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24 September 2025Yonten '23 to Harvard Law School
Time spent working and studying abroad during and after Hobart and William Smith has inspired a future as an attorney.
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24 September 2025A Deep Dive into Finger Lakes Aquatic Research
Students investigate how pollutants travel, accumulate and influence the Finger Lakes.
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23 September 2025HWS Named a “Dream School” by NYTimes Bestselling Author
New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo cites Hobart and William Smith as a dream school for its strong outcomes, accessible admissions and student experience.
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22 September 2025Cosentino Featured in Audubon Magazine on the Importance of Squirrels
Audubon Magazine shares Cosentino’s insights on squirrel evolution and adaptability.
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19 September 2025Rethinking the Rules: Banking, Oversight and the Illusion of Inevitability
Stanford Professor and Economist Anat R. Admati will be on campus to explain why banks face too little scrutiny, how they conceal risk and why the cycle of financial booms and busts is not a law of nature but a failure of regulation.
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19 September 2025Yoshikawa Named 2025 Kinghorn Global Fellow
Lisa Yoshikawa has been awarded the Kinghorn Fellowship, which is presented to an outstanding HWS faculty member who exemplifies global citizenship.
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19 September 2025Understanding Patterns of Engagement
Students have spent this summer challenging assumptions about China’s impact in Zambia.
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18 September 2025HWS Launches Melly Scholarship to Empower Future Leaders
Scholarship Honors Legacy of Tom Melly ’52 with $46,000 Annual Merit Award and Transformative Opportunities.
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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.

Q and A with Gregory '07 in The Daily Record

Peter J. Gregory '07, a partner at Goldberg Segalla, answers questions on real estate law for The Power List in The Daily Record.

McNally '96 Named Bellow Scholar

The Association of American Law Schools’ Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest has recognized Laura McNally ‘96 for her efforts in uncovering the rampant “tangled title” problem plaguing estate law.

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