview this month, retired Central Intelligence Agency officer John Sipher ’83, P’19 discusses the questions about Russia’s election interference that remain following the release of the Mueller Report. Sipher will serve as this year’s keynote speaker for the Hobart Launch on Friday.

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  • Mays '06 Named to Top Economic Development Post

    18 January 2019Mays '06 Named to Top Economic Development Post

    Amanda Mays 06 has been named regional director of Empire State Development for Western New York and executive director of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council.

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  • Gregory '07 Named Partner at Rochester Law Firm

    10 January 2019Gregory '07 Named Partner at Rochester Law Firm

    Peter J. Gregory '07 was promoted to the role of partner for the Rochester-based law firm McConville, Considine, Cooman & Morin, P.C. this year.

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    8 January 2019Rosenbaum '86 Named Jurist of the Year

    The New York State Supreme Court Judges Association presented the Honorable Matthew A. Rosenbaum '86, with the Jurist of the Year award.

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  • Jennings '19 Showcases No Exit

    6 December 2018Jennings '19 Showcases No Exit

    Austin Jennings 19 concludes a component of his Honors project with a performance of No Exit in collaboration with the student-led theater group, the Phoenix Players at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 in Williams 200.

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    3 December 2018Turner '11 Named Forty Under 40 in Energy Industry

    Evan Turner '11, founder and managing partner of the New York City-based, energy-focused private equity firm, Drillcore Energy Partners, LLC, was recently named to Oil & Gas Investors Forty Under 40 list for 2018.

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    13 November 2018Keogh '91 Named CEO of Volkswagen of America

    Volkswagen Group of America announced that Scott Keogh '91 will serve as the brands next president and CEO.

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  • Wu Wins Juror's Choice Award

    31 August 2018Wu Wins Juror's Choice Award

    Chuan Jenny Wu '12 recently received the Jurors Choice Award at the Cambridge Art Associations 2018 Emerging Artists Exhibition for her video, Believe Me, Oh, Believe Me. Juried by Kate Mothes,

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    18 June 2018Mackie '77 Receives Environmental Award

    Thomas A. Mackie ’77, an environmental lawyer and managing shareholder of Mackie Shea, PC law firm has been chosen by the Environmental Business Council (EBC) of New England to receive the Stephen G. Lewis Environmental-Energy Merit Award for Service to the Environmental Industry. The award recognizes meritorious service, leadership and dedication to improving the quality of the environment and the development of the environmental industry in New England.

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    13 June 2018Stein '88 Named President, CEO of TransDigm

    Kevin Stein '88 has been named president, chief executive officer and director ofTransDigm Group Incorporated, a global designer and manufacturer of highly engineered aerospace components for commercial and military applications. As a public company, TransDigm Group today sits on the S&P 500 and is considered by Forbes Magazine to be one of the Worlds Top Innovation Companies.

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    11 June 2018Tapper '64 Funds Scientific Research

    Working closely with the HWS science faculty, fellow alums and supporters of the Colleges programs in science, Dr. Edward Tapper '64 is making dreams and opportunities for student research in the

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  • Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 in his apartment

    1 March 2018Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 Featured in NYT Style

    A December profile in the New York Times Style section takes readers inside the Harlem apartment that Emmy Award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent and HWS Trustee Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97.

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  • Bauman '87 Named Executive VP of Greenough

    16 February 2018Bauman '87 Named Executive VP of Greenough

    With more than 20 years of marketing and public relations experience launching new technologies for major brands and emerging leaders, Greenough Brand Storytellers has promoted Scott Bauman ’87 to executive vice president and general manager.

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  • Gearan Endowed Scholarship Grows

    18 May 2017Gearan Endowed Scholarship Grows

    The President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan Endowed Scholarship Fund has reached $2.8 million, making it the largest endowed scholarship in the history of the Colleges.

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  • White '02 Noted for Work in Flint

    10 April 2017White '02 Noted for Work in Flint

    In a recent article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Ridgway H. White ’02 was profiled for his work on behalf of Flint, Mich. residents, as president of the Flint-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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  • International Law at Nuremberg

    15 November 2016International Law at Nuremberg

    This fall, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter ’86, P’15 and four student leaders of the HWS Human Rights and Genocide Symposium attended the 10th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Nuremberg, Germany, joining international criminal prosecutors, judges, diplomats and scholars in a series of panels and dialogues.

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  • DeBenedetto ’16 Awarded State Dept. Critical Language Scholarship

    6 May 2015DeBenedetto ’16 Awarded State Dept. Critical Language Scholarship

    The latest HWS student to earn a Critical Languages Scholarship for Intensive Summer Institutes (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State, Charles DeBenedetto ’16 will spend the summer of 2015 in Xi’an, China, where he will undertake an intensive Chinese language program at Shaanxi Normal University.

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  • Gary Anthony '10

    2 February 2015Anthony ’10 Awarded Rangel Fellowship

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