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3 November 2016HWS Sociology Presents at NYSSA
At the annual New York State Sociological Association (NYSSA) meeting, Christopher Demas '17 and Chloe Sudduth '17, accompanied by Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Ervin Kosta, presented research from their independent study and Honors projects.
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20 October 2016Hackathon 2016
At the second annual Hackathon, teams of students, faculty and staff will have 24 hours to address one complex issue through social innovation, during an event co-sponsored by the Centennial Center
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20 October 2016Black Lives Matter Vigil
A Black Lives Matter candlelight vigil took place on Tuesday, Oct. 4 starting at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Scandling Campus Center. The vigil was an opportunity for students of color and wh
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20 October 2016Launching Research at NASAs Rocket Week
A group of HWS physics, architecture and pre-med students recently traveled to Wallops Island, Va., to test their muon detector research at the Colorado Space Grant Consortium RockSat-C program. Du
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20 October 2016Rivera 17 Interns at FosterClub
When offered the opportunity to give back, Cody Rivera 17 more than rose to the occasion. This summer, Rivera completed an internship with the organization FosterClub, which seeks to
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18 October 2016Herons earn silver at Head of the Genesee
The varsity eight turned in the William Smith College rowing teams top performance at the Head of the Genesee regatta. The Herons top crew earned a silver medal on Saturday.Previously
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14 October 2016Fall 2016 Resume Clinics
The Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education will host multiple resume clinics throughout the fall semester to help students take a step forward in preparing for interns
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14 October 2016William Smith Seniors Participate with Avon 39
Alexandra Baird 17, Elizabeth Barnard 17, Madeleine Booth 17, Lucy Carr 17, Maddy Kapp 17, Gabrielle Steinhardt 17 and Grace Thompson 17 are partici
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14 October 2016Pollster John Della Volpe Joins PFS
As the 2016 U.S. Presidential race approaches its final weeks, the HWS Presidents Forum Series welcomed John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard Universitys Institute of Polit
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14 October 2016Reed Leaves Legacy of Environmental Stewardship
A dedicated environmental educator and retired science teacher, Ron Reed, who passed away on Sept. 22, had been an integral part of the Hobart and William Smith Environmental Studies Summer Youth I
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14 October 2016Fisher Publishes on Authoritarianism and Sexual Minorities
In the Early View web feature of Political Psychology, Assistant Professor of Psychology Emily Fisher and her coauthors examine whether authoritarians attitudes toward sexual m
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13 October 201610 Years of Festival of Nations
On Saturday, Oct. 15, the community-wide, annual Festival of Nations sponsored by the Geneva City School District and Hobart and William Smith Colleges marks its 10th year of celebrating the divers
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4 October 2016Gearan Talks VP Debate on MSNBC
President Mark D. Gearan joined a conversation on MSNBC on Oct. 4, discussing the vice presidential debate between U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia and Governor Mike Pence of Indiana. Gearan, who
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4 October 2016Littlefields 74 Fargo Wins Emmys
Fargo, the FX television show based on the 1996 film of the same name and of which Warren Littlefield 74 is an executive producer, recently won Emmys for Outstanding Cin
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4 October 2016Bird Obsessions, Community Bonds
Birding is a community endeavor rather than a solitary act, says Jenna Downs 20. In Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlanders first-year seminar Bird Obsessions: B
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29 September 2016Perspectives on Police Violence
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion in partnership with Africana Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, American Studies, Political Science and the Office of Campus Safety organized a panel discuss
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29 September 2016Saravia 16 Earns Prestigious Sloan Scholarship
Upon her recent acceptance to the University of Iowas Ph.D. program in microbiology, Fatima Saravia 16 was named a recipient of a competitive scholarship from the UI/ Sloan University
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27 September 2016Emmys Wins for Shows from Falchuk 93, L.H.D.14
At the 2016 Primetime Emmys ceremony this month, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series, as well as for eight of its 21 other nom
