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6 June 2021Celebrating Community Engagement in 2021
Hobart and William Smith recognize students, faculty and partners in Geneva for their investment in the local community.
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3 June 2021Fajardo '20 Accepted to UC Berkeley for Ph.D.
Elizabeth Fajardo '20 has been accepted to University of California at Berkeleys Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology integrated M.A. and Ph.D. program.
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19 May 2021France '11 Reflects on Peace Corps Service
In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps, Shanelle France '11 reflects on her service in Lesotho and her journey to becoming a teacher.
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16 May 2021Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Named HWS Commencement Speaker and Blackwell Recipient
Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress and the first woman and the first African American to hold the position, will be the 2021 Commencement speaker, and receive an honorary degree and the Elizabeth Blackwell Award.
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14 May 2021Jimnez to Deliver Baccalaureate Address
Associate Professor Emerita of Africana Studies Marilyn Jiménez P'12 will deliver the Baccalaureate address to the Classes of 2021.
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6 May 2021Envisioning the New Intercultural Affairs Center
Design plans for a renovation of the HWS Intercultural Affairs Center are now underway.
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5 May 2021Taylor '19, MAT '21 Earns Fulbright (Again)
Brandi Taylor '19, MAT '21 is the recipient of a 2021 U.S. Student Fulbright Award to Kenya, following a 2020 award cut short due to COVID-19. With the support of a Fulbright Award, Brandi Taylor
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3 May 2021Shiever '21 and Tusin '21 Selected for Technos International Prize
The annual award recognizes academic achievement and commitment to international understanding.
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30 April 2021Lavender Graduation 2021
LGBTQ+ seniors and allies celebrate Commencement at the 2021 Lavender Graduation. On Saturday, May 1, the annual Lavender Graduation will celebrate the Colleges LGBTQ+ community and allied student
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30 April 2021Foisy '22 Interns at MathWorks
Isabelle Foisy '22 begins a finance internship at the mathematics computing software company in May.
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27 April 2021New STEM Research Stipends for HWS Students
HWS research students are not laboratory assistants; they are co-investigators into our unknown world.
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21 April 2021VIRTUAL VIEWS: Faculty Dance Concert 2021
Three professors of Dance Ensemble, Donna Davenport, Michelle Iklé and Kelly Johnson, spent the spring semester with 35 William Smith dancers and two media and society students in a pandemic, masked, indoors and outdoors, in snow, on Seneca Lake piers, with green screens, on the streets of Geneva, and on stage, in 12-foot squares in Deming Theater, to create six new, short films.
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9 April 2021HWS Supports Bridges Over Walls Leadership Project in Geneva
Everything happening nationally is happening locally, and we need these discussions about nonviolent communication and capacity building so we can be stewards of public good.
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9 April 2021"Live. Work. POSE!" With Screenwriter, Producer Steven Canals
This month, HWS will host a conversation with Steven Canals, co-creator and co-executive producer of the FX drama series Pose.
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9 April 2021"I Can't Change" with Grammy-nominated Mary Lambert
This month, HWS will host a performance by singer and composer Mary Lambert, followed by a discussion on authenticity, mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ lived experiences.
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9 April 2021Stop Asian Hate Vigil and Rally
The HWS community held a unity rally and vigil on Monday, April 5 on the steps of Coxe Hall.
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26 March 2021Protests, Poison, Prison: Navalnys Russian Opposition Movement
HWS will host a virtual forum to discuss the opposition movement led by Alexei Navalny against Vladimir Putins regime in Russia.
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22 March 2021Nusom '23 Wins The Pitch
Matthew Nusom '23 is the winner of the Todd Feldman '89 and Family Pitch Contest for his sustainable design company SymBio.
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22 March 2021Pitch 2021 Semifinalists Announced
Seven students have advanced to the semifinal round of The Pitch, the Colleges annual entrepreneurial leadership contest.
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19 March 2021Emmy Winning Producer Kunin '09 Profiled by Reel 360
Sarah Kunin ’09, a three-time Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning television producer, is featured in Reel 360’s Women’s History Month series spotlighting leaders in news and entertainment.
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19 March 2021Chad Sanders on Trauma, Triumph, Black Leaders and Black Magic
Hobart and William Smith welcome writer, director, actor and musician Chad Sanders for a virtual discussion of his new book Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph.
