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21 July 2026HWS Awarded $3 Million State Grant to Advance Fish Center for the Sciences
NYS funding supports next phase of transformative science facilities project and strengthens HWS' impact on students, research and the Finger Lakes economy.
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20 July 2026Shafer attends National Puppetry Conference
Insights from the National Puppetry Conference will shape Associate Professor Leah Shafer's Fall 2026 First-Year Seminar, “Puppet Cultures.”
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16 July 2026Beneath the Surface
Environmental Science major Ryan Agans '28 is helping study one of the Great Lakes' oldest fish while preparing for a future in environmental research.
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16 July 2026New Portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell to be Displayed in the Blackwell Room
A newly acquired photograph of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell offers a rare glimpse of one of the institution's most historic figures during her years as a student at Geneva Medical College.
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14 July 2026Career Trek Leads to Congressional Internship
After visiting Capitol Hill with Career Services, Bella Diamandis ’28 is spending the summer interning in Congressman Jim McGovern's district office.
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14 July 2026The Power of Play in Teaching
Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter has been selected for a national faculty roundtable examining how play can inspire creativity, curiosity and deeper learning in the classroom.
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14 July 2026Shafer Curates Global Media Conference
As program curator for #IFM 2026, Associate Professor Leah Shafer helped shape an international discussion on digital media, technology and culture.
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13 July 2026For Sana Naylor Brooks ’89, Showing Up Matters
The same instinct that led HWS Board of Trustees Vice Chair Sana Naylor Brooks ’89 to care for a hospice patient with no nearby family now guides a $2 million commitment to Hobart and William Smith.
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UWTSD Outdoor Adventure students inspire and support visiting international cohort

Students on the BA (Hons) Outdoor Adventure Education programme at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) used their skills beyond the classroom to support visiting students from Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS) as they settled into life on campus and in Wales during the recent annual Summer Programme.

With Bill Pulte, Trump Is Sending a Dangerous Message

John Sipher '83 writes a guest essay in the New York Times Opinion where he says the law establishing the Director of National Intelligence is explicit and unambiguous. Candidates must have extensive national security expertise, and that requirement exists for good reason. Anything to the contrary sends a dangerous message.