Pandemic Explained: Carey ’71 on CDC Labs

Dr. Roberta Barnes Carey ’71, retired director of the Laboratory Quality Management Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), offers a glimpse of the preparations, response measures…
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Pandemic Explained: Linton on COVID-19 Response and What to Expect Next

A national authority on the history of medicine and immunology, Professor of History Derek Linton reflects on the international response to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and what history can —…
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Six Members of HWS Faculty Earn Tenure

At its most recent meeting, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of President Joyce P. Jacobsen, approved tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate…
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Chihuahuan Desert Research

In the Chihuahuan Desert, banner-tailed kangaroo rats are being affected by the destruction of grasslands and shrub encroachment. To determine how these environmental changes may be modifying the rats’ movement…
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Alums Establish the Dr. Kenneth R. Carle Endowed Summer Science Research Fund

Since 1987, HWS students have been given the opportunity to conduct science research during the summer through the Undergraduate Summer Research Program, which pairs students with a faculty research mentor…
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