Villacorta Quoted in WSJ

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies Carlos Villacorta, a native of Peru, was quoted in an article in The Wall Street Journal about two album collections released this fall that examine "the cross-pollination in late-'60s and '70s Peru of indigenous music with Latin jazz, cumbia, rock 'n' roll and other sounds." The albums feature songs by Peruvian band Juaneco y Su Combo,...  More >>

Singer '13 Launches Train Gum

Sam Singer '13, the creator of an all-natural chewing gum called Train, recently launched his product online in select retail locations. Train, a peppermint chew made with only five ingredients, is now available at Fit to Eat, a sandwich shop in Portland, Maine and at The College Store. "Train launched officially in late October with okay online sales," Singer says, but over the past several week...  More >>

Real Food, Real Change

Ask William Smith junior Mollie Kenerson ’15 about food and she gets visibly excited. Not just any food: it has to be of the local, good-for-you variety. Kenerson, an environmental studies major with minors in anthropology and Spanish, spent the summer working with the Finger Lakes Institute to develop a plan to increase locally sourced foods in Geneva and at Hobart and William Smith. Her project...  More >>