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9 June 2025Families Share Milestone Reunion
Shared campus experiences and a shared celebration link two generations.
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18 May 2025"May I Have Your Attention?"
Former TIME Editor in Chief, presidential historian and Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs L.H.D. ’25 urged members of Class of 2025 to apply the knowledge they gained as students to focus on sources of information that truly deserve their attention.
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12 May 2025Nancy Gibbs to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address, Receive Blackwell Award
Former Editor in Chief of TIME magazine, presidential historian and Harvard professor, Nancy Gibbs to offer the 2025 Commencement address on May 18.
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8 May 2025Quint '21 Named a 2025 Knight-Henessy Scholar
Meg Quint ’21, current medical student at Stanford School of Medicine, earns prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to pursue a master’s at Stanford, advancing groundbreaking work in LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming care, intersex health justice, homeless health access, harm reduction, sexually transmitted infection prevention and plastics and reconstructive related surgical education and research.
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7 October 2024"Querying and Queering the White Other in Shakespearean Drama"
Shakespeare scholar will speak on racial identities in Shakespeare’s work for this year’s Peter Cummings Memorial Shakespeare Lecture.
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18 January 2024Blackwell's 175th Graduation Anniversary
Graduate became a medical pioneer and helped open career paths for women.
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7 November 2023A Harvest Celebration
A gathering of traditions will be celebrated in St. John's Chapel followed by a reception in the Blackwell Room on Thursday, Nov. 9.
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16 October 2023Colleges Launch New Public Health Program
New program explores health, wellness and care from multiple angles.
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16 August 2023Students Catalogue Public Art at HWS
Two students explored the history of the Colleges’ public art this summer.
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22 June 2023Mathai '94 Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People
TIME has selected Wanjira Mathai ’94, Managing Director of Africa and Global Partnerships at World Resources Institute (WRI), for inclusion on the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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1 June 2023Institute for Global Studies Announced
Serving as the home for nine departments and programs, the new Institute for Global Studies provides a unified center for different departments and programs, making access between them easier and more efficient.
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13 April 2023Space for Living and Learning Together
Social spaces across campus are getting a glow-up, so that indoors and out, students can find and build community.
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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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14 September 2021Pulteney Street Podcast: From Elizabeth Blackwell to the ERA
On the latest episode of the Pulteney Street Podcast, President Joyce P. Jacobsen and Professor of Womens Studies Betty Bayer delve into key figures, moments and policies in womens history i
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1 September 2021HWS Wins National and Regional CASE Higher Ed Awards
Hobart and William Smith Colleges marketing and communications materials were recognized with six awards in the 2020 Council of Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award programs.
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14 July 2021Montgomery '21 Voted Liberty League Scholar of the Year
William Smith College lacrosse defender Mekayla Montgomery was voted the 2020-21 Liberty League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Commissioner Tracy King announced today.
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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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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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7 May 2018Bayer Offers Tribute to Dr. Blackwell
Professor of Womens Studies Betty Bayer joined a panel of distinguished speakers for the unveiling of the historic plaque marking the hospital founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Class of 1849, the first woman in America to receive her degree as a Doctor of Medicine.
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