Hobart and William Smith Colleges

During the class Introduction to Architecture Design: II, Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffrey Blankenship discusses a site plan that would pay tribute to Geneva musician Scott LaFaro, an influential American jazz double bassist. The students will come up with a proposal for a performance space or memorial that will be presented to the City of Geneva for approval or for fundraising.

Treyvon Toney '16 and Jake Russel '17 discuss their plan for a downtown outdoor performance space as part of the class Introduction to Architecture Design: II with Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffrey Blankenship.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robin Lewis, Rachael Best '18, Katie Rogan '17 and Jeff Rizza '16 pose for a photo with their aquaponics project they are working on at the Environmental Studies House. The students are completing an independent study with Lewis as their adviser.

Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb checks the mounting of the new telescope in the Richard S. Perkin Observatory.

Zachary Hoffman '18 studies means of inheritance using drosophila/fruit flies as a model species in Associate Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon's “Genetics” class.

Alyssa Deem '18, Danielle Moyer '18, Kaylea DiGiacomo '18 and John Spallanzani '18 work on creating an anti-cancer compound as part of the HDACi project during a lab with Chemistry Lab Technician David Slade.

Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Alysia Kaplan talks with Arianna Nasca '16 about her art project in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Building on the Houghton House grounds.

Min Kyung Jeon '17 works on her screen print in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Building.

Students in Professor of Dance Donna Davenport’s site performance class participate in a performance piece created by Grant Shinagawa '17.

Fiona Mulholland '17, Mary Nolan '18 and Jacob Pfarrer '18 relax on the Quad on Monday afternoon.

Paige Andrews '16 and Taylor Lopez-Balboa '16 prepare for a microeconomics exam in Eaton Hall on Tuesday evening.

Rajeev Raizada of the University of Rochester presents a talk on his brain imaging work on vision and language processing, as well as his innovative machine learning approaches to data analysis during the spring Psychology Colloquium. The event was sponsored by the Psychology Department, Office of the Provost and the Martin J. Kelly Endowed Discretionary Fund.

President Mark D. Gearan talks about the impact of an HWS education with admitted students and their families during one of the Colleges’ spring admitted student days on Saturday morning.

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies Fernando Rodriguez-Mansilla and Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies Wan Sonya Tang speak with admitted students and their families on Saturday during an admitted student day.

Associate Director of Admissions Brianne Ellis '13 welcomes admitted students and their families to Hobart and William Smith during an admitted student day event in Albright Auditorium on Saturday.

Rotimi Adeoye '18, Ryan Montbleau '19 and John Hassett '18 pose for a photo after winning the Centennial Center for Leadership's first annual Hackathon. The Hackathon gives teams of students, faculty and staff 24 hours to generate an idea that addresses or helps solve a local or global issue. This spring marked the inaugural program.

Gathered in the Vandervort Room, 18 teams of students, faculty and staff pose for a photo while participating in the first annual Hackathon. Teams were tasked with developing an idea that addresses a complex local and global issue and were given 24 hours to hack the issue.

The Bozzuto Boathouse on a calm Thursday morning.

Christopher Demas '17 participates in the Albert Holland Physics Lecture competition on Thursday evening. During the competition students are given 15 minutes to explain a significant principle or application of physics. The winner receives a check for $1,000. The Albert Holland Physics Lecture competition and prize were conceived and endowed by Professor Emeritus of Physics Allan M. Russell P'81, P'86.

Lester Spence, an associate professor of political science and Africana studies at Johns Hopkins University, delivers his talk “Water Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink: Flint, the Neoliberal Turn, and the Failure of Black Politics” in the Sanford Room on Thursday evening.

Members of the Jazz Ensemble, led by Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri (center), gather for a group photo during a practice in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Visiting Instructor of Media and Society Iskandar Zulkarnain presents the “Workshop 19: Shooting Beauty Documentary & the 100 Cameras Project” to the Arc of Livingston-Wyoming photographers as part of the 7th Annual Arts Experience Festival. The session was held in the Fish Screening Room of the Gearan Center for Performing Arts.

President of Collaborative of the Finger Lakes Barb Wale speaks with guests of the 7th Annual Arts Experience Festival Gala in the Vandervort Room.

