Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of English Nicola Minott-Ahl speaks to students in her Writing Women English capstone class.

Sophie Ritter '20, Cat DiCara '20, and Alyssa Hamilton '19 participate in Associate Professor of English Nicola Minott-Ahl's capstone course, Writing Women.

Students perform chemical analyses on dyes extracted from foods in the Quantitative Chemical Analysis class with Professor of Chemistry Walter Bowyer (back right).

Associate Professor of Political Science Stacey Philbrick Yadav discusses ethnographic and interpretive approaches in political science in Qualitative and Interpretive Research Methods.

Professor of Art and Architecture Lara C.W. Blanchard discusses the Golden Pavilion at the temple of Rokuonji (also known as Kinkakuji) in Kyoto, Japan, during her Japanese Art and Culture class. The building is part of a Zen Buddhist temple dating back to the late 14th century.

The sun rises over the campus and Seneca Lake on Sunday morning.

Marilla Gonzalez, founder and owner of Waste Not, meets with Visiting Professor Craig Talmage's entrepreneurial capstone students for a project update at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship. Gonzalez hopes to open her health food and commerce store on Exchange Street in Geneva, N.Y., this summer.

Margiloff Family Entrepreneurial Fellow Ed Bizari guest lectures about angel investors in Visiting Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage's capstone seminar at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.

Theater professor Heather May performs Rearranging the Furniture, a solo act about dealing with the process of losing her sight and how to make the theater industry, specifically directing, more accessible especially for those that are visually impaired. The audience wore blindfolds for most of the performance.

Jerah Siegal '21 presents Biodome, a self-sustaining greenhouse that can be built on small spaces such as rooftops, during the National Science Foundation I-Corps Short Course Program. The two-week Customer Discovery workshop is designed to accelerate early-stage ideas toward business and entity creation.

Teya Lucyshyn '19 has been selected to join the Peace Corps. The biology and educational studies double major will head to Ukraine this summer to serve as a community youth worker.

Dancers from the Arc of Monroe in Rochester, N.Y., perform in Deming Theatre at the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Arts Experience.

Dancers from the Arc of Monroe strike a pose with HWS dancers after their Arts Experience performance in Deming Theatre.

Joshua Hylkema '21 leads a campus tour for high school juniors.

Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Woodworth discusses the winning essay by Sarim Karim '22, On Ye Olde Drag Queens: The Subversion of Gender in Renaissance English Theatre, at the First-Year Writing Prize event in the Blackwell Room.

Finalists of the First-Year Writing Prize pose for a photo in the Blackwell Room after being recognized for their essays. The First-Year Writing Prize celebrates excellence in first-year writing at HWS. This year's winners are Sarim Karim 22, Camille McGriff 22 and Casey Pupek 22.

Jonas Toupal '19, a geoscience major, addresses the Board of Trustees luncheon. Toupal discussed his honors project, Using Remote Sensing to Analyze Mercury Contamination in Vegetated Areas: The Case of Tarkwa, Ghana. This fall, Toupal will pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in Earth and Environmental Science.

Political science major Pamela Icyeza '19 discusses her Honors project, Understanding the effect of Sino-African relations on African Development at the Board of Trustees luncheon. Icyeza will pursue a Ph.D. in political science at Boston University.

At the Board of Trustees luncheon, English major Alex Kerai '19 reads a selection from his honors project, a collection of short stories called (The) Missing Piece(s), which focuses on the theme of memory.

Board Chair Thomas S. Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18 speaks at the Board of Trustees dinner at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center in Geneva, N.Y.

Trustee Christopher S. Welles '84, P'12, P'15 poses next to a photo of him as a student during the board dinner. Welles was honored for his decade of service on the board.

Trustee Allison Morrow '76 presents the Salisbury Award to Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12 and his wife Sandra A. McGuire at the Board of Trustees dinner as Board Chair Thomas S. Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18 looks on. The McGuires were honored for their spirit of engagement and selflessness.

A participant stands to interrupt a debater in the first round of the Round Robin debate tournament.

The best debate teams in the world visit campus for the Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Round Robin. Participating in the final round are teams from Harvard University, Oxford University and Melbourne University. Oxford took first place and Sydney took second.

Becky Perkins '11, advocacy and procurement manager for the Russia-based Program to Expand the Access of Vulnerable Groups to HIV Prevention, leads a discussion about Nonexistent? We exist!, a documentary about the sincere efforts of people to support one another with mutual respect.