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26 September 2016Fisher Center: You Cant Fix a Broken Foundation
Examining the theme No Place Like Home, the 2016-17 Fisher Center lecture series continues on Wednesday, Sept. 28, with You Cant Fix a Broken Foundation: Black WomenR
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23 September 2016First American Football Game
Just as the second half of the Saturday night football game began under the lights and in the pouring rain Friederike Jandewerth stepped on Boswell Field to have her photo taken at
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21 September 2016Constitution Day Speaker Examines Diversity
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 2016 Constitution Day observance welcomes Eduardo M. Peñalver, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law at Cor
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21 September 2016Dean Gives Keynote Address in Lisbon
In September, Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean, who holds the Donald R. Harter 39 Professorship of the Humanities and Social Sciences, delivered the keynote address at the annual mee
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16 September 2016HWS Display Alum Art
As HWS students, painter Jenny Wu 12 and sculptor Andrew Hellmund 14 were already prolific and widely exhibited artists. Now, as they develop their craft and their audience, the gradu
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14 September 2016McGuire 83 Talks TV Broadcasting
Hobart and William Smith will welcome Emmy award-winning sports personality Pierre McGuire 83, an NHL Inside the Glass analyst for NBC Sports, back to campus to speak with stud
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9 September 2016Lavin 95 to Adapt Dickens
JP Lavin 95 and his writing partner Chad Damiani have been tapped to adapt Charles Dickens Oliver Twist for NBC, with a contemporary update. As the Hollywood Reporter wr
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9 September 2016HWS Ranks 17th for Best College Radio
Hobart and William Smiths college radio station has been ranked 17th in the nation by Princeton Review. The ranking appears in The Best 381 Colleges 2017 and is based on stude
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8 September 2016Pocket Organs at The Davis Gallery
Each year, the HWS Department of Art and Architecture welcomes students to Houghton House with an exhibition showcasing the facultys contributions to contemporary art. This years exhi
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5 September 2016Building an Anti-Bias Classroom
Exploring the theme No Place Like Home, the 2016 Fisher Center lecture series kicks off on Tuesday, Sept. 6 with a participatory workshop, Our Schools: Building an Anti-Bias Cl
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5 September 2016Amnesty International Internship
During a summer internship at Amnesty International, Kelly Mauch 17 helped take action against some of todays pressing injustices, ranging from the humanitarian crisis in Syria to ine
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2 September 2016Teaching Storytelling for the Classroom
As the featured storyteller and keynote guest at the Texas Summer Storytelling Conference, Professor of Education Charlie Temple shared ways he and his colleagues have used storytelling in critical
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27 August 2016Presidential Welcome for Classes of 2020
Your son or daughter is at a great place, a very special place. Theyll make it an even better place. Its a place forged in great history, great tradition, great aspiration and
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26 August 2016Welcoming the HWS Classes of 2020
One of the most impressive groups of first-year students in the history of the Colleges, the Classes of 2020 arrived on campus today where they took the first major step of their HWS undergraduate
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26 August 2016Trias Writer-in-Residence: Jeff VanderMeer
New York Times-Bestselling writer Jeff VanderMeer joins the Hobart and William Smith community as the 2016-17 Trias Writer-in Residence. VanderMeer is the author of the award-winning Souther
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25 August 2016Sutton Discusses Crime and Fear
In an August opinion piece in The Buffalo News, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology James Sutton argues that politicians misuse of crime statistics is counterproductive to addr
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24 August 2016HWS Best of LGBTQ-Friendly Campuses
Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been named to Campus Prides annual Best of the Best Top 30 list of the LGBTQ-friendly campuses across the nation. Campus Pride represents
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24 August 2016Platoni 74 to Receive IVAT Award
Ret. Col. Katherine T. Platoni 74 will receive the 2016 IVAT Returning Veterans Resiliency in Response to Trauma Award at the 21st International Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma in S
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24 August 2016Classes of 2020 in the Spotlight