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16 March 2021Women's Health and Rights: Maguire '69 Recalls Career in New Memoir
Elizabeth Liz Shires Maguire '69 looks back on a four-decade career in public health and imparts advice on leadership and mentorship in her new memoir. Sometimes opportunity knocks.
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12 March 2021Pirate Plants of the Caribbean
A new study led by Professor of Biology Meghan Brown documents that Cuba is home to hundreds fewer invasive plant species than expected.
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2 March 2021HWS Students Land ASIANetwork Fellowship
Three students have received the ASIANetwork Student-Faculty Fellows Program Award.
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1 March 2021Its a W-I-N for HWS Spelling Bee Team
A team made up of HWS faculty and staff took home first place honors in the annual adult spelling bee that raises funds for the nonprofit organization Literacy Volunteers Ontario-Yates.
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23 February 2021HWS Celebrates Black History
Join the HWS community in celebrating Black history through a teach-in, virtual art exhibition and speaker series.
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19 February 2021Pitch 2021 to be Livestreamed
This years finalists in the 2021 Todd Feldman 89 and Family Pitch Contest will present their ideas for an innovative company or nonprofit to a virtual audience on March 4 at 7 p.m. Five student e
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19 February 2021Pitch Contest Named for Entrepreneur Todd Feldman '89
To honor Todd Feldman 89 and his family, who generously support the HWS Entrepreneurship Fund and Opell Challenge, the HWS Pitch contest has been renamed. The 2021 Todd Feldman 89 and Family Pitc
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17 February 2021Mendelson '17 Reflects on Peace Corps Experiences
HWS commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps by asking alums to reflect on their service as volunteers.
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12 February 2021Careers in the Capitol: Virtual Day on the Hill
During winter break, more than a dozen Hobart and William Smith students participated in the HWS Day on the Hill program. The 15th annual career trek to Washington, D.C., was held virtually.
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1 February 2021Short-Term Study Abroad Planned for Summer 2021
The Center for Global Education has announced new Short-term Study Abroad programs for the summer of 2021 and in December of 2021-January 2022.
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29 January 2021DeVaney '95 Named Posse 9 Mentor
Director of Alumni and Alumnae Relations Chevanne DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 will serve as the mentor for Posse 9, a group of 10 students from Los Angeles, Calif., who will arrive on campus for the Fall 2021 semester.
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28 January 2021Ayele '23 Secures Tech Internship at UnitedHealth Group
Kidus Asmare Ayele '23 will join UnitedHealth Group as a technological development intern this summer.
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25 January 2021Poulin '15 Produces Stories of Women Olympians and Paralympians
Stories of women Olympians and Paralympians are the focus of the Flame Bearers podcast, produced by Michelle Poulin '15.
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21 January 2021HWS Students Debate on Jamaican Radio
HWS Debate team members Eden LaRonde '24 and July Winters '24 participated in a parliamentary style debate on NewsTalk 93 FM, a Jamaican radio program, on Jan. 13.
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11 January 2021HWS First-Year Debaters Complete Strong Season
This semester the HWS Debate Team welcomed in a robust class of 14 novice debaters, defined as those in their first year of collegiate debate.
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23 December 2020Asian Studies Pursuits Funded by Tanaka Grant
Funding from the Tanaka Memorial Foundation allowed Carly Shiever '21 to hold a remote internship and Associate Professor of History Lisa Yoshikawa to pursue continued book research.
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21 December 2020HWS Debate Team President is a Rising Star
Reed Herter '22 is finishing a first term as president of the HWS Debate Team.
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11 December 2020HWS Debate Varsity Squad Finds Continued Success
Despite the global pandemic forcing tournaments to move online, the HWS Debate squad has continued to show they are very competitive against the strongest schools on the North American circuit.
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11 December 2020Blanchard Honored with Joseph Levenson Book Prize
Described by the Association for Asian Studies as a “triumph of intertextual and intervisual methods in gender studies,” Professor of Art and Architecture Lara Blanchard is the winner of the 2020 Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize (China).
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3 December 2020Language Exchange from Geneva to Tokyo
Through a virtual version of the HWS Japanese Programs weekly language table, students on campus are learning with and from their peers in Tokyo. This fall, Kyoko Klaus, the Tanaka Lecturer in Asi
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3 December 2020Rodrguez Mansilla Publishes on Lope de Vega
Associate Professor of Spanish Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla’s reconstruction and analysis of a 17th-century work by Spanish playwright Lope de Vega has been published in Parte XIX Comedias de Lope de Vega (Part 19 of Lope de Vega’s Complete Plays).
