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3 May 2022HWS Community Donation Effort Underway
The Colleges have begun collecting donations of gently used items from students as they prepare to leave campus. Local non-profit organizations are encouraged to sign up now to receive those donations.
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2 May 2022Princeton Review Names HWS a "Best Value College"
The national list recognizes Hobart and William Smith’s academic excellence, affordability and career outcomes for graduates.
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30 April 2022Matthai P’94, P’96, L.H.D. ’94 Recognized on UN Postal Stamp
The United Nations Postal Administration has honored Dr. Wangari Matthai P’94, P’96, L.H.D. ’94 on a stamp in remembrance of her birthday.
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29 April 2022Conservatism Today: Bret Stephens kicks off the Stern Family Forum
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens reflected on intellectual humility, the benefits of a healthy conservative politics and the perils of ideological orthodoxy.
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29 April 2022Give Write Now Challenge Smashes Fundraising Goal
The Give Write Now Challenge, a 48-hour fundraising challenge to support the Writing Colleagues Program, was a breakout success.
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27 April 2022Yoshikawa Awarded Fulbright to Taiwan
The award supports a research project examining the colonial politics of nature in the Asia-Pacific region.
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27 April 2022Downs ’22 Headed to Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Building on his bachelor of science in biology, Garrett Downs ’22 will attend Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in the fall to earn a master of science in nursing, a prerequisite for the doctoral program.
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26 April 2022Percoski ’21, MAT ’22 Earns Fulbright to Germany
HWS Master of Arts in Teaching candidate Katherine (Katie) Percoski ’21, MAT ’22 has been accepted into the U.S. Government’s flagship international exchange program.
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1 April 2022Supporting Tomorrow's Doctors
A new endowed scholarship supports pre-med students and honors family bonds.
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1 April 2022Student Scholarship the Focus of Senior Symposium 2022
The Center for Teaching Learning will host the 13th annual Senior Symposium on April 15, a daylong conference where seniors and graduate students present their intellectual passions to the HWS community.
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1 April 2022Vincent ’83 Named President of Talladega College
Gregory J. Vincent ’83 has been named the 21st President of Talladega College.
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1 April 2022Latimer ’85 Named President of Chestnut Hill College
Dr. William W. Latimer ’85, an infectious disease epidemiologist, has been named president of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia becoming the first man and first lay president in the college’s nearly 100-year-old history.
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31 March 2022Music for a New Apocalypse
Music for a New Apocalypse,composed by Associate Professor of Music Mark Olivieri, premiered this month with a performance by pianist Andres Gomez-Bravo.
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30 March 2022Once Upon a Time in the Italian Western
Sebastiano Lucci, instructor of Italian and director of the Less Commonly Taught Languages, will reflect on the birth, development and culmination of the midcentury westerns made by Italian filmmakers like Sergio Leone.
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18 March 2022Tribute to Cadence Joy Whittier
The late Professor of Dance Cadence Joy Whittier, who served at HWS from 2000-2021, will be remembered on Sunday, April 10, from 2-4 p.m. in Deming Theatre.
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17 March 2022Music is Key for Malcolm '24
Sophomore plays nine instruments, writes and records his own music.
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17 March 2022Dean Kaenzig Receives PLEN’s National Award for Mentorship
For nearly three decades of work to advance and train the next generation of public policy leaders, William Smith Dean Lisa Kaenzig was honored with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) on Wednesday, March 16 in Washington, D.C.
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11 March 2022Creativity is best when it is Diverse
Uprooting Medea Theatre and film production company will lead a discussion on activism and canonical texts on Monday.
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11 March 2022New Music Administration Minor Offered
Minor combines music and entrepreneurial studies, giving students tools to build careers.
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10 March 2022Remembering bell hooks, Trailblazer and Scholar
HWS will remember the author, critic and activist bell hooks at a memorial bonfire on March 13. We also look back at hooks’ 1989 guest lecture on campus.
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4 March 2022Pitch Winners Create Hemp Alternatives for a Sustainable Future
William Kline ’23, Brendon Bennett ’23 and Moritz Marchart ’22 are the winners of The Todd Feldman ’89 and Family Pitch Contest for their biomaterials company Fibrworks.
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3 March 2022Barbados Today Features Smith-Padmore ’24
In a profile by Barbados Today, Jada Smith-Padmore ’24 discusses squash and finding a home away from home at HWS.
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3 March 2022Dr. Christopher Beyrer ’81 to Deliver 2022 Commencement Address
The epidemiologist, recently named Director of the Duke University Global Health Institute and HIV/AIDS expert, will also be awarded an honorary degree at this year’s graduation ceremony.
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24 February 2022HWS Experts Discuss Russian Invasion of Ukraine
John Sipher ’83, P’19, who worked for the CIA’s clandestine service for 28 years, and Professor of Political Science David Ost, an expert on Eastern European politics and society, unpacked the latest developments in the unfolding crisis.
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23 February 2022Perspectives from the Hill
Current and former U.S. Congressional Representatives, including HWS alums, joined members of the campus community for a panel discussion on careers in the nation’s capital.
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22 February 2022Anwar’s Book Makes Top 10 List
A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism recognized by Indonesian publisher.
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21 February 2022Schönegge Wins SETC Young Scholars Award
Exchange student Berit Schönegge has been selected from a national pool of applicants to present her theatre history scholarship at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Convention in Memphis, Tenn. Her paper, “Between Colonial Imposition and Native Christianity: Nahuatl Theatre ‘under?’ the Influence of Spanish Occupation and Catholic Mission,” is the national winner of the Young Scholars Award for undergraduates.
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21 February 2022Another HWS Debate Team Victory
HWS Debaters win Pre United Asian Debating Championship.
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18 February 2022Rapid Community Innovation
Podcast highlights the HWS community’s response during the early days of the pandemic.
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