Today, the Hobart and William Smith community will officially welcome the Classes of 2020, one of the most impressive groups of first-year students in the history of the Colleges. They represent cl
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23 August 2016Finger Lakes Times: Gearan to Leave HWS
Finger Lakes Times published an Aug. 17 article, Gearan to Leave HWS after 16-17: Longest-serving president in Colleges history will return to Harvard, his alma mater.&#
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19 August 2016Ross 17 Interns with The Late Show
This summer, Megan Ross 17 was selected as one of 17 undergraduate interns for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the nightly talk show watched by millions of people each week
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18 August 2016Summer Academy College Prep
High school students can sometimes be intimidated by the fact that they are on a college campus, and that is sometimes enough to discourage them from working to their greatest potential,R
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12 August 2016A Year in Japan
Through the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, Emily Robinson 18 spent the 2015-16 academic year in Kyoto, Japan, immersed in the countrys language and culture. From August 2015 t
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12 August 2016Cullina 86 Awarded Medal of Excellence
For his remarkable career as an award-winning horticulturalist and author, and his longstanding commitment to his community, William G. Cullina '86 was honored this month with the Hobart College Al
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2 August 2016Dunn Publishes Three Books
This year, Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn published three books that address, from three vastly different perspectives, political and social realities and how global citizens can engage
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1 August 2016Late Olympian Moore 07 in Washington Post
The Washington Post recently published a story on former Hobart College sailor and 2012 U.S. Olympian Trevor Moore 07 who was lost at sea on June 25, 2015. Moore was living in Coconut Grove,
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28 July 2016Farnsworth Joins the Board of Education
Associate Professor and Chair of Spanish and Hispanic Studies May Farnsworth has been elected to a five-year term on the Geneva City Schools Board of Education. She was sworn in on Friday, July 1,
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22 July 2016Ashdown Examines Cross-Cultural Impact
Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien K. Ashdown is traveling to Japan this summer to present research at two international conferences. My attendance at these two conferences is particula
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22 July 2016Quintos 17 Interns at Nickelodeon
Gail Quintos 17 is spending her summer in Los Angeles, Calif., interning with the non-profit sector of The Television Academy, which works with students who aspire to work in the film and te
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21 July 2016Dobkowski Published on Wiesel L.H.D.82
Michael Dobkowski, professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, was published in the Democrat & Chronicle as a guest columnist on July 9. The piece titled The pr
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20 July 2016Cullina 86 to Receive Medal of Excellence
The Hobart Alumni Association has selected award-winning author and horticulturalist William G. Cullina 86 as the most recent recipient of the Hobart Medal of Excellence. The AssociationR
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20 July 2016Farnsworth Publishes Childrens Book
Associate Professor and Chair of Spanish and Hispanic Studies May Farnsworth recently published her first childrens book, Youre Joking: Animal Jokes for Children. Appeal
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20 July 2016More Emmy Nominations for Falchuk 93, L.H.D.14
For the seventh year in a row, Brad Falchuk 93, L.H.D.14 has seen his television projects honored with Emmy nominations, with American Horror Story: Hotel and The
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15 July 2016Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Before she begins a doctor of chiropractic degree, Emma Berntheizel 15 is hiking the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, passing throug
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15 July 2016Unmasking Masks
Cultures throughout time and around the world have created and used masks. Its a universal form of cultural expression, says Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniel Graham and one a
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11 July 2016From Hobart to Japan and Back
Warren Shaddock 46, P75, GP09 was a senior at Brighton High School in Rochester, N.Y. when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on Dec. 7, 1941. Early in his freshman year at Ho
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6 July 2016Intro to Higher-Ed: NJ SEEDS Returns to HWS
For the ninth consecutive year, the New Jersey SEEDS (Scholars, Educators, Excellence, Dedication and Success) will return to the Hobart and William Smith campus this summer for an immersive academic experience and introduction to college life.
