Watch the RockSat-C Rocket Launch Live

For the 2019 RockSat-C team, a year’s worth of hard work is about to culminate in a blast off into space. Students and faculty mentors traveled to NASA’s Wallops Flight…
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Schrader ’21 Wins Holland Prize

Andrew Schrader ’21 was recently named the winner of the Physics Department’s 2019 Albert Holland Physics Lecture Competition, after the delivery of his presentation, “Archimedes’ Principle: What Else Will Float…
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Brodheim ’20 Studies the Life Cycle of Stars

In Chile during spring break, Max Brodheim ’20 and Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb traveled to Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO), where they measured a pair of young stars…
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HWS Welcomes Newest Phi Beta Kappa Members

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honors society, has elected 30 new members from Hobart and William Smith Colleges into its Zeta Chapter this year. Faculty…
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HWS Participates in NASA Rocket Launches

For the sixth consecutive year, Hobart and William Smith students, faculty and staff will participate in the launch of a NASA sounding (research) rocket at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.…
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