Sue Peterson of the Weavers Guild of Rochester demonstrates tapestry weaving at Houghton House during the fifth annual German Studies Symposium. The theme of this year's symposium was Work and Weft Labor, Gender and Art.

SUNY Fredonia Associate Professor of Art History Leesa Rittelmann provides the keynote address for the German Area Studies Symposium. Her talk is titled 'Wir weben! Wir weben!' Women and Weaving from Gutter Art to Gesamtkunstwerk.

Students in Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Society Lina igelyt's Visibility Matters class prepare a pop-up exhibit, Some Future, 1969 at the Solarium Gallery in Houghton House. The exhibit explores 1969 through three marginalized groups: the Black Panther Party, the Indigenous people living within the borders of the U.S. and the LGBTQ+ community.

Dori Pekmezi, associate professor of health behavior at the University of Alabama, presents Physical Activity-Related Health Disparities as part of the Psychology Colloquium. Her research program focuses on using behavioral theory and technology to promote physical activity in underserved and/or at-risk groups.

Students, faculty and staff gather in the Vandervort Room for the annual Benjamin Hale Dinner.

Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life and Hillel adviser Julianne Miller provides the invocation for the Benjamin Hale Dinner in the Vandervort Room of Scandling Campus Center.

Hobart Dean Khuram Hussain provides the introduction at the Benjamin Hale Dinner.

Wes Traub '14, human resources development associate at Marsh & McLennan Companies, provides the keynote address at the Benjamin Hale Dinner, which honors outstanding academic achievement and social contributions to Hobart College.

Donovan Hayden '19 delivers the student address at the Benjamin Hale Dinner.

Day of Service volunteers pose before heading out to sites across the Finger Lakes region to garden, clean, paint and help area schools, churches and nonprofits.

Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12 addresses students, faculty and staff on the steps of Coxe Hall before the spring Day of Service on Saturday.

Students make arts and crafts with children at the Boys and Girls Club of Geneva as part of the spring Day of Service.

Volunteers with the Geneva Heroes program participate in Day of Service by helping with groundskeeping at the Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva, N.Y.

Teya Lucyshyn '19 helps with arts and crafts during Bookfest at the Geneva Boys and Girls Club.

William Smith students participate in Saturday's spring Day of Service.

Members of the William Smith swimming and diving team put together medals for the Seneca7 foot race as part of Day of Service.

Members of the William Smith soccer team create brochures and help garden at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Geneva, N.Y. as part of Day of Service.

Students volunteering with Habitat for Humanity paint a fence during Day of Service.

Grant Emerson '20, Alexandria Knipper '21 and Ian Tulloch '19 pose with Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12 at the President's House during the closing ceremony for Geneva Heroes. The students served as coordinators for the program, an eight-week initiative that engages 20-25 local middle and high school students in service with HWS during the spring semester.

Students pose with Professor of Art and Architecture Ted Aub in Pietrsanta, Italy. The group is spending the spring semester exploring Italian culture and society and has traveled from Florence to Venice.

Ally Bryan '20 poses in front of the same gate in Ronda, Spain, where her parents posed 27 years earlier. Bryan is studying abroad in Granada.

Ellen Arena 21 runs by a midfielder in an attempt to clear the ball during William Smiths game against Ithaca on Wednesday. The Herons defeated the Bombers 13-7 as they earned their ninth straight victory.

Rachel Slagle '20 fires a shot into the goal in the Herons' matchup against Ithaca on Wednesday.

The Herons celebrate their 13 -7 win over the Ithaca Bombers at David J Urick Stadium.

Will Harrison 20 hits an approach shot on the 18th hole at the Keuka College Spring Invitational on Wednesday. Harrison finished second out of 51 golfers to lead Hobart to a fourth place finish.

The No. 10 William Smith College rowing team hosted No. 2 Williams and No. 8 Wellesley on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal on Saturday. The Herons varsity eight finished third in a tightly contested race with the Ephs and the Blue. William Smith defeated Rochester head-to-head on Saturday and moved up to No. 8 in the nation in the latest poll.

William Smiths varsity four competes against Williams on the Caygua-Seneca Canal on Saturday.

The No. 1 fan of the Herons makes an appearance at the William Smith regatta on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal.