Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In Houghton House, Alex Vernon '16 and Sky Drazek '16 install an exhibition that examines the various forms of self-evaluation that can occur in a bathroom.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Angelique Szymanek discusses an art installation with students in her class Gender and Display in Houghton House.

Kristine Vann '18 and Genesis Gonzalez '17 spackle a mirror that will be part of an art installation in Houghton House.

Associate Professor of Theatre Heather May works with students during a rehearsal of Duchess, a modern adaptation of John Webster's Duchess of Malfi written for HWS by award-winning Atlanta-based playwright Johnny Drago.

Austin Jennings '19 and Luis Figueroa '18 rehearse for the upcoming play Duchess. The show runs April 14 - 16 in the McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Therese Mandracchia '19, Avery Wickersham '19, Aaron Donahue '18, Lily Kane '18 and Christopher Bell '18 pose for a photo on the steps of Coxe Hall.

Cindy Famutimi '17, Student Trustee Sydney Gomez '17, Mary Herlihy Gearan and President Mark D. Gearan speak with CNN Commentator Donna Brazile during a reception prior to her President's Forum Series lecture.

Students pose for a photo while attending a dinner at the home of President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan prior to the President's Forum.

CNN Commentator Donna Brazile speaks about her involvement as the vice chair of voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee during a reception prior to her President's Forum Series discussion.

CNN Commentator Donna Brazile offers her remarks during the President's Forum Series event in the Vandervort Room. In 2000, Brazile became the first African-American to manage a presidential campaign.

Rotimi Adeoye '18 directs a question about civic engagement to CNN Commentator Donna Brazile.

Adam Chilton, assistant professor at The University of Chicago Law School, delivers the keynote address during the 10th annual International Round Robin Debate Tournament.

Nonhlahnla Masanbo from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, delivers her talking points during the preliminary rounds of the International Round Robin Debate Tournament in Stern Hall on Saturday.

HWS Debate Team member Taylor Murray ’17 presents her arguments as her teammate Danny Schonning ’16 prepares his remarks during the 10th annual International Round Robin Debate Tournament in Stern Hall.

Mifzal Mohammed and Jasmine Ho from the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, confer during the International Round Robin Debate Tournament in Stern Hall.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes welcomes guests from around the globe to the 10th annual International Round Robin Debate Tournament in the Vandervort Room.

Michael Dunn Goekjian from Cambridge University, presents his final argument during the final round of the International Round Robin Debate Tournament.

Amanda Walker '16 poses for a photo on the Scandling Campus Center patio. Walker was recently accepted to the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Rebecca Luborsky '16 and Sophie Halter '16 enjoy lunch on a sunny afternoon outside of the Scandling Campus Center.

Assistant Professor of Economics Keoka Grayson speaks with admitted students and families during Scholar Day in the Scandling Campus Center.

Prospective students and their families fill the L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday morning. More than 700 people attended the event.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Christopher Hatch speaks with admitted students and their families about the Theatre Department at HWS.

Ato Bentsi-Enchill '17 tours campus with admitted student Asia Gordon and her father during Scholar Day.

Namita Neerukonda '17 and Professor of Biology Sigrid Carl talk with admitted students Josh Barnes and Marshall Ireland during Scholar Day on Saturday.

Following an unseasonal storm for April, snow blankets the campus on Monday.

Writing Prize nominee Alexander Kerai '19 looks at works that were submitted for the First Year Writing Prize competition.

Nominees and winners of the First Year Writing Prize gather for a group photo in the Blackwell Room following the reception.

Title IX Coordinator Susan Lee discusses the importance of student leadership during the Friday Faculty Lunch series in the Common Room of the Scandling Campus Center.

Members of Three Miles Lost, the Colleges’ all-female a cappella group, discuss the making of their “Til It Happens to You” video during the Friday Faculty Lunch series in the Common Room of the Scandling Campus Center.

In the Fisher Center, English Professor Jennifer Doyle from the University of California Riverside offers her talk titled “Reparative Work in a Paranoid Structure: Vulnerability and Harassment Dynamics.”

Fulbright Teaching Fellow for French and Francophone Studies Mathias Valiente discusses Catalonia's push for independence from Spain in his lecture Is Catalonia (Not) Spain? in the Sanford Room.

Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Yvonne Brieger leads a discussion oF the film The Lives of Others with a group of German Club members at the Intercultural Affairs house on Thursday night.

Members of the HWS Woodwind Ensemble, directed by Visiting Instructor of Music Yunn-Shan Ma, conclude their recital in Froelich Hall with Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet.

Members of the HWS Jazz Guitar Ensemble open for the group Paradigm Shift in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity at St. Olaf College Bruce King delivers his talk titled, “Wherever You Go, There ‘We’ Are.” King’s talk explored issues of diversity and inclusion.

In the Geneva Room, Bruce King discusses black studies and diversity issues. He serves as assistant to the president for institutional diversity at St. Olaf College.

Assistant Professor of Biology at Syracuse University Sarah Hall speaks about how RNAi pathways regulate phenotypic plasticity in C. elegans (worms) as part of the Biology Seminar Series.

Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Olivia Landry delivers her keynote address titled Humanitarian(ism in) Crisis: Germany's 'Willkommenskultur' and its Backlash during the German Area Studies Symposium in the Seneca Room.

Pauline Lafosse '19 presents her research on the gender discrimination of Latin American refugee's during the German Area Studies Symposium titled Narratives of Placement.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown and Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown lead a discussion on the culture and ecology of Guatemala.

Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., discusses the water crisis in China as part of a panel discussion presented by the Tanaka Asian Studies Lecture Series.

Finger Lakes Outreach Coordinator Sarah Meyer, Christopher - James Boleware '19, Rio Schmidt '17 and Tamira Jackson-Lofton '19 take part in the seed bomb making workshop in the Scandling Campus Center.

Members of the Latin American Organization pose for a photo while hosting the Taste of the World event in the Barn.

Students experience a sampling of food and drinks during the Taste of the World event in the Barn on Sunday afternoon.

Erica McLaughlin '16, Jessica Bishop '16 and Danielle Mueller '16 enjoy the Stewardson Society Senior Spring Formal in Bartlett Theater.

Christopher Holoman '16, Olivia Hanno '16 and Cassidy Smith '16 have fun with a balloon at the Stewardson Society Senior Spring Formal in Bartlett Theater.

Afrika Nora Owes '16, Jacques Lane '16, Blake Pastore '16, Eric Richards '16 and Alex Oliveira '16 enjoy the Stewardson Society Senior Spring Formal on Friday in Bartlett Theatre. Owes and Oliveira serve as chairs of Stewardson Society.

Stewardson Society members Anna Miano '16, Dana Williams '16, Catharine Pirie '16, Mimi Scott '16 and Arianna Nasca '16 gather at the Stewardson Society Senior Spring Formal on Friday night.

During Arabic movie night hosted by Fulbright Teaching Assistant Hiba Amro, students watch the film Caramel and enjoy snacks including Fatoush, Zaa'tar, hummus, lazy cake and tea.

Professor of Dance Donna Davenport engages a participant of the 7th Annual Arts Experience in the L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth works with Carl of the Monroe County ARC on blending the colors of his Tree of Life project in the Katherine D. Elliott Studio Arts Center.

Students in Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth's Drawing class and members of the Monroe ARC take part in the Tree of Life workshop in the Katherine D. Elliott Studio Arts Center.

Members of the ARC of Seneca Cayuga and students in Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson's Jamaican Dance class take part in the Drum Making and Drum Circle workshop in the Deming Theatre as part of the 2016 Arts Experience Festival.

As part of the 2016 Arts Experience Festival, members of the ARC of Seneca Cayuga and students in Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson's Jamaican Dance class take part in a drum circle workshop.

Members of the local ARC take part in a tie dying workshop hosted by the Boys and Girls Club at the Geneva Community Center as part of the 2016 Arts Experience Festival.

Students enjoy a night of great food, performances and dancing during the annual Masquerade Ball hosted by the Caribbean Student Association at Belhurst Castle.

Students dance at the Belhurst Castle during the Masquerade Ball hosted by the Caribbean Student Association.

Caribbean Student Association board members pose for a group photo at the 17th Annual Masquerade Ball at Belhurst Castle. This year’s theme was The Magic Behind Storytelling.

Erin Lichter '17 poses for a photo during a weekend trip to Ovo Castle in Naples, Italy as part of her sculpture class.

Matthew Mancuso '17 enjoys the stained glass windows of St. Vitus Cathedral during an excursion to Prague, Czech Republic. Mancuso is participating in the Rome, Italy abroad program.

James Hedger '17 and Chelten Leggett '18 plant trees at Hortus Urbis in Appia Antica as part of their Food and Culture class with Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies. The two are currently studying abroad in Rome, Italy.

Emily Smith '18, Amy Feda '17, Sara Volo '17 and Dan Klementowski '17 visit Brussels, Belgium while studying abroad. Smith, Feda and Volo are participating in the Copenhagen, Denmark program, and Klementowski is studying in Galway, Ireland.

Mark Darden '17 eyes the goal as Hobart College takes on Syracuse University on Wednesday evening.

Mason Burr '18 scores his first collegiate goal as the Statesmen take on the Orangemen on Boswell Field.

The HWS sailing team practices on a windy Friday afternoon.

Deputy Mayor of Seattle Hyeok Kim '98 received the Civil Rights Award at the Japanese American Citizens League’s 94th Annual Banquet & Scholarship Fundraiser at Sodo Park in Seattle, Wash. on April 2. Kim was chosen by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray as one of the city's two deputy mayors in December 2013.  

David Lahmani '17, Genevieve Moralez '15 and Chelsea Encababian '14 enjoy a beautiful day at Nami Island in South Korea. Lahmani is participating in the Hong Kong study abroad program and Moralez and Encababian are teaching English in Seoul.