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6 July 2016Intro to Higher-Ed: NJ SEEDS Returns to HWS
For the ninth consecutive year, the New Jersey SEEDS (Scholars, Educators, Excellence, Dedication and Success) will return to the Hobart and William Smith campus this summer for an immersive academ
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6 July 2016An Outdoor Education in Wales
Twenty-one Hobart and William Smith students hiked, biked, kayaked, swam and explored their way across Wales during the three-week program Outdoor Education: Theoretical Issues in Outdoor Pu
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6 July 2016Geneva Receives $10M to Revitalize Downtown
The City of Geneva will receive a $10 million investment through the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, said New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo during a press conference at the Gene
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1 July 2016Alums Team Up to Support Military Families
Twelve years after sharing a suite in Emerson Hall, Sara Wingerath-Schlanger 02 and Elyssa Koidin Schmier 04 collaborated to create a blog post on MomsRising.org about Special Ops Sur
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1 July 2016Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
The 2016 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum recently gave members of the HWS community and campus partners the chance to showcase the many mutually beneficial student partnerships and projects tha
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30 June 2016Bearing Witness to Hope
Led by Holocaust survivors and scholars, a group of 20 HWS students spent nine days in May traveling through Germany and Poland on The March: Bearing Witness to Hope, a leadership pro
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29 June 2016Hunting for Dinosaurs in Antarctica
After nearly two months of work in Antarctica, an expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project (AP3) led by Matt Lamanna 97 has returned with a wealth of fossilst
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23 June 2016Heron Hall of Honor 2016
William Smith College Director of Athletics Deb Steward recently announced the Heron Hall of Honor Class of 2016. In conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the Heron nickname, the Heron Society w
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In May 2017, a group of Hobart and William Smith students will make a journey that until recently was impossible. They will be the first participants in the Center for Global Educations (CGE
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15 June 2016Blocker Showcase Explored German Culture
Each year, the Blocker Fellowship funds student participation in an HWS-sponsored study abroad program in Germany. Thanks to the generosity of Julius G. Blocker 53, the funds enable students
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13 June 2016FLI Science Fair Features Local Students
From across the Finger Lakes region, middle and high school students and their teachers recently gathered for the sixth annual Finger Lakes Institute (FLI) Science Fair at HWS where they presented
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8 June 2016Vietnam Veterans Remembered During Reunion
During Reunion Weekend, Hobart and William Smith Colleges honored four alumni and one faculty member who died during the Vietnam War, paying tribute with their families, loved ones, classmates and
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6 June 2016Groundbreaking Gravitational Waves Research Honored
The international collaboration of scientists behind the recent breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves, of which HWS Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn is a member, has been awarded
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4 June 2016Why Do Birds Fatten Up for Migration?
Birds develop ample energy reserves in preparation for and during migration but often store more fat than they need for the journey alone. In a recent study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, Pro
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3 June 2016Childrens Literature Course Visits Highlights
Students in Professor of Education Charlie Temples Creating Childrens Literature course attended a two-day workshop last semester at the Highlight Foundation writersR
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2 June 20162016 Distinguished Faculty Awards
On Friday, June 3, three retired Hobart and William Smith faculty members, each one a graduate of Hobart or William Smith, will be recognized with the Distinguished Faculty Award for their outstand
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2 June 2016Alum Exhibit: Your Year in Art
Your Year in Art, a special exhibition of art from the Collections of Hobart and William Smith, will be on display at Houghton House during Reunion. Representing pieces created from 1
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2 June 2016Water, Recycling and the Environment
As a summer intern with the Water Recycling Facility at WestRock in Solvay, N.Y., Ryan Ratsep 17 is developing his chemical analysis skills and his understanding of the intersection of geosc
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27 May 2016Friedman Co-Authors Frankenstein Narrative History
In Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives, Professor of Media and Society Les Friedman and Professor of History Allison Kavey (City College of New York) trace the
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27 May 2016HWS on the Water
The Hobart and William Smith sailing and rowing teams have advanced to national championship events. William Smith rowing is competing in the NCAA Division III National Championship, Heron sailors
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27 May 2016Platoni 74 Calls for Veterans Support
An editorial by Kathy Platoni 74, clinical psychologist and retired Army colonel, appeared in Time Magazine on April 19 titled Neglecting Fort Hood Survivors Is a National Disgrace.&#
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26 May 2016Honoring Veterans at The Wall
As director of events at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), JoAnn Waller 04 oversees the organizations commemorative tributes at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly known
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This week, four Hobart and William Smith faculty members are among 60 scholars participating in the international symposium, Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Nature and Environment in World
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19 May 2016Shafer Named Signal Culture Resident
Assistant Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer has been awarded a research residency with Signal Culture, an experimental media art collaborative, where she will spend a week developing a cla
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11 May 2016Touching the Future Awards 2016
At the Colleges 2016 Commencement ceremonies, two area teachers will be honored with the Touching the Future Award, which recognizes educators for the significant and enduring role they̵
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10 May 2016Halter 16 Awarded Drum Major for Service
At the spring 2016 Day of Service, Sophie Halter 16 was presented with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Service award in recognition of her commitment to community
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6 May 2016Celebrating William Smith Students
Steeped in history, the annual Moving Up Day ceremony recently brought together members of the HWS community on Stern Lawn to recognize the achievements of William Smith students in academics, serv
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5 May 2016cIcu Honors President Gearans Service
This month, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York (cIcu) presented Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark D. Gearan with its Distinguished Service Award.
