Hobart and William Smith Colleges

12 April 2018New Seneca Society Members Honored

This fall, Hobart and William Smith celebrated three new entries to The Seneca Society Donor Wall.

8 March 2018Veras '17 Directs One Love Geneva Festival

With music, art, performances, and food and drinks from local businesses, Linden Street in Geneva was the place to be on Saturday, Aug. 12 during the One Love Geneva festival directed by German Veras '17.

6 March 2018HWS Alums Making History in Olympic Gold Win

When the U.S. Women's Hockey Team won the Olympic gold for the first time in 20 years, Team Physician Dr. Allyson Shirtz Howe '94, NBC Sports Analyst Pierre McGuire '83 and NBC Sports Correspondent Dave Schwartz '01 left their own impact on the Winter Games as the team skated to victory in a 3-2 overtime shootout.

3 March 2018Serrano '15 Discusses Sustainable Food

In an interview with the Clever Cookstr, a podcast devoted to discussing the various areas of the food industry, Joshua Serrano '15 talks about how he is working to improve access to sustainable food sources in urban areas.

1 March 2018Microbiology and Leading a Life of Consequence

Michael Miller '83, P'09, an internationally renowned microbiologist, will return to the Colleges to discuss his scientific career in a talk titled Microbiology and Leading a Life of Consequence on Friday, March 2 at 4 p.m. in the Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

1 March 2018Miller '15 Named Local History Maker

Philadelphia-based radio station Boom 103.9 recently featured Dominque Miller '15 in its "Local History Makers-Black History Month" series.

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.

22 February 2018Savard '15 MAT '16 Pursuing Ph.D. in Theatre

This fall, Shannon Savard '15, MAT '16 will enroll in Ohio State's Ph.D. program in theatre with a graduate minor in women's, gender and sexuality studies. Savard will research and practice theatre for social change, directing, feminist theatre and LGBTQ theatre.

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.

6 February 2018Lamanna '97 and the "Holy Grail" Dinosaur Discovery

Matt Lamanna '97, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, coauthored a study published in January that details the discovery of a new species of large dinosaur. The fossil remains are uniquely intact and help clarify hypotheses about the historical biogeography of giant sauropods.

19 January 2018Hello Old Friend

In the heyday of bellbottoms and music from Bela Fleck and Doc Watson roaring on the Quad, May was synonymous with something more ubiquitous than finals: Folk Fest.

13 December 2017Alums Forecast Weather for Insurance Industry

Geoscience graduates Elliott Morrill ’15 and Pamela Eck ’15 are putting their passion and knowledge for meteorology to work in the insurance sector helping to forecast the likelihood of weather disasters.

7 December 2017"Culture, history, and everything in between" for Vanity Fair Menswear Editor

"No workday, photo shoot or article is ever the same," says Christopher Legaspi '12, menswear editor at Vanity Fair. Working with politicians, actors and other high profile talent means his schedule is unpredictable and "my day-to-day varies a lot and can change at the drop of a dime."

16 November 2017Smith '10 Named Indiana History Teacher of the Year

Andrew Smith '10 was recently named the 2017 Indiana History Teacher of the Year, an award administered nationally by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

9 November 2017Heffern '17 Dedicates First Marathon to Fundraising

Juliana Heffern '17, who will travel to Malaysia to teach English in January as the recipient of a 2017-18 Fulbright U.S. Student Award, is preparing to run the Philadelphia Marathon on Nov. 19 to raise funds for Wediko Childrens Services, a non-profit organization serving youth with behavioral and emotional challenges.

20 October 2017Research Opportunities Helped Smith '15 Excel

For psychology alums such as Rachael Smith '15, research and field work played a major role in the learning process at HWS.

17 October 2017Doyle '19 Secures Summer Internship with Bank of America

Caitlyn Doyle '19 has already secured a 2018 summer internship with Bank of America as a global transaction services summer analyst. Throughout the application process, Doyle took advantage of opportunities on and off campus to advance her knowledge of the industry and also relied on the Colleges' engaged alum network.

26 September 2017Sipher '83, P'19 Discusses Collusion, Russia Investigation

In two opinion articles this month, former C.I.A. officer John Sipher '83, P'19 explores the likelihood of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, as well as the long-term fallout of special council Robert J. Mueller's investigation into such collusion. Sipher, who has served in the C.I.A.'s clandestine service and executive ranks, was stationed in Moscow in the 1990s and served as the Deputy of the C.I.A.'s worldwide Russia program for three years.

28 July 2017Alum Associations Recognize Giving and Service

The Hobart Alumni Association and William Smith Alumnae Association recognized their members’ strong commitment to the Colleges during this year’s Reunion, with several classes and alums honored for their dedicated service.

26 May 2017Three Awarded Carver & DeLaney Grants

Three HWS students have been awarded grants this spring through the Carver & DeLaney Family Environmental Studies Endowment. Mitchell Beyer '17, Amanda Bruha '20 and Madeline Schmitt '19 have undertaken projects related to sustainability and the environment with their awards.

19 May 2017Theatre Majors Forge Careers

After graduation, three theatre majors, Clare McCormick '17, Gail Quintos '17 and Samantha Shaffner '17 will transform their passion for the arts into the first stages of their careers.

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.

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.

7 April 2017Ackley '90 Returns to Discuss Community Empowerment

Doug Ackley ’90 visited the HWS campus this month to discuss youth leadership and community building in a presentation to Assistant Professor of Psychology Jack Peltz’s “Developmental Psychopathology” course.

30 March 2017Coover '41 Lives on in His Most Famous Invention

When CBS Sunday Morning presented a segment earlier this week on Harry W. Coover '41, P'66, it wasn't the first time the network had celebrated the life of the inventor of, among other things, Super Glue. Coover, a Hobart Medal of Excellence recipient, was also featured in 2015 on the CBS television show, Henry Ford's Innovation Nation.

31 January 2017Wong '89 Publishes Definitive Book on Major League Baseball Uniforms

In his newest book, Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Games Greatest Heroes and Moments, Stephen Wong '89 offers a richly illustrated history of baseball's most storied major league uniforms from the 20th century.

30 January 2017Alums to Give Insider's Perspective of D.C.

During winter break, 21 students will travel to Washington, D.C. as part of the Colleges' annual Day on the Hill program. Now in its 11th year, the three-day excursion will expose students to a diverse range of careers through a series of panel discussions, site visits and networking opportunities featuring more than 30 HWS alums, parents and friends of the Colleges who are leading careers in governmental organizations, NGOs, non-profits and other institutions across the nation's capital.

16 January 2017Sipher '83, P'19 Weighs in on Trump-Russia Controversy

On Jan. 11, former CIA officer John Sipher '83, P'19 joined a PBS NewsHour panel to discuss alleged reports that Russian intelligence compiled kompromat, or compromising files, on President-elect Donald Trump during his visits to Moscow. Sipher was interviewed by the shows co-host Judy Woodruff L.H.D. '07, who holds an honorary degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and delivered the 2007 Commencement address.

3 January 2017Abramov '16 at CNN

Nora Abramov ’16 turned her passion for media and news broadcasting into a career at CNN in New York City, where she works in program development on shows that have made the channel stand out from other networks, like Anthony Bourdain's food and travel series “Parts Unknown” and Lisa Ling's “This is Life.”

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.

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.

2 February 2015Anthony ’10 Awarded Rangel Fellowship