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27 January 2016A Decade of Days on the Hill
For its 10th anniversary, the annual Day on the Hill program offered not only a strong lineup of panels, speakers and site visits, but also new events that proved to be both timely and illuminating
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21 January 2016Methylmercury Research Begins
Hobart and William Smith Colleges recently purchased a Brooks-Rand MERX-M methylmercury analyzer, an instrument that measures the concentrations of methylmercury in organisms collected from lakes a
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21 January 2016Mackie 77 Receives Best Lawyer Ranking
Thomas A. Mackie 77, managing shareholder of the Boston-based environmental boutique law firm Mackie Shea, PC, was recently listed in Best Lawyers in America for Expertise in Environmental L
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20 January 2016Shafer Published in Teaching Media Quarterly
A course module written by Assistant Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer was recently published in the winter 2015 volume of Teaching Media Quarterly. Shafers article, Progress
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14 January 2016Frishman, Singal on Obamas State of the Union
Offering their observations on President Barack Obamas final State of the Union Address, Professor of Economics Alan Frishman and Professor Emeritus of History Daniel Singal were quoted in t
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14 January 2016Hatch in End of the Rainbow
End of the Rainbow, featuring Assistant Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch, opens this month at the Kavinoky Theatre, a professional theatre on the campus of DYouville College in
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13 January 2016Leadership Institute 2016
With a focus on critical dialogue and social justice, the Centennial Center for Leadership (CCL) will host the sixth annual Leadership Institute (LI) from Jan. 16 through 18. This year, LI will bri
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13 January 2016Ost on Poland and Power in The Nation
In his Jan. 8 article in the The Nation, Regime Change in Poland, Carried Out From Within, Professor of Political Science David Ost examines Polands ruling reigning political p
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12 January 2016Sutton, Metz Present at Wood Library
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology James Sutton and Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nicholas Metz will deliver a pair of guest lectures at the Wood Library in Canandaigua, N.Y., as
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8 January 2016Traders Magazine Honors Rosely 92
In December, Joyce Cupaiuolo Rosely 92 earned the Traders Magazine Wall Street Women Leadership Award for professional excellence in the historically male-dominated financial industry. With
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7 January 2016Geoscience in the Bahamas
Two years after a winter field study in the Bahamas, the HWS Geoscience Department is returning to the island of San Salvador for GEO 299: Carbonates Ancient and Modern-The Bahamas, w
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7 January 2016HWS Expands Big Brothers, Big Sisters Mentorship
Following this falls recruiting and information session, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Rochester has four new volunteer mentors from Hobart and William Smith who have been paired with
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24 April 2015HWS Award Five Honorary Degrees
Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded five honorary degrees to individuals who, by virtue of their significant service toward improving the public good at the local and national levels, are pow
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19 January 2011College Bowl Victory: 50 Years
Fifty years ago, on Jan. 21, Hobart and William Smith Colleges defeated Baylor University 245 to 140 in the nationally-televised G.E. College Bowl. The HWS team had previously beaten Beloit College
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30 March 2008HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES JOIN AMERICAN COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CLIMATE COMMITMENT
At noon on Friday, Sept. 14, President Mark Gearan signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, making Hobart and William Smith Colleges a charter member of an effort to reduce emissions of gases responsible for global warming.
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