HWS and Geneva community members dance as the band FLAME! performs during the 7th Annual Arts Experience Festival in the Vandervort Room on Friday night.

Isabel Terres '16 poses for a photo in the Warren Hunting Smith Library. Terres recently accepted a position in a sales training program with Yelp, a leading online guide for crowd-sourced reviews of local restaurants and businesses.

John Hillenbrand '17, Kendra Manning '17 and Ian Pattison '17 find a spot in Stern Hall to work on their class project for Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology James Sutton's Criminology class.

Guest chef Mai Pham prepares some of her favorite Asian cuisine during dinner in the Great Hall of Saga.

Members of the Asian Student Union gather for a group photo in the Office of Intercultural Affairs before their club meeting.

Through the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, HWS Civic Leaders Juliet Holme ’16 and Molly Gorelick ’19 prepare nearly 200 appreciation treats for HWS students who are involved as weekly volunteers in programs such as America Reads, America Counts, Geneva 2020, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Geneva Heroes. The effort is part of National Volunteer Week sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation.

Cast members of Duchess, a modern adaptation of John Webster's Duchess of Malfi,” rehearse in McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. Duchess” was written for HWS by award-winning playwright Johnny Drago. Performances run Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, April 16, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Luis Figueroa '18 and Natalie Young '18 rehearse for the upcoming performance of Duchess in the McDonald Theatre.

Students perform in a rehearsal of the world premiere of Duchess, directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Heather May.

Students majoring in French take part in a question-and-answer session following their portfolio presentations in the Seneca Room.

Members of the Department of French and Francophone Studies pose for a photo during a reception following the annual portfolio presentations by graduating seniors of French and Francophone Studies in the Seneca Room.

Students register for the Spring 2016 Day of Service outside of Bartlett Theatre before heading out to volunteer at sites throughout Geneva and in surrounding communities.

Nina Prescott '17, Katie Hackett '17 and Matt Sanders '17 help vacuum and dust the Geneva Women's Club house in downtown Geneva as part of the Spring 2016 Day of Service.

Katy Bjornson '18 speaks with a Geneva elementary school student during the Geneva Community Center for “Geneva Book Fest” as a part of the Spring 2016 Day of Service on Saturday afternoon. More than 50 HWS students gathered at the Center to volunteer for the festival.

Janey Blackwell '19 and Chungeun Kim '19 pose for a photo with elementary students from Geneva City Schools during the Geneva Book Fest at the Geneva Community Center.

Students stop for a photo while volunteering with Geneva Peeps during the 2016 Spring Day of Service on Saturday.

Members of the HWS community service group Geneva Heroes and Geneva High School's Rotary Interact Club pose for a photo at St. Peter's Church where they helped set up for their Academy Dinner as part of the 2016 Spring Day of Service.

Shannon Beatty '16 talks with teachers from her student teaching placement during the Education Department's reception in the Common Room.

West Street School special education teacher Marni McCarthy, student teacher Carolyn Schultz '16 and West Street Elementary School Principal Tricia Budgar converse at the Education Department's dinner reception honoring their student teachers.

New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia speaks to members of the Education Department, student teachers, school teachers, principals and staff from schools in the greater Geneva community.

Caeleigh White '16 snaps a selfie with President Mark D. Gearan and Social Media Coordinator Paul Ciaccia ’15 as they serve ice cream in the Scandling Campus Center during #HWSDay, a one-day social media extravaganza celebrating all things Hobart and William Smith.

During #HWSDay, Shaakir Samuel '16 and Amber Williams '17 pose for a photo in the Scandling Campus Center with cutouts of HWS founders Episcopal Bishop John Henry Hobart and philanthropist and nurseryman William Smith.

Dan Bristol '18, Hannah Brooks '17 and Elizabeth Lawrence '17 pose for an #HWSDay photo with cutouts of HWS founders John Henry Hobart and William Smith.

Professor of Chemistry David W. Craig and his class pose for a photo with the statue of Elizabeth Blackwell as part of #HWSDay.

Nanya Okeke ’19 and Maryum Raheem ’16 sell tickets for the upcoming Take the Stage step show hosted by the Hip~NotiQs Step and Dance Team.