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17 November 2020Eight Blocker Fellows Conduct Cultural Research on Germany
With support from the Julius G. Blocker 53 Endowed Fund, HWS students pursue cultural research in Germany each semester and, upon their return to campus, present their insights and experiences to the HWS community at the annual Blocker Showcase.
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11 November 2020HWS Launches LGBTQIA+ Alum Network
This fall, Hobart and William Smith Colleges are launching a new initiative to connect graduates across class years and regions who identify among the LGBTQIA+ community.
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3 November 2020The Substance (and Science) Behind the Art
From painting and literature to comedy and country music, first-year students at HWS probed the making and meaning of a wide range of artistic media.
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16 October 2020Across the Galaxy with HWS Physics
During Homecoming and Family Weekend 2020, a virtual panel discussion explored some of the research that HWS faculty, staff and alums are undertaking to unravel the mysteries of space.
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16 October 2020Appleton '23 Completes Basic Training
How do you follow up a strong first semester at Hobart College? If you’re Jacob Appleton ’23, you take a semester off to complete basic training to enlist in the U.S. Army Reserves.
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15 October 2020Black Holes, Astrophysics and the 2020 Nobel
This month, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists whose research on black holes has pushed astrophysics into new territory, recognizing “areas of physics that have become critical for our fundamental understanding of the universe,” says Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn, whose work supported the discoveries honored with the Nobel in 2017.
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14 October 2020HWS Finishes Top 16 in the Country
This past weekend the HWS Debate Team made history when they hosted the first online United States University Debate Championships (USUDC).
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9 October 2020HWS Awarded NSF Grant on Evolution in Cities
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support a collaborative research project that, through a study on eastern gray squirrels, will explore the ways cities shape animal evolution.
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7 October 2020Cornell Law School Info Session for HWS Students
Hobart and William Smith undergraduates are invited to attend an information session about the Law Early Admissions Program (LEAP) on Saturday, Oct. 10.
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7 October 2020Williams '21 Engages with Global PPE Compliance Project
Despite the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic, for Kelsey Williams '21, it has opened a door to a rewarding internship experience.
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6 October 2020Learn About The Pitch Competition
The Pitch, an entrepreneurial leadership competition, gives student entrepreneurs the chance to transform their idea for a business or nonprofit into a reality.
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28 September 2020Žigelytė Co-Curates Stonewall Exhibit
The Rochester region has a rich LGBTQ history worth celebrating, says Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Society Lina Žigelytė, who recently served as co-curator of the Rochester Public Library’s exhibit “Stonewall: 50 Years Out.”
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14 September 2020Honoring and Serving on Sept. 11
This year marks the 19th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. To commemorate the victims of the attacks, as well as their loved ones and families, the Center for Community Engagement and S
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11 September 2020Sept. 11, 2001: First Day as NYC Firefighter
Robert Rob Serras first day as a New York City firefighter was Sept. 11, 2001. Having completed the FDNY training on Sept. 10, the 2001 Hobart graduate expected to have the day off. On his way t
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8 September 2020HWS Announces Critical Sexuality and Queer Studies Program
Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the New York State Department of Education have approved the renaming of the LGBT Studies Program as the Critical Sexuality and Queer Studies Program, reflecting the contemporary state of the field and the current curriculum.
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28 August 2020HWS Debate Success at Malaysian Institute Tournament
HWS Debate once again showed its caliber as Sarim Karim ’22 and Sreyan Kanungo ’23 ranked in the top six teams competing in a tournament hosted by the Malaysian Institute for Debate and Public Speaking.
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27 August 2020Martin-Baron Edits Book on Queer Motherhood
With her first book, Visiting Instructor of Writing and Rhetoric Sherri Martin-Baron and her coeditors explore the complex, multifaceted, and legally and culturally variable realities of queer parenthood.
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26 August 2020Alumnae Launch Women in the Real
Hannah Bini ’20, Chloe Emler ’20 and Addison Gilbard ’20 want to change the way women are portrayed in the media — and they want women to contribute to how that change happens.
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21 August 2020Making Music, Pursuing Finance with Mukkamala '20
Dhiraj Mukkamala '20 (pictured above on right) has been accepted to a comprehensive development program at Prudential Financial.
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7 August 2020Williams '20 Earns Fulbright to Germany
Ruby Williams '20 is the recipient of a 2020 U.S. Student Fulbright Award to Germany, where she will serve as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA).