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29 April 2016Moving Up Day 2016
The annual Moving Up Day ceremony brings together members of the HWS community to recognize the academic, service and leadership achievements of William Smith students and celebrate each class as t
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29 April 2016Beyond Borders in South Africa
Seven students participating in the Beyond Borders global leadership program will travel to South Africa this summer to expand on their study of critical issues facing Africa and the United States.
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21 April 2016Trias Welcomes Award-Winning Guest Speakers
Talented and versatile award-winning writers fiction and nonfiction writer Rachel Marston and poet Timothy OKeefe will visit Hobart and William Smith Colleges as the next gue
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19 April 2016The Essence of Soul
Each year during Black History Month, Sankofa, the HWS Black Student Union, hosts a campus-wide event called Harlem Nights. In addition this year Sankofa presented an entire week of celebrations ca
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18 April 2016Atmospheric Science Research in the Spotlight
HWS geoscience students and faculty recently presented on several atmospheric science research projects at the 41st Annual Northeastern Storm Conference (NESC) hosted by the Lyndon State College lo
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13 April 2016Students, Alums Publish in Neuroscience Journal
Students from a neurobiology course taught by Professor of Biology James Ryan recently had a scientific paper detailing their research on how to prepare and study neuronal cell cultures published i
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13 April 2016Eighth Annual Senior Symposium
Encapsulating a wide range of disciplines, the eighth annual Senior Symposium will bring together HWS seniors and MAT candidates to share their diverse academic experiences with the HWS and Geneva
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12 April 2016HWS Day 2016
The Colleges annual social media extravaganza #HWSDay, a celebration of all things Hobart and William Smith, will take place on Wednesday, April 13. Members of the HWS community, including c
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12 April 2016Final Spring Fisher Center Lecture
Concluding the 2015-16 speaker series sponsored by the Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men, Marcela Romero Rivera and Rob Maclean will explore the theme Gender, Climate, and the Ant
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5 April 2016Dunn Edits Four-Volume Reader on African Politics
Bloomsbury Academic recently published African Politics: Critical and Primary Sources, edited by Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn. The four-volume reference collection focuse
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4 April 2016Dobkowski Presents at Abrahamic Religions Conference
Professor of Religious Studies Michael Dobkowski recently presented on the differences and parallels between Islamophobia and anti-Semitism at the conference, Abrahamic Religions: Challenges
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31 March 2016Narratives of Displacement Symposium
In response to the global refugee crisis, the German Area Studies Symposium: Narratives of Displacement will debut at Hobart and William Smith, bringing the issue to the forefront with dialogue and
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31 March 2016Gearan Discusses Institute of Politics in Harvard Gazette
On the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Gazette offered a retrospective on the IOPs legacy of promoting public service, featuring re
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30 March 2016Vietnam Tribute Features Bozzuto 68
Thomas S. Bozzuto 68, vice chair and chair elect of the HWS Board of Trustees, plays a prominent role in the upcoming Maryland Public Television documentary and associated traveling exhibit,
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28 March 2016Irish History, Culture and Service in Galway
For English and public policy double-major Stephanie Kenific 17, the allure of Galway, Ireland was its music and literary culture. Galway has an incredible amount to offer in terms of
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28 March 2016Presidents Forum Welcomes Donna Brazile
Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile will join Hobart and William Smith as the next Presidents Forum Series speaker on Monday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Albright Auditorium. B
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16 March 2016Weissman on Prison Reform
Marsha Weissman, founder and executive director of the Center for Community Alternatives, will lead a discussion on her efforts to reform school disciplinary and prison policies on Thursday, March
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