Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Academics Newshttp://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usFri, 04 Jul 2008 14:59:09 GMTFri, 04 Jul 2008 14:59:09 GMTMcCabe on NPR: Paralympics in Chinahttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10819Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTHelen McCabe, assistant professor of education at HWS, was a guest on "The Bryant Park Project" on NPR on Tuesday, June 24. McCabe and interviewer Mike Pesca discussed the paralympics in China, specif...Leading the Way for Womenhttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10809Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhen most of us think about college, the thinking that goes on inside the classroom comes to mind. But for one Hobart and William Smith professor, thinking about the college classroom itself and the p...Keep Fishin’http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10835Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTAssistant Professors of Biology Meghan Brown and Susan Cushman ’98 noticed something fishy going on in the ponds on the Colleges’ 108-acre Hanley Preserve– literally. Though the two ponds they are st...Grant Puts Paint to Canvashttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10825Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn a Rochester home studio, a well-exhibited artist is ardently at work. Painting, exploring, experimenting. That artist is the Colleges’ Associate Professor of Art Nicholas H. Ruth, who explains, “I’...A Focus on Familyhttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10818Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT“I’ve been accused of not being an economist,” says Assistant Professor of Economics Brian Cooper of his recently published book, "Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet...Offray Lands Marketing Internshiphttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10839Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTFor Timothy Offray '09, the future began with a microeconomics course. In Professor of Economics Geoffrey Gilbert's lectures, Offray was learning about more than just the private sector and inflation,...Wells Conducting Trauma Researchhttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10810Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTIt’s been a lifelong dream for Stephanie Wells ’10 to work with children in the field of psychology. She has already spent a semester in Boston interning at the Massachusetts Society for the Preventio...Deutchman Looks at Clinton and Sexismhttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10824Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTIva Deutchman, professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, was a guest on "Conversations With Kathleen Dunn," a Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) program. During the hour-long conv...Into the Woods…http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10816Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhen the HWS biology department was approached by a local land owner concerned for deer and woods in the area, the Colleges responded. The department sent one of its professors and two HWS students to...Chemistry on Capitol Hillhttp://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10807Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMTYoon-Miller '09 Presents in "Poster on the Hill" In Washington D.C., political agendas, bills and statutes are as common to see as national monuments. However, organic chemistry research conducted ...