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27 July 2020Data from Perkin Observatory Confirms Existence of New Exoplanet
Observations with the Colleges’ Richard S. Perkin Observatory have been used to help confirm the existence of a new extra-solar planet, according to an article co-authored by Associate Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb that appears this month in The Astrophysical Journal.
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23 July 2020Barrall '22 Lands Internship at Boston Preservation Alliance
Architectural Studies major Mackenzie Barrall '22 is interning this summer with the Boston Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to protect Bostons architectural heritage.
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7 July 2020Herons Named Scholar-Athletes
Six members of the William Smith College rowing team were recently named Scholar-Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. It’s the most Herons honored by the CRCA since six were recognized in 2015.
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1 July 2020Round Robin Set for September
The 2020 HWS Round Robin will take place on Sept. 12-13.
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25 June 2020Biswas and Rudolph Secure Summer Internships with Ayco
This summer, Hrithik Biswas 23 and Zach Rudolph 21 have landed internships with Ayco, a Goldman Sachs Company.
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25 June 2020Honors Students Demonstrate Academic Rigor
Twenty-eight students in the Classes of 2020 have graduated with Honors, demonstrating academic rigor and excellence in written and oral communication.
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23 June 2020Mashori 22 Lands Fellowship with Beyond the Bomb
International relations major Saima Mashori 22 is a 2020 Future First Fellow at Beyond the Bomb, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on denuclearization through education and policy refo
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23 June 2020Exploring Views on GMO Produce in Ireland
According to Lindsay Lesniak '21, who studied farmers views on genetically modified potatoes through a Student International Initiative Fund (SIIF) grant during her semester abroad, GMO foods are accepted in Ireland.
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17 June 2020Crow on Empire, Oceans, Law and Melville
In two new publications, Associate Professor of History Matthew Crow tracks the history of legal thought across empires and oceans, discussing contemporary questions of law and authority in the context of American literature and history.
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16 June 2020Easton '20 Wins Hobbs Sportsmanship Award
Hobart College sailor Kyle Easton 20 is the 2020 Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award winner as announced by the Intercollegiate Sailing Association over the weekend.
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15 June 2020Alum Connection Lands Law Internships
When they began looking for internship opportunities, Ashley Mitrow ’22 and Joshua Hylkema ’21 made the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education an early stop. Through the work of the Center, they shadowed Peter Troxler ’94, an attorney with Koehler & Isaacs, LLP, in New York City, and both subsequently earned an invitation to intern with the company.
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5 June 2020Striuli '22 to Intern with Bremer Law Firm
Maya Striuli '22 has landed an internship at Bremer Law & Associates in Providence, R.I., a firm specializing in immigration law.
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4 June 2020Bayer to Moderate Women in Medicine Discussion
Professor of Women’s Studies Betty Bayer, the immediate past president of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, will lead the Hall’s inaugural book club discussion of The Power of Rare by Victoria Jackson.
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3 June 2020Konradi '24 Interns with Dallas Mavs, Competes in Euro Lax Championship
As an intern for the Dallas Mavericks in 2019, Alexander Konradi '24 gained professional experience in both information technology and community relations.
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2 June 2020HWS Ranks Top 8 at International Debate Tournament
Last month, HWS Debate had its debut experience with online debating as Club President Reed Herter ’22 and Reed’s debate partner, who prefers to remain anonymous, competed in the Asian Queer Open (AQO) and Christopher Costello ’22 served as a judge.
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2 June 2020Rawlins '80 Discusses UX and the Brain
HWS Trustee Michael Rawlins ’80, P’16, principal user experience (UX) design architect for the Walt Disney Company, will conduct a talk on UX and the brain on Thursday, June 4 from 12-1 p.m. via Zoom.
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29 May 2020Fisher '18 Elected President of GW Law Student Bar Association
Second-year George Washington University Law student Jacqueline Fisher '18 has been elected president of the Student Bar Association for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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26 May 2020Karofsky '89 Supports Study Abroad with Gift to McGuire Fund
Robert Karofsky '89 was already an economics major when he had his first class with former Interim President and Professor Emeritus of Economics Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12. "Taking that class accelerated my learning and excitement for the discipline," says Karofsky, who today serves as Co-President of the Investment Bank at UBS and a member of the UBS Group Executive Board. "He's the most extraordinary professor I have had. I believe I owe a lot to him."
