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6 November 2025Soccer Teams Face Off in Liberty League Semifinals
The Herons take on RIT while the Statesmen play Union.
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4 November 2025Dr. Harvey Guttmann ’75 Honored at Jefferson Abington Hospital
In recognition of four decades of leadership and care, Jefferson Abington Hospital has named its GI Procedure Suite for Dr. Harvey Guttmann ’75.
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4 November 2025Protecting Seneca Lake
Collaboration with Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association strengthens research, education and community engagement to protect the Finger Lakes’ largest lake.
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3 November 2025From Sculpture to Surgery and Back
From the operating room to the studio bench, Dr. Bruce Bauer ’70 has spent a lifetime sculpting beauty—whether from living tissue, lapis or opal.
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31 October 2025Babbitt Publishes on Blake
New collection of poetry examines and intertwines the life of William Blake.
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30 October 2025Studio Art Majors Explore New York City's Art World
Professor Christine Chin leads ARTS 480 students on a weekend of museums, galleries and alumni connections, supported by the Jonas Wood ’99 Fund.
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29 October 2025HWS Students Explore Mental Health Advocacy at NAMI Conference
Psychological Science students join a regional dialogue on resilience and wellness at the National Alliance on Mental Illness conference in Syracuse, N.Y.
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28 October 2025President's Forum Welcomes Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman
From social worker to nuclear arms negotiator, Wendy Sherman brings her experience advancing and protecting human rights and U.S. interests to campus for the President’s Forum.
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Hayflinger-Rogers '29 in the Finger Lakes Times

Tristan Hayflinger-Rogers '29 was featured in the Finger Lakes Times' series The Bigger Picture on HWS' First Generation Initiative.

Elizabeth Blackwell in BBC History Magazine

Janice P. Nimura, author of The Doctors Blackwell, examines the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to graduate with a medical degree in the United States and a 1849 graduate of Geneva Medical College, the predecessor to Hobart and William Smith, and why she became a doctor.

Parsons ’16 Joins Tully Rinckey Law Firm

An article in Buffalo Business First featured the career trajectory of Thomas A. Parsons ’16.

Phillips '62 Honored in Avenue of Heroes

Dr. Steven J. Phillips '62, a retired lieutenant colonel of the United States Army Reserve who served two tours during the Vietnam War and held a career in medicine, was featured in the Coronado Eagle and Journal's Avenue of Heroes.