Hobart and William Smith Colleges

The sun sets over Seneca Lake. Photo by Chris Lavin ’83, the executive director of the Geneva Community Center and the Boys & Girls Club.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller meets with students in his summer research group in Napier Hall on Monday.

Making nitrogen samples, Shruthi Shyam '19 works with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Josh Newby with research on water and methoxystyrene clusters.

Assistant Professor of Economics Joshua Greenstein works in his Stern Hall office on Thursday afternoon.

The America flag flies above Trinity Hall on South Main Street.

Jeff Rizza '16 MAT '17 stops by the Help Desk in the Rosenberg Commons of the Warren Hunting Smith Library to talk with Spencer Ivie '18.

Students and faculty members of the Art and Architecture Department pose for a group photo in the Davis Gallery at Houghton House.

Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Wes Perkins in his office in Stern Hall.

Jens Olavson '17 rides his bike past Gearan Center for the Performing Arts after finishing his day working on the latest issue of the Seneca Review.

HWS geoscience students observe a storm cloud in Amarillo, Texas. This summer, 14 students are participating in GEO 299, a field course on severe thunderstorms led by Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird and Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz.

HWS geoscience students stop for a photo while on a hike in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Amarillo, Texas.

​Along with Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird and Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz, students stop for a photo.

James Cooper '17 explains his poster to a group of scientists at the American Association of Immunologists conference in Washington, D.C. Cooper was recently accepted to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.

Demarest Hall on a clear Wednesday afternoon.

Students unroll the artificial turf while setting up for the 12th annual HWS Community Sale at “the Cooler.” The sale raised more than $12,000 for Geneva 2020 and diverted more than 10,036 pounds of materials from landfills.

Lauren Workman '19 and Swellar Zhou '18 fold shirts at the Community Sale in the Geneva Recreation Center.

HWS community members gather for a photo after working at the Community Sale.

Elementary students participating in the Geneva Head Start program pose for a photo with President Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17 after he read the children a book as part of Geneva’s community read.

President Mark D. Gearan L.H.D.’17 and Mary Herlihy Gearan L.H.D.’17 join members of the City of Geneva’s Public Arts Committee, including Lucile Mallard L.H.D.’15 (third from right) as they pose for a photo next to a newly constructed monument remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bicentennial Park.

Students play lacrosse on Stern Lawn.

Summer interns for the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning enjoy a pizza party on the patio of the Politics and Social Change Theme House.

Staff members Kate Lamontagne and Brandon Moblo work in the archives of the Warren Hunting Smith Library on Thursday.

Honorary Trustee and Former Chair of the Board Maureen Collins Zupan '72, L.H.D.’16, P'09 captures a stunning sunrise over Seneca Lake.

Members of the William Smith soccer team pose for a photo during a team trip abroad to Florence, Italy.

Jake Burnias '18, Ryan Carson '18, Sarah Burstein '19, Ryan Klimkewicz '20 and Kayla McEachern '19 pose for a photo while in Athens, Greece.

William Smith lacrosse supporters gather while tailgating before the Herons game in Geneva against Westfield State University on May 14. The Herons won 15-1.

A rainbow over Boswell Field.

President Mark D. Gearan talks with members of the William Smith lacrosse team after practice on Wednesday. The Herons took on Colorado College in a NCAA tournament third round game last Saturday.

Ella Caldwell '18 faces off against a defender from Colorado College during the NCAA Division III Quarterfinal game in Lexington, Virginia.

Alexandra Bird '17 was the first of the Herons to score during the NCAA Division III Quarterfinal game in Lexington, Virginia.

William Smith Head Basketball Coach Lindsay Sharman, Hobart Head Golf Coach Ken Dougherty P’13, Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development Sophie Dennis Riskie '07 and Head Coach of Squash and Tennis Tim Riskie pose for a photo during the Geneva Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament.

Kayla Jones '17 and Hannah Brooks '17 pose for a photo with Jonathan Whitcomb '87 (center) while working the Nantucket Wine and Food Festival.

Michelle Poulin '15, Molly Doris-Pierce '15, Eric Hall Anderson '59 and Nick Snow '15 team-up at Walk MS in Boston on April 2.

Lauren Walter '16, who graduated cum laude in biology and did Honors work under the direction of Assistant Professor of Biology Shannon Straub, works with molecular biologist Robbyn Issner and geneticist Charles Epstein in the Epigenomics Program at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.