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22 December 20222022: A Remarkable Year
As our historic Bicentennial year comes to a close, we pause to look back on the many successes of the past year.
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21 December 2022HWS to Compete in World’s Largest Debate Tournament
Four students are preparing for their trip to Spain, where they will compete against 540 debaters at the annual World Universities Debating Championships.
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16 December 2022Yemen in the Shadow of Transition
Drawing on 17 years of field research and collaboration with Yemeni researchers, Associate Professor of International Relations Stacey Philbrick Yadav’s new book explores the peace-building in Yemen against a backdrop of deadlocked political and humanitarian crises.
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15 December 2022Writing and Thinking Partners Develop
The newest cohort of 12 peer tutors join the Writing Colleagues Program.
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15 December 2022Describe Yourself in Three Words
At the end of their first semester at the Colleges, members of the Classes of 2026 reflect on who they are now and who they want to be.
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15 December 2022McCormack ’23 Reflects on Starring in Cabaret
Approaching her final semester, Julia McCormack ’23 reflects on playing the lead role of Sally Bowles in the community production of the musical Cabaret.
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15 December 2022Bilingual Community
Research project combines historic play translation and outreach with local Spanish-speakers.
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15 December 2022Landscape Architecture with Barton & Loguidice
Environmental studies capstone helps launch Amanda Kesler’s ’22 career in landscape architecture with Barton & Loguidice.
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15 December 2022Stein Family Commits $5 Million to Integrated Science Center Project
A generous gift from Kevin Stein ’88 and his family provides the financial foundation for a state-of-the-art building that will be the hub of scientific education at Hobart and William Smith.
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13 December 2022Holiday Giving
Annual student food drive to provide 40 ham roasts to Geneva Center of Concern.
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12 December 2022Statesmen extend stay at #1
For the fifth consecutive week, the Hobart College hockey team is ranked No. 1 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll. The Statesmen received all 20 first place votes for the fourth consecutive week.
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8 December 2022Physics: The Most Mind Blowing Discipline
Associate Professor Steven Penn teaches “PHYSX: Knowing the World,” instructing and advising first-year students on the Physics track.
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8 December 2022Dooley Presents on Spectroscopy Imaging in Artwork
Dr. Kathryn Dooley, a research scientist at the National Gallery of Art, presented on the use of multimodal imaging spectroscopy as the 2022 Hill-Franks Speaker in Chemistry.
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8 December 2022Meet the 2023 Pitch Semifinalists
Ten student ventures have advanced to the semifinals in the Todd Feldman ’89 and Family Pitch Contest.
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7 December 2022Carving a Path
Every department starts somewhere and with the HWS Art and Architecture Department, it began with Norman Kent.
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7 December 2022An International Perspective of Veterinary Medicine
During the spring, Natalie McCarthy ’22 spent three months in Thailand learning up-close what life as a veterinarian is like as part of the selective Thailand Veterinary Seminar Abroad.
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7 December 2022HWS Wins Six CASE Awards
For work on writing, marketing and social media, Hobart and William Smith won six awards from the Council of Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in the Best of District II Awards.
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7 December 2022Alternative Spring Break Applications Open
The 2023 programs include service-learning trips to tutor in North Carolina, learning about life of migrant workers in New York and performing service work in Virginia.
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6 December 2022Alexander nets 2, #1 Hobart blanks #15 Skidmore 4-0
The top-ranked Hobart College hockey team erupted for three goals in the second period as it knocked off 15th-ranked Skidmore 4-0 in a New England Hockey Conference contest at The Cooler this afternoon.
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6 December 2022William Smith Soccer Berg Named All-American
William Smith College senior midfielder Julia Berg was named a 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-American today. She was selected to the first team.
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5 December 2022Drosdowich '72 Reflects on College Experience
George Drosdowich ’72 explores coming of age amid the tumultuous cultural and societal changes of the late 1960s and early 1970s in his new book Bad to Me, published by Nine Mile Books.
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2 December 2022Vicious is My Middle Name
Professor of International Relations Kevin Dunn’s debut novel is “a must-read for anyone who has ever felt like a misfit and found solace in books and music.”
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2 December 2022Revitalizing Australia’s Ecology
While studying abroad this fall, students planted 250 native trees in Queensland, Australia to aid habitat restoration.
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1 December 2022Alums on Oprah’s “Favorite Things” List
Two companies helmed by HWS alums appear on Oprah Winfrey’s 2022 Favorite Things list.
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30 November 2022Increasing the Vote
Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been named one of nearly 400 colleges and universities across the country for increasing student voter participation in the 2022 midterm elections as part of ALL IN’s Campus Democracy Challenge.
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30 November 2022Award-winning Serial Lyric Essay
Author Katherine Indermaur will deliver the final Trias Reading of the fall semester.
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30 November 2022Goldman brings Colorado-Style to HWS Sailing
From Colorado to Seneca Lake, Elijah Goldman ’26 shares his journey to HWS sailing.
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29 November 2022Statesmen remain #1 in USCHO.com poll
For the third straight week, the Hobart College hockey team claimed the top spot in the DCU/USCHO.com poll. In addition, the Statesmen received all 20 first place votes for the second consecutive poll.
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29 November 2022Teaching Young Readers
As an AmeriCorps tutor, Isabelle Jeppsen ’21 says she is eager to help students in kindergarten to third grade with their reading through intervention activities at Literacy Lab in Washington, D.C.
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22 November 2022Mead '13 Wins at Grow-NY
Matthew “Mattie” Mead ’13, a co-founder of the hemp-based material business Hempitecture, won $500,000 in this year’s Grow-NY Food and Agriculture competition in Syracuse, New York, with the finalists pitching their businesses on Nov. 15-16.
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