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20 September 2024Take Back the Night
HWS annual event creates a safe space to share stories and awareness of sexual violence.
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20 September 2024Team Seneca Navy Returns to Campus
During Homecoming and Family Weekend, learn more about the trans-Atlantic race that four Hobart rowers will undertake next year for charity.
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19 September 2024Cook Parents Circle Reaches Milestone
Now with more than 200 members, a philanthropic group of non-alumni current and former parents continues driving lifechanging opportunities at Hobart and William Smith.
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18 September 2024President's Forum: Celebrating 50 Years of Global Education
As HWS celebrates 50 years of study abroad programming, the President’s Forum Series reflects on the growth and impact of international education with the HWS community.
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17 September 2024Stern '03 Makes a Play for State Attorney
Sam Stern ’03, trial lawyer, educator, author and HWS Trustee, is running for State Attorney in Palm Beach’s 15th Judicial Court.
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17 September 2024HWS Votes Prepares for Big Year
Non-partisan organization will host events to help students register to vote and learn about local and national candidates and issues.
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12 September 2024Elvis Njomo ’25 Coordinates Guest Concert Series
As part of an independent study, Elvis Njomo ’25 is working with the Department of Music to coordinate the Guest Concert Series featuring world artists.
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12 September 2024How Satisfied Are HWS Grads with Their Education?
A new report by Professor Emeritus of Sociology Wes Perkins and Jesse Whelan-Small ’24 details how satisfied HWS alumni are with their education and their lives after graduation.
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12 September 2024HWS Parents Support Club Hockey Program
A gift from Alex Clyde P’24 and Tom Meskan P’24 pays tribute to their son’s academic and cocurricular experiences at HWS.
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11 September 2024Berman '08 Offers Emotional Regulation Tools for Kids
Therapist Jenna Berman ’08 distills insights from cognitive behavioral therapy for young people to manage powerful emotions and stress.
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11 September 2024Thinking About the Future: Brad Spring '88 Gives Back to HWS Sciences
In recognition of the lasting impact of his education, Brad Spring ’88 establishes an endowed scholarship and summer science support for future generations of HWS students.
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11 September 2024HWS Wind Ensemble Welcomes Musicians for New Season
With more than 20 years of teaching experience, the new Ensemble Director is eager to share his passion for music.
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10 September 2024Wall Street Journal Ranks HWS No. 4 in Nation for Student Experience
Campus facilities, community and diversity distinguish Hobart and William Smith’s student experience as one of the best in the country.
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10 September 2024HWS Remembers 9/11
The HWS community, including its AmeriCorps Volunteers and Kappa Alpha Society members, will remember those lost on September 11, 2001.
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10 September 2024Scheines '79 on Freedom of Expression in the Academy
Carnegie Mellon University Dean Richard Scheines '79 returns to HWS to offer an inside perspective on the issue of free speech on college campuses.
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9 September 2024President's Forum: Amy Walter on the 2024 Election
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report Amy Walter joins the President’s Forum Series.
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6 September 2024Fly-By-Night Dance Theater Comes to HWS
This month, the HWS Department of Dance and Movement Studies will host New York City-based Fly-By-Night Dance Theater in a four-day teaching and performing residency.
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5 September 2024HWS Debate Prepares for Most Competitive Season Ever
HWS Debate prepares for the most competitive semester in team history. Their goal is to qualify for international tournaments in the United Kingdom and Panama City.
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30 August 2024May Participates in Residency for Blind, Disabled and Abled Artists
The residency explored the question: “What might a musical theatre production be if it embraced blind aesthetics and blind experiences?”
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29 August 2024Launching a Sports Analytics Career
Natalie Haythorn ’25 secures an internship with Rochester Americans, the fourth oldest franchise in the AHL.
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28 August 2024Nguyen '26 Awarded Prestigious Washington Media Scholarship
Joy Nguyen ’26 is one of only 65 college students to receive a Washington Media Scholars Foundation scholarship.
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28 August 2024HWS Welcomes Kazim Ali as 2024-25 Trias Writer-in-Residence
Award-winning writer Kazim Ali, who joins the renowned literary residency at Hobart and William Smith, will give a reading of his work on Thursday, Sept. 12.
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28 August 2024Successful, Happy and Engaged: Princeton Review Gives HWS Top Marks
Princeton Review’s 2025 Best 390 Colleges guide ranks HWS among the best in the nation.
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27 August 2024HWS Ranks No. 1 in the Nation for Service, 19th Overall
Washington Monthly ranks Hobart and William Smith first for service and 19th for liberal arts colleges, a jump of 13 spots in just one year.
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26 August 2024HWS Library joins Oberlin Group
The Warren Hunting Smith Library is now part of a national cooperative of leading liberal arts libraries.
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26 August 2024Convocation 2024: Explore, Connect and Flourish
The academic year begins with Convocation.
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26 August 2024Fisher Center Announces Fall 2024 Series
This year’s Fisher Center speaker series welcomes authors who will discuss a range of topics centered on the theme of Walls.
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26 August 2024A Musical Journey Through the Bronx
As a production assistant, Joshua Cruz ’24 is forging his Media career working for Gary Axelbank Productions.
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26 August 2024DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 Named Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
HWS announces the appointment of Chevanne DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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23 August 2024Babbitt Wins Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award
Associate Professor of English Geoffrey Babbitt’s new poetic biography of English poet and artist William Blake was selected for the 2023 Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award.
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