http://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usSat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:05 GMTSat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:05 GMThttp://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11085Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8225.jpg" alt="" /> As every seat in the Geneva Room filled on Wednesday, Sept. 17, the crowd bustled, chatting, shifting, anticipating the kick-off lecture in the fall 2008 Fisher Center Series lectures. Everyone discussing the night's topic, Thinking in Emergencies, and the scholar who approached the podium, Harvard University's Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Elaine Scarry. ...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10941Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res8009.jpg" alt="" /> At HWS, students often surprise their professors with the depth and nuance of their insights. In their class discussions and in their research. But there are always those research papers that come off of the page and exceed the intentions and expectations of even the professor who assigned them. That was the case for Professor of Religious Studies Susan Henking when she received a thesis from Ju...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10655Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7492.jpg" alt="" /> Geneva Middle School transformed into a fun house on April 25, complete with music, games, face painting and karaoke. And right in the thick of the excitement were 14 HWS student volunteers, all members of Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Kingery’s Adolescent Psychology course. Organized by middle school Spanish teacher and William Smith alumna Emily McCarter '02, Geneva's Got Game pr...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10642Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTHenking Begins Vital Discourse From the pages of its HWS syllabus to a national forum for college educators, one course and its professor at the Colleges are being recognized as seminal in opening vital discourse. Professor of Religious Studies Susan Henking recently had her article "Que(e)rying Religion" published in "Diversity and Democracy," a publication of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. The article outlined and examined the importance of her course of the same name...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10645Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTProfessor of History Derek Linton recently spoke about "'War Dysentery' and the Limits of German Military Bacteriology and Hygiene during World War I" during the 81st annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) in Rochester, N.Y. His talk, part of a panel on military medicine, examined previously overlooked epidemics of dysentery in Germany and Eastern Europe and the reasons that hygienists couldn't control the outbreaks. Linton earned his bachelor's degree...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10615Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT“We came up with a great idea, bounced it around between a few of us, then spent last semester learning how to be a club,” says Jamie Hutchins '08, a biology major. Currently, Wildlife Aesthetic Enthusiasts (WAE) has 10 to 15 members and some big plans. WAE’s focus is educating local children, especially at-risk kids, about the world around them. They hope to integrate the Boys and Girls Club and the HWS Big Brothers/Big Sisters program with WAE events. “Part of our or...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10592Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTLike Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green" for the students in "Practical Sustainability." They're working hard to make personal commitments to becoming more conscious of their impact on the environment. In the process, these students have faced many social, economic, personal and institutional obstacles that make living green difficult. Fortunately, "Practical Sustainability," a student-led course, is giving them all the guidance they need. The innovative course focusing on action more ...