Franchesca Bodnar '19 prepares for her Latin American project in the L. Thomas Melly Academic Center atrium of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

The Koshare Dance Collective presents Dancing with the HWS Stars in Bartlett Theatre Sunday afternoon. Each HWS star was paired with a Koshare member to perform a short duet in a dance style of their choosing, and the couples were judged by a panel and the audience.

Ammenab-Taner Bennerson '18 and Tanina Urbanski '17 perform in Dancing With the HWS Stars presented by the Koshare Dance Collective in Bartlett Theater Sunday afternoon.

Dana Williams '16 and Shaahida Samuel '19, winners of Dancing with the HWS Stars,” perform in Bartlett Theatre.

Neill Jaico '16 performs with members of the Hip~NotiQs Step and Dance Team during Project Nur’s Arabian Nights at the 380 South Main Ballroom on Saturday night.

Students fill the 380 South Main Ballroom on Saturday night for Arabian Nights hosted by Project Nur. The evening featured Middle Eastern cuisine, music and performances.

Members of the Geneva community fill the L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Friday night for the Geneva Music Festival Spring Gala.

Cellist and Geneva native Hannah Collins and pianist Clara Lyon perform in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts during the Geneva Music Festival Spring Gala on Saturday night.

Jessica Bishop '16 and Danielle Mueller '16 pose for a photo after being named intramural badminton champions at the Bristol Field House.

Members of the Hobart Athletic Department pose for a photo with Bud Ames '64 and his wife Diane after dedicating a bench in his honor that will reside in the Bristol Gym foyer.

Jane Blumin '19 and Maddie Schmitt '19 present a check on behalf of William Smith Athletics to students at West Street Elementary for the Feeding America BackPack Program.

Members of the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Sigma Chi gather for a photo following their reinstallation ceremony. The Hobart College chapter was originally founded in 1892.

Members of the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Sigma Chi sing the Sweetheart song to guests, including Mary Herlihy Gearan, following their reinstallation ceremony.

Students in Professor of Education Charlie Temple's Creating Children's Literature class pose for a photo during a class field trip to Honesdale, Pa., where they were hosted by the editors of Highlights for Children magazine and its off-shoot publications High Five, Bilengue, and Hello!” Kent L. Brown ’64 is owner and Editor-in-Chief of “Highlights.”

Jasmine Gonzalez '17, Taylor Spurlock '17, Jade Ashley '17, Lauren Randaccio '17 and Augie Savarese visit Vars, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France, while they study abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Josh Vendetta '17 poses with some of the local wildlife during a tour of an animal sanctuary while studying abroad in Queensland, Australia.

Brett Danziger '17 and Mike Salvidio of the College of William & Mary pose for a photo in front of The Tower Bridge in London, England. Danziger is currently participating in the London abroad program.

Members of the Heron 2V8 rowing (left) which includes Susan Tuvell '16, Madelaine Hamilton '19, Paige Usiak '19, Ellie Lewis '19, Madeline Cook '19, Danielle Lewis '19, Megan Miskovsky '16, Jules Picuri '19 and Katie Frohman '19, powered down the Cayuga-Seneca Canal in 7:40.58, more than 10 seconds ahead of the Tigers (right) on Saturday afternoon.

Members of the William Smith rowing team speed down the Cayuga-Seneca Canal during the race against Liberty League rival RIT and the NESCAC's Hamilton College on Saturday afternoon.

Allie Flaherty '17 runs the ball down the field as she prepares to score her second goal during the 12-5 Herons victory against visiting St. Lawrence University on Saturday afternoon.

Kevin Murphy '17 fires a shot on goal during the 16-10 Northeast Conference win over Robert Morris University on Boswell Field on Saturday afternoon.

Bryan Hancock '19 lines up a shot on goal as the Hobart Statesmen take on Robert Morris University on Boswell Field on Saturday afternoon.

HWS Chief of Staff and Counsel Lou Guard '07, Esq.; Jeremy Cooney '04, Chief of Staff for Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren; Congresswoman Louise Slaughter L.H.D. ’15 (D-NY), President Mark D. Gearan and Nichole Malec '05 pose for a photo while meeting in Rochester, N.Y. on Friday afternoon.