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5 May 2020Birkas-Dent '22 Explores French Street Life
International relations major Freya Birkas-Dent '22 is fascinated by European culture and, especially, street life.
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1 May 2020Owens '20 Accepts Position at Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
Psychology and philosophy double major Gillian Owens '20 has accepted a position with Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in Denver, Colo.
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29 April 2020Poretz '18 Accepted to Emory University Law School
Zachary Poretz '18 will begin his J.D. at Emory University School of Law this fall.
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29 April 2020Fowle '19 Accepted to Georgetown University Grad School
Beginning in the fall, Adelaide Fowle 19 will continue her post-graduate career in the Health and the Public Interest Program at Georgetown University.
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24 April 2020Fleurizard '20 to Join UnitedHealth Group
Philosophy and Africana Studies double major Edens Fleurizard '20 has accepted a position with UnitedHealth Group (UHG) as a Senior Healthcare Economics Analyst.
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20 April 2020Merk '97 Provides Free Software for COVID-19 Research
When Dana Merk ’97 heard about the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium — created by the White House to provide access to the world’s most powerful high-performance computing resources to support COVID-19 research — he knew Data Expedition, Inc. had a role to play in fighting the pandemic.
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16 April 2020Bell 06 Using Distillery to Make Hand Sanitizer
A craft distillery in Windsor, Vt., has a unique response to the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the efforts of head distiller and production manager Erin Bell 06. Producers of vodka, gin, whiskey
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7 April 2020National Literary Magazine Features Fredericks Nonfiction
Abbey Fredericks '20 creative nonfiction piece, titled Bearings and Borrowings, was recently featured in Louisiana State Universitys literary magazine NDR.
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1 April 2020Gonzalez '20 To Join Bozzuto Group
Double major in media and society and English Gianna Gonzalez '20 has accepted a position with the Bozzuto Group as a sales and marketing associate in Boston, Mass.
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27 March 2020Blocker Fellows Present Abroad Projects
At the spring Blocker Showcase, eight recipients of the fellowship, which enables students to study abroad in Germany while researching a cultural studies project of their interest, presented their projects on post World War I and II memorials, sustainability, health and wellness, and fashion to the campus community.
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17 March 2020Pandemic Explained: Linton on COVID-19 Response and What to Expect Next
A national authority on the history of medicine and immunology, Professor of History Derek Linton reflects on the international response to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and what history can — and cannot — tell us about the new pandemic.
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12 March 2020Six Members of HWS Faculty Earn Tenure
At its most recent meeting, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of President Joyce P. Jacobsen, approved tenure and promotion.
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21 February 2020Camara '19 Attends Asian American Pacific Islander Summit
John Matthew Camara '19 was one of 19 young leaders selected from across the country to attend the fifth annual Asian Americans Advancing Justice Youth Leadership Summit.
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14 February 2020Penn Earns NSF Grant to Improve LIGO Capability
Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn and Syracuse University Professor of Physics Stefan Ballmer are leading a new project funded through a National Science Foundation Grant to develop improved instrumentation for detecting gravitational waves.
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31 January 2020Apply Now: Technos Program in Tokyo
The Center for Global Education is accepting applications from Hobart and William Smith students to attend an intensive language and cultural exchange program at Technos International College in To…
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30 January 2020Csaposs '09 Takes on New Role in Nairobi
Brendan Csaposs '09 is no stranger to packing his bags and heading out to try something new.
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29 January 2020Digging into the Martian Past with Grotzinger 79
Billions of dollars, millions of miles, uncertain outcomes. Why are we doing this? Its about this question of life on Mars, John Grotzinger 79, Sc.D. 13 told the audience gathered for his lect
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16 January 2020An Epic Conversation on Womens Activism
In conjunction with the fourth annual Women March and coincident with the centennial year of women’s suffrage, Professor and Chair of the Women’s Studies Department and former director of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Betty Bayer will moderate a panel discussion on everyday activism every day with leading activists from across the USA.
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15 January 2020Beyrer '81 on Confronting AIDS in the New Decade
In a December interview, internationally renowned epidemiologist Dr. Christopher C. Beyrer ’81 discussed healthcare, human rights and the primary challenges facing the HIV community ahead of AIDS 2020, the International AIDS Conference.
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13 January 2020Careers in the Capitol: Day on the Hill 2020
Each January, the Day on the Hill program takes students inside governmental organizations, non-profits, NGOs and other Washington, D.C. institutions.
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