Hobart and William Smith Colleges

6 September 2022Guest Artist Music Series Coming to HWS

The Gearan Center for the Performing Arts will host a variety of performances by several notable musicians and artists for the 2022-23 academic year as part of the Guest Artist Concert Series.

23 August 2022Disability Arts Ensemble Kinetic Light to Perform at HWS

The internationally recognized disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light will perform on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Deming Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

3 August 2022“All the World’s a Stage:” HWS Theatre Abroad

29 June 2022Faculty Dance Concert 2022

Three Faculty Choreographers join Guest Artist Olive Prince ’99 in three performances.

29 April 2022Give Write Now Challenge Smashes Fundraising Goal

1 April 2022Student Scholarship the Focus of Senior Symposium 2022

31 March 2022Music for a New Apocalypse

30 March 2022Once Upon a Time in the Italian Western

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.

13 December 2021May Wins IndieFEST Awards

Associate Professor of Theatre Heather May's short film exploring diagnosis, identity, and interdependence received two IndieFEST Film Awards of Merit in November.

9 December 2021New Gift from Stephanopoulos Grows HWS Photo Collection

A donation from journalist George Stephanopoulos adds approximately 700 new items to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

3 December 2021The Hopes and Dreams of Tomorrow's Architects

Ben Tesler '23 is the 2021 recipient of the A Fund scholarship.

5 November 2021Under the Sea Paintings Transform Daycare

Architecture and studio art double major Courtney Page 22 is painting an imaginative underwater scene in the halls of the Geneva Lakefront Childcare Center.

5 November 2021Meet the Newest GSA Scholars

The latest recipients of the Geneva Scholarship Associates fund are beginning to explore a variety of academic fields and interests during their first semester.

2 November 2021A Homecoming for Dove's Cow V

An anonymous donation returns a watercolor painting by renowned abstract artist Arthur Dove to its hometown.

25 October 2021Printmaking: "New and Improved"

A new exhibit showcases HWS professor and artist Nick Ruths latest work exploring everyday encounters with the infrastructure of social systems.

15 October 2021When the Art Galleries of NYC Become the Classroom

Ten students in the Art and Architecture Department traveled to NYC to see art and meet alums working in the fine arts industry.

24 September 2021From the Beyond: Geneva's Unheard Voices

HWS Theatre presents a history-based theatrical walking tour based on the real lives of past Genevans.

21 September 2021New Blueprints: "To Help People See"

University of Rochesters Memorial Art Gallery features works by Associate Professor of American Studies Kirin Makker and G. Peter Jemison L.H.D. '20.

23 July 2021Finding the Spotlight, Roberts '24 Reflects on First Year at HWS

In her first year at the Colleges, Eliyah Roberts '24 made her mark on the HWS Theatre stage, performing in all three productions.

16 July 2021Ready to Change the World, Brown '24 Reflects on First Year at HWS

Rising sophomore Samari Brown '24 looks back at her first year at the Colleges, including how she found her passion for theatre.

29 June 2021Nardone '21 on to Syracuse University for Audio Arts

In the fall, Matthew Nardone '21 will attend Syracuse University to pursue a masters in audio arts.

25 June 2021Wander and Wonder Dance Performances to Feature HWS Dancers

HWS faculty and alums dance at Rochester Museum and Science Center event.

8 June 2021Ruth Curates Global Printmaking Exhibition

HWS professor and artist Nick Ruth has been selected to curate the International Print Exchange Programmes 2021 exhibition.

27 May 2021Fact or Truth? History-Based Playwriting: A talk by Syracuse Stage Associate Artistic Director Kyle Bass

Join HWS Theatre for a talk by playwright, screenwriter and dramaturg Kyle Bass on creating history-based theatre. 

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.

6 April 2021Theatre Department Stages a Supernatural Saunter

Inspired by the spiritualist leanings of the founder of William Smith College, a new audio production by the HWS Theatre Department invites listeners to explore a third coordinate school on campus — Geneva’s College of the Veil.

23 February 2021HWS Celebrates Black History

Join the HWS community in celebrating Black history through a teach-in, virtual art exhibition and speaker series.

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).

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).

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.

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.

30 October 2019A Celebration of Dance at Koshare 2019

Koshare, Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ Dance Collective, will showcase upwards of 150 dancers in more than twenty diverse pieces on the Smith Opera House stage on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16.

17 September 2019Art & Memory in Germany

This summer during a program co-led by Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Gabriella D’Angelo and Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Alysia Kaplan, 13 students studied abroad in Berlin. While designed for architectural studies and studio art students, the program also encompassed a range of disciplines and explored the intersections of architecture, art, memory and space within Germany.

1 February 2019Spelling Bee Fundraiser for Literacy

Members of the Hobart and William Smith community are preparing for the 17th annual Literacy Volunteers of Ontario-Yates (LVOY) Spelling Bee, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Geneva High School. Proceeds from the event will fund important literacy initiatives in the region.

6 December 2018Jennings '19 Showcases No Exit

Austin Jennings 19 concludes a component of his Honors project with a performance of No Exit in collaboration with the student-led theater group, the Phoenix Players at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 in Williams 200.

20 September 2018Sustainable Community Development Rethinks Castle Street

With proposals for a quarter-mile stretch along the Castle Street Corridor in Geneva, students in the spring 2018 Sustainable Community Development (SCD) capstone course have created a series of inclusive, celebratory and innovative designs informed by and tailored to the daily lives of the city’s residents.

21 August 2018Faculty Dance Concert

The 2018 Faculty Dance Concert will premiere five new choreographic works performed by 30 Hobart and William Smith dancers, one alumna and two members of the faculty.

3 July 2018Bill Evans Institutes and Somatic Dance Conference at HWS

Renowned choreographer, performer and dance educator William “Bill” Evans returns to Hobart and William Smith Colleges for six days of classes for dance teachers and pre-professional dancers in the Bill Evans Teachers Institute and the concurrent Bill Evans Dancers Institute, followed by the 6th Annual Somatic Dance Conference, July 10-14.

31 May 2018Defying the Laws of Physics and Dance

As Hobart Colleges' first dance major, Drew Scammell '18 took to the Deming Theatre stage for the final performance of his college career in April.

16 March 2018Spelling Bee Benefits Literacy

The Literacy Volunteers of Ontario and Yates Counties (LVOY) hosted the 16th Annual Adult Spelling Bee at Geneva High School on Sunday, Feb. 11.

11 August 2017Students Explore Ancient Greece

A group of HWS students recently returned from a three-week study abroad program across Greece, exploring the connections between ancient cities, sanctuaries and life.

10 February 2017A Day of Dance

The Koshare Dance Collective will host a Day of Dance Workshop inviting local students in grades 8– 12 to campus to explore the art of dance on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

15 December 2016Selecting an Art Acquisition

This semester, Brianna Arnold '19 had the opportunity to procure a new work of art for the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.