http://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usFri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:48 GMTFri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:48 GMThttp://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11566Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res9123.jpg" alt="" /> David Glogoff '91 has been promoted to chief legal officer of Vertis Communications-a leading print-advertising company. In his new role, he will lead the general counsel office's legal operations and serve as secretary to the Company's Board of Directors. "We anticipate more active collaboration with our clients regarding innovative products and customized technology," said Alex Sorokin, interim ...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11534Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res9109.jpg" alt="" /> The fear that isolation has eroded our social bonds had simmered for at least two decades when communitarianism first emerged as a cogent political philosophy. Beau Breslin '88 examines communitarianism in his new book, "From Words to Worlds: Exploring Constitutional Functionality," from a wholly original standpoint, tackling the question of whether or not communitarian policies are truly practica...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11503Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8983.jpg" alt="" /> In December of 2008, the University of Michigan Press published "Judges and Unjust Laws: Common Law Constitutionalism and the Foundations of Judicial Review" by Douglas E. Edlin '88. In his use of legal theory, constitutional history and political philosophy, Edlin, in a search for the limits of the power of judicial review, explores the common law tradition that gives judges a dual mandate: to ap...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11434Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8828.JPG" alt="" /> SportsNet New York (SNY) announced several changes to its on-air talent roster, including the addition of two Hobart alums as show hosts. Chris Carlin '95 has joined SNY full-time, serving as its pre- and post-game host for Mets telecasts. He was most recently employed by sports radio WFAN, but worked part-time with SNY as co-host of programs, "Loud Mouths" and "Beer Money." Carlin will continue i...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11417Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8816.jpg" alt="" /> Among all of its natural beauty, the Adirondack region is known for its unique array of birdlife. But it takes a special eye to know where the birding is at its best in the Adirondack region. That's where Hobart Alumnus and Bird Expert John M.C. Peterson '64 comes in. Peterson - Adirondack Champlain editor of The Kingbird (journal of New York State Ornithological Association) - lends his expertise...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11294Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8590.jpg" alt="" /> Just five years after graduating from HWS, Amanda Herman has earned a place as a faculty member at Barefoot Studios, dedicated to contemporary dance and related arts in Tacoma, Wash. Barefoot Studios provides interdisciplinary and cross-cultural arts education. According to its Web site, its faculty is comprised of, "... only the highest caliber teachers who are masters of their art or highly tra...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11211Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8418.jpg" alt="" /> In an age where glitz and glam sometimes overshadows true talent, the advertising field still maintains the importance of creativity and innovative ideas. Hobart alum Penry Price II '91 is proof positive of this fact. Price, vice president of advertising sales in North America for Google Inc., will soon be inducted into the prestigious Advertising Hall of Achievement. He will also be presented wit...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11063Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8182.jpg" alt="" /> The work of Hobart alum Pietro del Fabro '67 recently became a permanent part of the Village of Waterloo, the birthplace of Memorial Day. To commemorate the lives lost by both the North and South in the Civil War, del Fabro, of Princeton Junction, N.J., constructed the American Civil War Memorial out of stones sent from the 36 states that existed at the end of the Civil War. The memorial include...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11046Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8172.jpg" alt="" /> "Kill Kill Faster Faster." When the title raged its way onto bookstore shelves in the late '90s, author and Hobart alumnus Joel Rose '70 not only turned heads with his raw prose and in-your-face prison grit -- he also turned people's notions of urban America on its head. Now, the novel's film adaptation of the same title is continuing its controversial heralding as one of The New York Foundation f...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10984Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8079.jpg" alt="" /> Ready, set - green! When drivers in the La Carerra Pan Americana, a Mexican road race, rev their engines, shift gears and peel tire, one HWS-driven team will be showing how to take the lead with an eco-friendly vehicle. Alum Kip Moncrief '06 along with racing team member Mike DeVine are entered in the race set for this October. Their racing team, SolShine Alternatives, will be the first team in ...