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For the past 16 summers, the Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute (ESSYI) held at Hobart and William Smith Colleges has given rising high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to experience a taste of college-level academics. This two-we...
The HWS faculty is one of many points of pride in the Colleges' reputation. This year during the January and April meetings of the HWS Board of Trustees, members of the Board fortified the Colleges' already stellar faculty by conferring tenure and th...
For a double major in geoscience and environmental studies like Ryan Whitehouse, leaving "well" enough alone just doesn't cut it.
This summer, Whitehouse interned with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), working primarily with the groundwater speciali...
Bob Dedrick '98 was recently announced as a finalist for the 2009 Excellence in Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Teaching Award, given by the Rochester Area Colleges Center for Excellence in Math and Science (RAC-CEMS).
According to the STE...
The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, and The William Scandling research vessel is cruising out to the center of Seneca Lake.
All in all, it's a beautiful day to pull up a few sediment traps-some of the scientific instruments purchased with a rece...
Matt Lamanna '97 was recently featured in The Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Penn., in a list of innovators. Pittsburgh was recently home to the G-20 summit. The article noted, "Pittsburgh's innovators continue to advance the cause of science, medicin...
It was a brisk, but sunny morning on Monday, Oct. 5 when Bob Dedrick '98 and his environmental science students pulled up in a yellow school bus to board the Colleges' William Scandling research vessel. Dedrick's high school class took part in the S...
As a 2009 ENERGY STAR Small Business Award recipient and with its fifth anniversary approaching, this fall is a big season for the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI).
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the FLI will celebrate its fifth anniversary and the recent ENERGY S...
To celebrate the fifth anniversary and the recent ENERGY STAR award from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI) welcomed students, faculty, staff, community members and friends to an afternoon ceremony on Tuesday.
Durin...
Jeffrey Frame, assistant professor of geoscience, recently took his Geoscience Weather and Climate class to the National Weather Service in Buffalo. The trip was sponsored by a grant from the Center for Teaching and Learning which sponsored several ...