RUIWAN XU '11: Mentoring through the Unknown

“Your mentor only has one hour for you. What are you going to use it for?” Ruiwan Xu ’11 likes to ask young professionals. Her advice? Touch base with them during life’s…
 More >>

Cultures, Aesthetics and Politics Collide in Global Video Games

In a new Media & Society course, HWS students explore the cultural contexts of video games — and produce games of their own.
 More >>

New STEM Research Stipends for HWS Students

“HWS research students are not laboratory assistants; they are co-investigators into our unknown world. They design experiments, collaborate within their labs, with other labs on campus often from other departments, and with labs at other institutions. Thanks to the Sherman Fairchild Foundation's support and other ongoing initiatives, we anticipate the number of research students on campus this summer to reach an all-time high,” says Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Affairs Joe Rusinko.
 More >>

Ayele '23 Secures Tech Internship at UnitedHealth Group

Kidus Asmare Ayele' 23 will join UnitedHealth Group as a technological development intern this summer. With a strong academic background in computer science, Kidus Asmare Ayele '23 will begin a…
 More >>

Perini '95 Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of 2020

Gina Perini '95, the Chair of the Board of Directors and CEO of Somos Inc., was named the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2020 Award, New…
 More >>

Announcing the HWS STEM Scholars Program

A new program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is designed to support more inclusion of racially and ethnically underrepresented scholars in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The…
 More >>

Konradi '24 Interns with Dallas Mavs, Competes in Euro Lax Championship

As an intern for the Dallas Mavericks in 2019, Alexander Konradi '24 gained professional experience in both information technology and community relations. While juggling his internship, Konradi competed in the…
 More >>

Rawlins '80 Discusses UX and the Brain

HWS Trustee Michael Rawlins '80, P'16, principal user experience (UX) design architect for the Walt Disney Company, will conduct a talk on UX and the brain on Thursday, June 4…
 More >>

Hamre '20 Secures Software Engineer Post at Nordstrom

Morgan Hamre '20 has accepted a position with Nordstrom as a software engineer in Seattle, Washington office, where she will create technological applications to support the daily operations for the…
 More >>

Moore '20 Solves Problems On and Off the Field

Elizabeth “Bizzy” Moore '20 is a problem-solver. In the course of her internships over the past three years, she has facilitated a successful rocket launch at NASA, developed a sensor…
 More >>