Further Together

There is no area of inquiry with greater potential to shift the course of the human experience.

Science at HWS is a primary component of the liberal arts education that cultivates skills of inquiry, analysis, synthesis and communication. Generations of students and faculty at HWS have explored the critical questions, both timeless and timely, that science presents. The creation of a state-of the-art integrated science center on campus will provide the physical facilities that allow for collaborations across disciplines and that match the sophistication of our curriculum.

Design of the Science Center is underway and renderings will be available soon.

Support for the Sciences

A new state-of the-art science building will provide interdisciplinary teaching and lab spaces that can accommodate students from across the science curriculum, as we also revitalize current spaces to create a center for the entire science curriculum. Properly equipped, Hobart and William Smith will be well positioned as a leader in STEM programming, attracting the brightest, most inquisitive prospective students and preparing them for lives of consequence through careers in the sciences.

 

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Mentorship that Maximizes Potential

Kevin Frost ’25 shares how his mentor, Professor of Biology Meghan Brown, is helping him prepare for his future as a biologist.

Tackling the World’s Emerging Challenges

HWS scientists are path-breaking leaders in areas from watershed management practices to neuronal systems to migratory bird patterns to plant genomics to invasive-species studies. Together with faculty colleagues who bring scholarly interests in planetary systems, climate change, cognition, mindfulness, cancer, microbes, genetics and more, they form a community of scientists providing wide-ranging opportunities for students to hone research skills and participate in graduate-level experiences. Sustaining and enhancing these transformative opportunities calls for increased investment in the spaces, programs and people that fuel them.

NEWS FROM THE SCIENCES

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    BRAINPOWER + SPIDEY-SENSES

    For more than a year, Khairul Islam ’25 and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Chris Fietkiewicz have been designing, programming and building an array of arachnid-like robots.

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    A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

    With drone monitoring, GIS mapping and community outreach, Quincey Johnson ’16 is driving water conservation efforts in Montana that echo her forward-thinking research at HWS.

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    LAB TESTED

    Benchwork in Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller’s lab armed Brogan Dietsche ’25 and Jadon Layne ’25 with the molecular chemistry research skills to thrive in internships at MIT and Yale.

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    ON THE SCIENTIFIC FRONTIER

    From Seneca Lake to the Yukon River, the challenges of field research build expertise for MaryBridget Horvath ’24.

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    ROCKING OUT

    Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, Jonas Toupal ’19 is tracking the downstream effects of lithium mining and looking for ways to safeguard against them.

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NEWS FROM THE SCIENCES

HWS SCIENCE PROGRAMS

FURTHER TOGETHER

Support the creation of an integrated science community at HWS by funding facilities and equipment (capital), and programming and people (endowment) needs.

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