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2 April 2025Junior/Senior Choreographers Concert 2025
Dance and Movement Studies majors present “Gravity” April 4-5.
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2 April 2025Giving Back: Spring 2025 Day of Service
HWS students, faculty and staff will volunteer at 28 locations, including the Geneva Public Library where students will help senior citizens with their tech questions.
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31 March 2025Impact Conference Inspires Action and Advocacy
Two HWS students attend the largest annual conference focused on engaging college students in service, advocacy and social action.
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31 March 2025Explore Kitchen Chemistry at the Edible Science Fair April 5
Faculty and students from the HWS Chemistry Department will host the annual Edible Science Fair, a fun, interactive and family friendly event.
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31 March 2025National Champions! Fontana's OT Winner Gives Hobart its 3rd Straight Title
The Statesmen become the first team nationally in nearly 20 years to finish as three-time consecutive champions.
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27 March 2025Service and Community Impact over Spring Break
HWS students dedicated their spring break to making a difference.
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26 March 2025Teaching During Wartime Infuses Lessons with New Meaning
Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes to explore morals and ethics with Ukrainian students.
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25 March 2025Covelli '25 Secures Analyst Position at Bloomberg
A summer internship in New York City paved the way for Grace Covelli ’25 to land a full-time analyst position at Bloomberg L.P.
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Jacobsen in Yahoo! News on Bill

Professor of Economics and former HWS President Joyce Jacobsen talks in a Yahoo! News article about how President Trump’s recently passed spending bill will impact women with children.

Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75 Profiled in the Washington Examiner

The late Ben Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75, a speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson and later a political commentator and author, is remembered in a biography in the Washington Examiner.

Gibbs' Commencement Speech Highlighted in NY Times

Former TIME Editor in Chief, presidential historian and Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs' L.H.D. ’25 HWS Commencement address is highlighted in an article by the New York Times analyzing the themes of this year's graduation speeches.

Jacobsen Featured in FL Times on Tariffs

Professor of Economics and former HWS President Joyce Jacobsen speaks in the Finger Lakes Times on the impact of Walmart raising its prices from tariffs enacted under President Donald Trump.

Doctoral Candidate Tanquary '17 Receives Graduate Student Teaching Award

Nicole Tanquary ’17, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at Dietrich College, studies rhetorics, political discourse and public accountability.

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